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CA Water Code § 79154 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 79154.

79154.  (a) Any loan agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions determined to be necessary by the department.(b) Any loan agreement pursuant to this chapter shall include all of the following:(1) A finding by the department that the agency has the ability to repay the loan, that the project is cost-effective, and that the project is feasible from an engineering or hydrologic standpoint, or both.(2) An agreement by the agency to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the project in conformance with approved plans and specifications and to operate and maintain the project properly upon completion throughout the repayment period.(3) A provision that there shall be no moratorium on, or deferment of, payments of principal or interest.(4) (A) A loan period of not more than 20 years with an interest rate set at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most recent sale of state general obligation bonds, to be computed according to the true interest cost method.(B) If the interest rate so determined is not a multiple of 1 percent, the interest rate shall be set at the next multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent.(C) The interest rate for each loan agreement shall be applied throughout the repayment period of the contract. There shall be a level annual repayment of principal and interest on the loans.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79155 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 79155.

79155.  (a) Any grant agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions determined to be necessary by the department.(b) Any grant agreement pursuant to this chapter shall include both of the following:(1) A determination by the department that the project is economically justified, and that the project is feasible.(2) An estimate of the reasonable cost and benefit of the project, including a feasibility report that sets forth the engineering and financial feasibility of the project, and shall include a description of the proposed facilities and their relation to other water-related facilities in the system service area.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79155.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 79155.5.

79155.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations set forth in Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 450.1) of Division 2 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations that are in effect on March 8, 2000, may be used to carry out this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79156 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 79156.

79156.  Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used by the department to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79157 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 3 - Agricultural Water Conservation Program|Section 79157.

79157.  (a) The sum of thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for loans to local agencies to aid in the acquisition and construction of agricultural water conservation projects, and for grants in accordance with Section 79158.(b) For the purposes of approving a loan under this section, the department shall determine if there will be a net saving of water as a result of each proposed project and if the project is determined by the department to be cost-effective.(c) A project under this article shall not receive any more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in loan proceeds from the department.(d) The department shall give preference to the agencies that propose the most cost-effective projects.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79158 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 3 - Agricultural Water Conservation Program|Section 79158.

79158.  (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for a loan under Section 79157.(b) No single feasibility study shall be eligible to receive more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be expended for the purposes of financing feasibility studies.(c) A grant for a feasibility study shall not affect the maximum amount of any loan that may be made under this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79161 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 4 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Program|Section 79161.

79161.  (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the account is hereby appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for use by the department for loans and grants to local agencies for the acquisition and construction of groundwater recharge facilities.(b) A loan application pursuant to this article shall include the reasonable cost and benefit of the proposed project, including a feasibility report that shall set forth the economic justification for the project, and shall include explanations of the proposed facilities and their relation to other water supply related facilities in the basin or region.(c) A project under this article shall not receive any more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in loan proceeds from the department.(d) The department shall give preference under this section to projects that are located in overdrafted groundwater basins, projects of critical need, projects whose feasibility studies demonstrate the greatest engineering and hydrogeologic feasibility as determined by the department, and projects located in areas that have groundwater management plans.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79161.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 4 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Program|Section 79161.5.

79161.5.  (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for a loan under Section 79161.(b) No single feasibility study shall be eligible to receive more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be expended for the purposes of financing feasibility studies.(c) A grant for a feasibility study shall not affect the maximum amount of any loan that may be made under this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79162 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 5 - Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program|Section 79162.

79162.  (a) The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for grants awarded by the department to local agencies for the purposes of funding infrastructure rehabilitation projects.(b) (1) For the purposes of making grants pursuant to subdivision (a), the factors to be considered by the department in determining whether to enter into an agreement shall include, but not be limited to, the need to implement projects that provide measurable conservation through the reduction of system water losses by rehabilitating water delivery systems.(2) Grants awarded pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be available for public water systems owned and operated by local agencies in economically disadvantaged areas with service connections that exceed 200 but are not greater than 16,000 in number. The department shall give highest priority in awarding grants to those agencies with the highest retail water rates and service charges as of January 1, 1999.(c) No single construction grant under this article shall exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000).(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79162.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 5 - Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program|Section 79162.2.

79162.2.  (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions as may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for a grant under Section 79162.(b) No single feasibility study shall be eligible to receive more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be expended for the purposes of financing feasibility studies.(c) A grant for a feasibility study shall not affect the maximum of any construction grant that may be made under this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79162.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 5 - Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program|Section 79162.4.

79162.4.  The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79163 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 6 - Urban Water Conservation Program|Section 79163.

79163.  (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for grants and loans awarded by the department to local agencies for the purposes of funding urban water conservation projects.(b) A project under this article shall not receive more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in loan proceeds from the department.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79164 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program|ARTICLE 6 - Urban Water Conservation Program|Section 79164.

79164.  (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for a loan under Section 79163.(b) No single feasibility study shall be eligible to receive more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be expended for the purposes of financing feasibility studies.(c) A grant for a feasibility study shall not affect the maximum amount of any loan that may be made under this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79165 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 1 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account|Section 79165.

79165.  For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account created by Section 79166.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79166 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 1 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account|Section 79166.

79166.  The Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of six hundred thirty million dollars ($630,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the account.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79170 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79170.

79170.  The Legislature finds and declares that the conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater is an effective way to improve the reliability of water supply for all sectors in California.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79171 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79171.

79171.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:(a) “Conjunctive use” means the temporary storage of water in a groundwater aquifer through intentional recharge and subsequent extraction for later use. Storage is accomplished by either of the following methods:(1) “Direct recharge” of an aquifer by conducting surface water into the ground by various means, including, without limitation, spreading ponds and injection wells for the purpose of making the water stored in the aquifer available for extraction and later use in drier years.(2) “In-lieu recharge” means increasing the amount of groundwater available in an aquifer by substituting surface water supplies to a user who would otherwise pump groundwater.(b) “Conjunctive use facilities” include land and appurtenant facilities for any phase of a conjunctive use operation. Appurtenant facilities may include subsurface storage, treatment, conveyance, recharge ponds, injection wells, spreading grounds, monitoring, measurements, subsidence detection, flow regulation, detention basins to facilitate recharge, diversion facilities, and extraction facilities.(c) “Conjunctive use project” means a project that is intended to produce water supply benefits for the local agency or a project that is intended to produce water supply benefits for water users, including the environment, in addition to the local agency.(d) “Local agency” means any city, county, city and county, district, joint powers authority, mutual water company, or other political subdivision of the state.(e) “Project participants” means any public agency participating in, and benefiting from, a conjunctive use project under this article.(f) “Subaccount” means the Conjunctive Use Subaccount created by Section 79172.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1078, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, and approved in Prop. 13 on March 7, 2000.)
CA Water Code § 79172 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79172.

79172.  There is hereby created in the account the Conjunctive Use Subaccount.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79173 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79173.

79173.  The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79174 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79174.

79174.  The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for grants for feasibility studies, project design, or the construction of conjunctive use projects on a pilot or operational scale.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79175 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79175.

79175.  Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be expended for purposes of financing feasibility studies.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79176 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79176.

79176.  For the purpose of approving projects pursuant to this article, the department shall give priority to those projects for which there is available third-party funds from any source other than the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund authorized by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. The department shall also take into consideration all of the following with regard to each proposed project:(a) The magnitude of the actual increase in water supply yield and reliability compared to preexisting conditions.(b) The consistency with the plans or recommendations proposed by CALFED.(c) The distribution of the benefits to water supply and to the environment.(d) The availability of the storage for conserved water.(e) The technical and environmental suitability of the groundwater basin for conjunctive use.(f) The potential to reduce critically overdrafted conditions in a groundwater basin.(g) The need for the project.(h) The potential to alleviate salt water intrusion into groundwater basins or other groundwater quality degradation.(i) The economic, engineering, and hydrogeologic justification for the project.(j) The availability of third-party or local matching funds from any source other than the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund authorized by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act.(k) The involvement of one or more local agencies whose jurisdiction or water service area overlies or is adjacent to the aquifer utilized to store water.(l) The potential to reduce dry year demand for surface water under existing contracts.(m) The existence of a system for the recovery of the stored water or an agreement with the department or a local agency for the installation of that system.(n) Whether the project is located in an area that is subject to a groundwater management program.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79177 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79177.

79177.  To be eligible for funding for the construction of a conjunctive use project under this article, an applicant that is other than a local agency shall be required to carry out that project with the participation of a local agency. The department or a local agency may provide technical assistance, coordination, or any other assistance in implementing a project or study if requested by the participating local agency.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79178 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79178.

79178.  No construction project may receive more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) from the subaccount.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79179 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79179.

79179.  Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 79180 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26 - SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT|CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program|ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program|Section 79180.

79180.  Not less than 40 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount shall be expended for studies, projects, and facilities within watersheds of the central valley.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)