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CA Water Code § 10545 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.2 - INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS|CHAPTER 5 - Funding for Qualified Projects and Programs|Section 10545.

10545.  When selecting projects pursuant to Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code or for other funds that are or may become available for integrated regional water management plan implementation, the department shall consider for grant applications that include areas that have nitrate, arsenic, perchlorate, or hexavalent chromium contamination, whether the regional water management group has included projects that help address the impacts caused by nitrate, arsenic, perchlorate, or hexavalent chromium contamination, including projects that provide safe drinking water to small disadvantaged communities.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 717, Sec. 3. (AB 1249) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Water Code § 10546 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.2 - INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS|CHAPTER 5 - Funding for Qualified Projects and Programs|Section 10546.

10546.  An integrated regional water management plan prepared pursuant to this part shall be eligible for funding pursuant to Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code, and for any funding authorized on or after January 1, 2009, that is allocated specifically for implementation of integrated regional water management.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)
CA Water Code § 10547 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.2 - INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS|CHAPTER 5 - Funding for Qualified Projects and Programs|Section 10547.

10547.  This part does not prohibit the department from implementing Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code by using existing integrated regional water management guidelines in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code.(Added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)
CA Water Code § 10548 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.2 - INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS|CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 10548.

10548.  This part does not affect any powers granted to a local agency by any other law.(Added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)
CA Water Code § 10549 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.2 - INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS|CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 10549.

10549.  This part does not authorize a regional water management group to define, or otherwise determine, the water rights of any person.(Added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)
CA Water Code § 10550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.2 - INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS|CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 10550.

10550.  The plan or project shall not be funded pursuant to this part if it would fund activities inconsistent with applicable state and federal water quality laws.(Added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 5. Effective March 1, 2009.)
CA Water Code § 10552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.2 - INTEGRATED REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS|CHAPTER 7 - Advanced Payment of Grant Funds|Section 10552.

10552.  This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2025, deletes or extends that date.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 675, Sec. 1. (SB 208) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 7, commencing with Section 10551.)
CA Water Code § 10608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 1 - General Declarations and Policy|Section 10608.

10608.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects against waste and unreasonable use.(b) Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect and grow California’s economy while protecting and restoring our fish and wildlife habitats make it essential that the state manage its water resources as efficiently as possible.(c) Diverse regional water supply portfolios will increase water supply reliability and reduce dependence on the Delta.(d) Reduced water use through conservation provides significant energy and environmental benefits, and can help protect water quality, improve streamflows, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.(e) The success of state and local water conservation programs to increase efficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of measurable outcomes related to water use or efficiency.(f) Improvements in technology and management practices offer the potential for increasing water efficiency in California over time, providing an essential water management tool to meet the need for water for urban, agricultural, and environmental uses.(g) The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction in urban water use statewide by 2020.(h) The factors used to formulate water use efficiency targets can vary significantly from location to location based on factors including weather, patterns of urban and suburban development, and past efforts to enhance water use efficiency.(i) Per capita water use is a valid measure of a water provider’s efforts to reduce urban water use within its service area. However, per capita water use is less useful for measuring relative water use efficiency between different water providers. Differences in weather, historical patterns of urban and suburban development, and density of housing in a particular location need to be considered when assessing per capita water use as a measure of efficiency.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 1 - General Declarations and Policy|Section 10608.4.

10608.4.  It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this part, to do all of the following:(a) Require all water suppliers to increase the efficiency of use of this essential resource.(b) Establish a framework to meet the state targets for urban water conservation identified in this part and called for by the Governor.(c) Measure increased efficiency of urban water use on a per capita basis.(d) Establish a method or methods for urban retail water suppliers to determine targets for achieving increased water use efficiency by the year 2020, in accordance with the Governor’s goal of a 20-percent reduction.(e) Establish consistent water use efficiency planning and implementation standards for urban water suppliers and agricultural water suppliers.(f) Promote urban water conservation standards that are consistent with the California Urban Water Conservation Council’s adopted best management practices and the requirements for demand management in Section 10631.(g) Establish standards that recognize and provide credit to water suppliers that made substantial capital investments in urban water conservation since the drought of the early 1990s.(h) Recognize and account for the investment of urban retail water suppliers in providing recycled water for beneficial uses.(i) Require implementation of specified efficient water management practices for agricultural water suppliers.(j) Support the economic productivity of California’s agricultural, commercial, and industrial sectors.(k) Advance regional water resources management.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 1 - General Declarations and Policy|Section 10608.8.

10608.8.  (a) (1) Water use efficiency measures adopted and implemented pursuant to this part or Part 2.8 (commencing with Section 10800) are water conservation measures subject to the protections provided under Section 1011.(2) Because an urban agency is not required to meet its urban water use target until 2020 pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10608.24, an urban retail water supplier’s failure to meet those targets shall not establish a violation of law for purposes of any state administrative or judicial proceeding prior to January 1, 2021. Nothing in this paragraph limits the use of data reported to the department or the board in litigation or an administrative proceeding. This paragraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2021.(3) To the extent feasible, the department and the board shall provide for the use of water conservation reports required under this part to meet the requirements of Section 1011 for water conservation reporting.(b) This part does not limit or otherwise affect the application of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11370), Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 11400), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(c) This part does not require a reduction in the total water used in the agricultural or urban sectors, because other factors, including, but not limited to, changes in agricultural economics or population growth may have greater effects on water use. This part does not limit the economic productivity of California’s agricultural, commercial, or industrial sectors.(d) The requirements of this part do not apply to an agricultural water supplier that is a party to the Quantification Settlement Agreement, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Chapter 617 of the Statutes of 2002, during the period within which the Quantification Settlement Agreement remains in effect. After the expiration of the Quantification Settlement Agreement, to the extent conservation water projects implemented as part of the Quantification Settlement Agreement remain in effect, the conserved water created as part of those projects shall be credited against the obligations of the agricultural water supplier pursuant to this part.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.16.

10608.16.  (a) The state shall achieve a 20-percent reduction in urban per capita water use in California on or before December 31, 2020.(b) The state shall make incremental progress towards the state target specified in subdivision (a) by reducing urban per capita water use by at least 10 percent on or before December 31, 2015.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.22.

10608.22.  Notwithstanding the method adopted by an urban retail water supplier pursuant to Section 10608.20, an urban retail water supplier’s per capita daily water use reduction shall be no less than 5 percent of base daily per capita water use as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 10608.12. This section does not apply to an urban retail water supplier with a base daily per capita water use at or below 100 gallons per capita per day.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.24 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.24.

10608.24.  (a) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its interim urban water use target by December 31, 2015.(b) Each urban retail water supplier shall meet its urban water use target by December 31, 2020.(c) An urban retail water supplier’s compliance daily per capita water use shall be the measure of progress toward achievement of its urban water use target.(d) (1) When determining compliance daily per capita water use, an urban retail water supplier may consider the following factors:(A) Differences in evapotranspiration and rainfall in the baseline period compared to the compliance reporting period.(B) Substantial changes to commercial or industrial water use resulting from increased business output and economic development that have occurred during the reporting period.(C) Substantial changes to institutional water use resulting from fire suppression services or other extraordinary events, or from new or expanded operations, that have occurred during the reporting period.(2) If the urban retail water supplier elects to adjust its estimate of compliance daily per capita water use due to one or more of the factors described in paragraph (1), it shall provide the basis for, and data supporting, the adjustment in the report required by Section 10608.40.(e) When developing the urban water use target pursuant to Section 10608.20, an urban retail water supplier that has a substantial percentage of industrial water use in its service area may exclude process water from the calculation of gross water use to avoid a disproportionate burden on another customer sector.(f) (1) An urban retail water supplier that includes agricultural water use in an urban water management plan pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) may include the agricultural water use in determining gross water use. An urban retail water supplier that includes agricultural water use in determining gross water use and develops its urban water use target pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 10608.20 shall use a water efficient standard for agricultural irrigation of 100 percent of reference evapotranspiration multiplied by the crop coefficient for irrigated acres.(2) An urban retail water supplier, that is also an agricultural water supplier, is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 10608.48), if the agricultural water use is incorporated into its urban water use target pursuant to paragraph (1).(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 328, Sec. 234. (SB 1330) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Water Code § 10608.26 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.26.

10608.26.  (a) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier shall conduct at least one public hearing to accomplish all of the following:(1) Allow community input regarding the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part.(2) Consider the economic impacts of the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part.(3) Adopt a method, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10608.20, for determining its urban water use target.(b) In complying with this part, an urban retail water supplier may meet its urban water use target through efficiency improvements in any combination among its customer sectors. An urban retail water supplier shall avoid placing a disproportionate burden on any customer sector.(c) For an urban retail water supplier that supplies water to a United States Department of Defense military installation, the urban retail water supplier’s implementation plan for complying with this part shall consider the conservation of that military installation under federal Executive Order 13514.(d) (1) Any ordinance or resolution adopted by an urban retail water supplier after the effective date of this section shall not require existing customers as of the effective date of this section, to undertake changes in product formulation, operations, or equipment that would reduce process water use, but may provide technical assistance and financial incentives to those customers to implement efficiency measures for process water. This section shall not limit an ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to a declaration of drought emergency by an urban retail water supplier.(2) This part shall not be construed or enforced so as to interfere with the requirements of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 113980) to Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 114380), inclusive, of Part 7 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, or any requirement or standard for the protection of public health, public safety, or worker safety established by federal, state, or local government or recommended by recognized standard setting organizations or trade associations.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 257, Sec. 1. (AB 2277) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Water Code § 10608.28 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.28.

10608.28.  (a) An urban retail water supplier may meet its urban water use target within its retail service area, or through mutual agreement, by any of the following:(1) Through an urban wholesale water supplier.(2) Through a regional agency authorized to plan and implement water conservation, including, but not limited to, an agency established under the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency Act (Division 31 (commencing with Section 81300)).(3) Through a regional water management group as defined in Section 10537.(4) By an integrated regional water management funding area.(5) By hydrologic region.(6) Through other appropriate geographic scales for which computation methods have been developed by the department.(b) A regional water management group, with the written consent of its member agencies, may undertake any or all planning, reporting, and implementation functions under this chapter for the member agencies that consent to those activities. Any data or reports shall provide information both for the regional water management group and separately for each consenting urban retail water supplier and urban wholesale water supplier.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.32 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.32.

10608.32.  All costs incurred pursuant to this part by a water utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission may be recoverable in rates subject to review and approval by the Public Utilities Commission, and may be recorded in a memorandum account and reviewed for reasonableness by the Public Utilities Commission.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.35 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.35.

10608.35.  (a) The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and make a recommendation to the Legislature, by January 1, 2020, on the feasibility of developing and enacting water loss reporting requirements for urban wholesale water suppliers.(b) The studies and investigations shall include an evaluation of the suitability of applying the processes and requirements of Section 10608.34 to urban wholesale water suppliers.(c) In conducting necessary studies and investigations and developing its recommendation, the department shall solicit broad public participation from stakeholders and other interested persons.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 14, Sec. 7. (SB 606) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Water Code § 10608.36 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.36.

10608.36.  Urban wholesale water suppliers shall include in the urban water management plans required pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610) an assessment of their present and proposed future measures, programs, and policies to help achieve the water use reductions required by this part.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.40 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.40.

10608.40.  Urban water retail suppliers shall report to the department on their progress in meeting their urban water use targets as part of their urban water management plans submitted pursuant to Section 10631. The data shall be reported using a standardized form developed pursuant to Section 10608.52.(Added by Stats. 2009, 7th Ex. Sess., Ch. 4, Sec. 1. (SB 7 7x) Effective February 3, 2010.)
CA Water Code § 10608.42 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 2.55 - SUSTAINABLE WATER USE AND DEMAND REDUCTION|CHAPTER 3 - Urban Retail Water Suppliers|Section 10608.42.

10608.42.  (a) The department shall review the 2015 urban water management plans and report to the Legislature by July 1, 2017, on progress towards achieving a 20-percent reduction in urban water use by December 31, 2020. The report shall include recommendations on changes to water efficiency standards or urban water use targets to achieve the 20-percent reduction and to reflect updated efficiency information and technology changes.(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 463, Sec. 1. (AB 2067) Effective January 1, 2015.)