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CA Water Code § 78621 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78621.

78621.  (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Water Recycling Subaccount. The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.(2) All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 (Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 14050) of Division 7) shall be deposited in the Water Recycling Subaccount in the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Fund created by Section 79136, for the purposes set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 79135) of Chapter 7 of Division 26.(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board for loans to public agencies to construct, operate, and maintain eligible recycling projects, for loans to aid in the design and construction of eligible recycling projects, for grants in accordance with Section 78628, and for the purposes described in Section 78629 and subdivision (a) of Section 78630.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 4. Amendment approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, and approved in Prop. 204 on Nov. 5, 1996.)
CA Water Code § 78622 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78622.

78622.  The board may enter into contracts to make loans to public agencies for the purposes set forth in this article. Factors to be considered by the board in determining whether to enter into a contract under this article may include, but are not limited to, whether the project is cost-effective or necessary to protect water quality.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78623 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78623.

78623.  Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78622 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for purposes of this chapter and shall include both of the following provisions:(a) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible recycling project.(b) An agreement by the public agency to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the eligible recycling project, commence operation of the project in accordance with applicable provisions of law, and provide for the payment of the public agency’s share of the cost of the project, including the principal of, and interest on, the loan.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78624 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78624.

78624.  (a) A contract for a loan may not provide for a moratorium on the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the loan.(b) Any loan made pursuant to Section 78622 shall be for a period not to exceed 20 years.(c) The board may enter into a contract for a loan of up to 100 percent of the total eligible cost of design and construction of an eligible recycling project.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78625 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78625.

78625.  (a) The board shall establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article 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 one-tenth of 1 percent, the interest rate shall be set at the next higher multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent.(c) The interest rate set for each contract 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. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78626 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78626.

78626.  Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into the subaccount after that date, shall be transferred to, and all money repaid to the state pursuant to any loan contract executed under this article shall be deposited in, the Water Recycling Subaccount in the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Fund for the purposes set forth in Section 79140.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 6. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)
CA Water Code § 78627 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78627.

78627.  All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall be deposited in the subaccount.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78628 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78628.

78628.  The board may make grants to public agencies for facility planning studies for water reclamation projects. The amount of the grants may not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) per study.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78629 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78629.

78629.  The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the purposes of this article, and may prepare recommendations with regard thereto, including the preparation of comprehensive statewide or areawide studies and reports on water recycling and the collection, treatment, disposal, and distribution of wastewater under a comprehensive cooperative plan.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 3 - Water Recycling Program|Section 78630.

78630.  Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both of the following purposes:(a) To pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.(b) For the purposes of Section 78629.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78640 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 4 - Drainage Management|Section 78640.

78640.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:(a) (1) “Drainage water management units” means land and facilities for the treatment, storage, conveyance, reduction, or disposal of agricultural drainage water which, if discharged untreated, would pollute or threaten to pollute the waters of the state.(2) Drainage water management units shall include one or more of the following:(A) A surface impoundment that is designed to hold an accumulation of drainage water, including, but not limited to, holding, storage, settling, and aeration pits, and lagoons. A surface impoundment does not include a landfill, a land farm, a pile, an emergency containment dike, tank, injection well, evaporation pond, or percolation pond.(B) Conveyance facilities to the treatment or storage site, including devices for flow regulation.(C) Facilities or works to treat agricultural drainage water to remove or substantially reduce the level of constituents which pollute or threaten to pollute the waters of the state, including, but not limited to, processes utilizing ion exchange, desalting technologies such as reverse osmosis, and biological treatment.(D) Facilities or works to reduce the amount of agricultural drainage water discharged, including, but not limited to, source control projects.(E) Diked areas or cells that are (i) used for the purpose of water conservation, water management, or environmental mitigation and (ii) located within inland bodies of saline water in Imperial and Riverside Counties.(3) Any or all of the drainage water management units, including the land under the unit, may consist of separable features, or an appropriate share of multipurpose features, of a larger system, or both.(4) Drainage water management units do not include facilities for the direct discharge of agricultural drainage water to the bay-delta or Pacific Ocean.(b) “Local agency” or “agency” means any city, county, district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state involved with water management.(c) “Project” means drainage water management units.(d) “Subaccount” means the Drainage Management Subaccount created by Section 78641.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78641 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 4 - Drainage Management|Section 78641.

78641.  There is hereby created in the account the Drainage Management Subaccount. The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78642 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 4 - Drainage Management|Section 78642.

78642.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of twenty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($27,500,000) in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board, for loans to local agencies to aid in the construction of drainage water management units for the treatment, storage, or disposal of agricultural drainage water, and for the purposes described in Section 78644. Priority shall be given to funding source reduction projects and programs.(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board, for grants to local agencies for the purpose of providing the nonfederal share of the costs specified in Section 1101 of Public Law 102-575.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78644 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 4 - Drainage Management|Section 78644.

78644.  The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out subdivision (a) of Section 78642.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78645 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 4 - Drainage Management|Section 78645.

78645.  (a) Any unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account in the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund on November 6, 1996, and any unallocated money deposited into that account from the sale of any bonds that are sold after November 6, 1996, shall be transferred to the subaccount. For the purpose of this section “unallocated money” means money not committed or appropriated as of November 6, 1996, which is not less than six million one hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars ($6,177,000).(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, any funds that are transferred pursuant to subdivision (a) to the subaccount are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Department of Food and Agriculture for programs to develop methods of using drainage water and reducing toxic materials in drainage water through reuse of the water and the use of the remaining salts. Priority shall be given to source reduction projects and programs.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 566, Sec. 5. Effective September 29, 1997. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, and approved in Prop. 204 on Nov. 5, 1996.)
CA Water Code § 78645.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 4 - Drainage Management|Section 78645.5.

78645.5.  Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the board may be used to pay for both of the following purposes:(a) To pay the costs incurred by the board in connection with the administration of this article.(b) For the purposes of Section 78644.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78645.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 4 - Drainage Management|Section 78645.7.

78645.7.  Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the Department of Food and Agriculture may be used to pay the costs incurred by that department in connection with the administration of this article.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78647 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 5 - Delta Tributary Watershed Program|Section 78647.

78647.  (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Tributary Watershed Subaccount.(2) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Delta Tributary Watershed Subaccount created by paragraph (1).(3) The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the board for grants for eligible projects in accordance with this article, and for the administration of this article.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78647.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 5 - Delta Tributary Watershed Program|Section 78647.2.

78647.2.  (a) The board shall administer a program under which a county, or a joint powers authority in which a county is a participant, may submit an application to the board for an eligible project requesting financial or technical assistance for the purpose of developing a voluntary, incentive-based watershed rehabilitation project. The board shall consult with other federal and state resource agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Fish and Game and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in the administration of the program. The Resources Agency shall make a written recommendation to the board regarding each application. The board shall consider the recommendations of the Resources Agency and include, when appropriate, the recommendation in the board’s final decision.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a county, or a joint powers authority in which a county is a participant, after a request to do so by a local public agency, declines to submit an application for an eligible project for a watershed that is all or in part within the boundaries of the county, a local public agency other than the county or that joint powers agency may submit an application in accordance with subdivision (a).(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78647.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 5 - Delta Tributary Watershed Program|Section 78647.4.

78647.4.  (a) “Eligible project” means a watershed rehabilitation project undertaken on lands owned or operated by the federal, state, or a local government, or a private person or entity within the delta tributary watershed.(b) For the purposes of this article, “delta tributary watershed” means a watershed which drains into the delta or the Trinity River.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78647.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 5 - Delta Tributary Watershed Program|Section 78647.5.

78647.5.  An eligible project shall include one or more of the following purposes:(a) A reduction in the presence of contaminants in drinking water by addressing the origins of the contaminants, including, to the maximum extent practicable, the specific activities that affect the drinking water supply of a community or communities. A project with a purpose described in this subdivision shall address contaminants, including those that are pathogenic organisms, for which a national primary drinking water regulation has been established, and that are detected in the community water system for which the application is submitted at levels above the maximum contaminant level or that are detected by adequate monitoring methods at levels that are not reliably and consistently below the maximum contaminant level.(b) An increase in the yield of water available from, and water retention capabilities of, the watershed, including projects to reduce dense forest understory, restore upland meadows, and repair stream channels.(c) The improvement, restoration, or enhancement of fisheries habitat, including riparian habitat, in and along streams and watercourses in the watershed. Projects may address factors which increase sedimentation in streams and watercourses in the watershed.(d) The improvement of overall forest health, including the reduction of factors which may contribute to the severity of wildfires in the watershed.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78647.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 5 - Delta Tributary Watershed Program|Section 78647.6.

78647.6.  (a) Every project funded under this article shall comply with state and federal law, regulations, and policies, and shall not degrade the quality of any waters of the state.(b) An application submitted to the board under this article shall include all of the following information:(1) An identification of any deficiencies in information that may impair the development or implementation of a project.(2) A discussion of the efforts undertaken to implement the project and to obtain the participation of both of the following:(A) Public agencies with relevant responsibilities in the watershed.(B) Persons and entities in the watershed who may be affected by recommendations of the project and whose participation is essential to the success of the project.(3) Evidence in the form of a statement from a private person or entity that that person or entity consents to the inclusion of private property in the project, as appropriate.(4) A monitoring plan to determine whether project purposes are satisfied.(5) An outline of the way in which project participants will, during the development and implementation of the project, identify and take into account any activities being undertaken by persons or entities in the watershed under federal or state law to rehabilitate the watershed. A project shall include voluntary and incentive-based strategies for the long-term rehabilitation of the watershed.(6) An identification of the technical, financial, or other assistance that the applicant will request to develop or implement the project.(7) When feasible, an identification of quantifiable, innovative, and cost-effective methods for achieving project purposes.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)
CA Water Code § 78647.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 24 - SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY ACT|CHAPTER 5 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program|ARTICLE 5 - Delta Tributary Watershed Program|Section 78647.7.

78647.7.  An application submitted to the board under Section 78647.6 shall also include the following information:(a) A delineation of the watershed area or areas critical for project purposes using available hydrogeologic or other pertinent information. If no information is available, the project shall conduct, to the extent practicable, vulnerability assessments in the watershed area, including identification of risks to drinking water, a project may use delineations and vulnerability assessments undertaken to identify groundwater sources under a wellhead protection program, surface or groundwater sources under a pesticide management plan, or surface water sources under a state or local watershed initiative, or undertaken in accordance with Subpart H (commencing with Section 141.70) of Part 141 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(b) An identification, to the maximum extent practicable, of the origins of drinking water contaminants that may be addressed by a project, including, to the maximum extent practicable, a description of the specific activities contributing to the presence of the contaminants in the watershed.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.)