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CA Water Code § 12927 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing|ARTICLE 3 - Definitions|Section 12927.

12927.  As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:(a) “In-lieu recharge” means accomplishing increased storage of groundwater by providing interruptible surface water to a user who relies on groundwater as a primary supply, to accomplish groundwater storage through the direct use of that surface water in lieu of pumping groundwater. In-lieu recharge would be used rather than continuing pumping while artificially recharging with the interruptible surface waters.(b) “Project” means land and facilities for artificial groundwater recharge through methods which include, but are not limited to, (1) percolation using basins, pits, ditches and furrows, modified streambed, flooding, and well injection or (2) in-lieu recharge. “Project” also means land and facilities already in use for the purpose of groundwater recharge.“Project” may include any of the following:(1) Instream facilities for regulation of water levels, but not regulation of streamflow by storage to accomplish diversion from the waterway.(2) Agency owned facilities for extraction.(3) Conveyance facilities to the recharge site, including devices for flow regulation and measurement of recharge waters.Any part or all of the project facilities, including the land under the facilities, may consist of the separable features, or an appropriate share of multipurpose features, of a larger system, or both.(c) “Local agency” or “agency” means any city, county, district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state involved with water management.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12928 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing|ARTICLE 4 - Loans|Section 12928.

12928.  (a) The money in the 1985 Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Bond Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for loans to local agencies to aid in the conduct of projects for artificial groundwater recharge and the purposes set forth in this section. The loan program shall be administered by the department. Administrative costs of the loan program shall be paid from moneys available therefor in the 1985 Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Bond Fund as appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Bill.(b) The department may enter into a contract for a loan if it finds that the agency has the ability to repay the requested loan, that the project is economically justified, and that the project is feasible from an engineering and hydrogeologic viewpoint. However, any contract concerning an eligible project for artificial groundwater recharge shall include, in substance, all of the following:(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost and benefit of the project, including a feasibility report which shall set forth the economic justification and the engineering, hydrogeologic, and financial feasibility of the project, and shall include explanations of the proposed facilities and their relation to other water-related facilities in the basin or region.(2) An agreement by the agency to proceed expeditiously to complete the project in conformance with the approved plans and specifications and the feasibility report and to operate and maintain the project properly upon completion throughout the repayment period.(3) Loan contracts may not provide a moratorium on payment of principal or interest.(4) Loans shall be for a period of up to 25 years with an interest rate set annually by the department at 50 percent of the average interest rate paid by the state on general obligation bonds in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the loan agreement is executed.(5) No single project may receive more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) from the department.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12928.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing|ARTICLE 4 - Loans|Section 12928.1.

12928.1.  The department shall give priority to projects of agencies located in overdrafted groundwater basins and those projects of critical need, to projects whose feasibility studies show the greatest economic justification and the greatest engineering and hydrogeologic feasibility as determined by the department, and to projects located in areas which have existing water management programs.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12928.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing|ARTICLE 4 - Loans|Section 12928.2.

12928.2.  A contract for a loan pursuant to Section 12928 shall require the prior approval of the California Water Commission.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12928.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing|ARTICLE 4 - Loans|Section 12928.3.

12928.3.  The department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, criteria and procedures for establishing the eligibility of an agency and a project to qualify for loans, and any terms and conditions necessary to protect the investment of the state and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12928.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing|ARTICLE 4 - Loans|Section 12928.4.

12928.4.  As a part of the contract for a loan, the agency shall agree to indemnify and hold and save the state, the department, and its employees free from any and all liability for damages that may arise out of the work performed on projects financed under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12928.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing|ARTICLE 4 - Loans|Section 12928.6.

12928.6.  Groundwater recharge projects developed pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible for funding pursuant to any bond law previously or subsequently approved by the voters if the projects are otherwise eligible for funding under the bond law.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12929.

12929.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Water Act of 1989.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12929.1.

12929.1.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to prescribe the purposes of the Environmental Water Fund, and to create, and prescribe the purposes of, the Environmental Water Program and the Water Quality Program.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 12929.2.

12929.2.  As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.(b) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.(c) “Mono Lake Basin” means Mono Lake and its watershed.(d) “Environmental Water Program” means the Environmental Water Program created pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 12929.20).(e) “Mono Lake Committee” means the California nonprofit citizens organization formed to save Mono Lake.(f) “Water Quality Program” means the Water Quality program created pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 12929.30).(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund|Section 12929.10.

12929.10.  The Environmental Water Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys transferred or appropriated to the fund and all income derived from investment of moneys that are in the fund.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 716, Sec. 4.)
CA Water Code § 12929.11 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund|Section 12929.11.

12929.11.  The department shall expend the money appropriated to it from the Environmental Water Fund for projects or programs concerning the water resources of the state that will contribute significant environmental benefits.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund|Section 12929.12.

12929.12.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) of the funds that may be transferred, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937, to the California Water Fund from the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund, shall be appropriated to the Environmental Water Fund. It is the intent of the Legislature, subject to subdivision (b), to appropriate to the Environmental Water Fund one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the 1990–91 fiscal year and eight million dollars ($8,000,000) per year in fiscal years 1991–92 to 1998–99, inclusive. However, the director, in consultation with the Department of Finance, may accelerate payments to the California Water Fund for appropriation to the Environmental Water Fund if the director deems it appropriate to do so.(b) It is the further intent of the Legislature that if the director determines that all or any portion of the amount that would otherwise be appropriated in any fiscal year to the Environmental Water Fund in accordance with subdivision (a), or to the Delta Flood Protection Fund pursuant to Section 12303, is required for continued construction of the State Water Resources Development System pursuant to Section 12938, the entire amount that would otherwise be appropriated to the Environmental Fund for that fiscal year shall be reduced to zero before any reduction is made in the amount to be appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund. It is also the intent of the Legislature that any reduction in funds appropriated to the Environmental Water Fund and the Delta Flood Protection Fund pursuant to this subdivision be made up from funds transferred to the California Water Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 in subsequent fiscal years.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 676. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Water Code § 12929.13 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund|Section 12929.13.

12929.13.  It is further the intent of the Legislature that the reductions and transfers described in Sections 11913, 12303, and 12929.12 shall continue until the obligation of the State Water Resources Development System to reimburse the California Water Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 is satisfied.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 716, Sec. 6.)
CA Water Code § 12929.14 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund|Section 12929.14.

12929.14.  It is the intent of the Legislature that nine million dollars ($9,000,000) per year be appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the 1994–95 to 1997–98 fiscal years, inclusive, to pay for programs and projects included in the environmental water program.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 626, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 12929.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund|Section 12929.15.

12929.15.  From the funds appropriated to the department from the Environmental Water Fund, it is the intent of the Legislature that the department allocate at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) per year, in the 1995–96 to 1997–98 fiscal years, inclusive, to programs and projects included in the Water Quality Program. However, not more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated to the Environmental Water Fund pursuant to Section 12929.12 shall be appropriated for this purpose.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 626, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 12929.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.20.

12929.20.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that diversions of water out of the Mono Lake Basin by the City of Los Angeles have lowered the water level of Mono Lake and that future water diversions need to be managed to protect Mono Lake and the Mono Lake Basin. The department, upon acceptance of an application or applications pursuant to Section 12929.21, shall expend money available from the Environmental Water Fund to preserve the wildlife and environment of the Mono Lake Basin.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.21 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.21.

12929.21.  The City of Los Angeles, jointly with the Mono Lake Committee, may submit one or more grant applications to the department to protect and preserve the Mono Lake Basin. The grant applications shall benefit and enhance the lake’s ecosystem and contribute to permanent protection of the Mono Lake Basin environment, including, but not limited to, nesting and migratory bird populations, air quality, fish, and other wildlife, as well as provide replacement water and power to the city. Any project funded by a grant shall not unreasonably affect fish, wildlife, or other instream beneficial uses.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.22 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.22.

12929.22.  Funds expended for purposes of Section 12929.20 shall be expended only for an eligible project which is consistent with a grant application pursuant to Section 12929.21. The City of Los Angeles shall be the sole grantee for any funds expended for an eligible project.For purposes of this section, “eligible project” means a water or power conservation project, a waste water reclamation project, a conjunctive use program, a groundwater recharge project, the enlargement of existing water or power facilities owned by the City of Los Angeles, electric power production facilities, or a water marketing program. Priority shall be given to projects or programs that conserve water or power that has been previously developed.It is the intent of the Legislature that eligible projects are intended to find replacement water and power for the City of Los Angeles and to limit any impact of reduced diversions from the Mono Lake Basin on statewide water and power supplies, except for any reduced diversions ordered as specified in Section 12929.24. No money made available pursuant to this chapter shall be spent by the city to buy water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.23 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.23.

12929.23.  Until June 30, 1994, 60 percent of the funds that have been appropriated to the Environmental Water Program shall be reserved exclusively for the funding of applications pursuant to Section 12929.21. Applicants may also apply for funds that may be appropriated in the future to the Environmental Water Program. After July 1, 1994, all funds reserved by this section and all other funds that may be appropriated to the Environmental Water Program may be used either to protect and preserve the Mono Lake Basin or for programs and projects listed in Section 12929.26.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.24 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.24.

12929.24.  The state shall not accept any application for funds pursuant to Section 12929.21 that would expend any state money to replace water or power supplies lost by the City of Los Angeles because of a final court judgment or final board order regarding the Mono Lake Basin.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.25.

12929.25.  This chapter does not affect the rights or obligations of any party involved in litigation regarding the Mono Lake Basin.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.26 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.26.

12929.26.  Other purposes eligible for funding under this chapter, subject to approval by the Legislature in the annual budget process, include all of the following:(a) Restoration and enhancement of fisheries on the Upper Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, and elsewhere. Primary emphasis shall be on restoring and enhancing fisheries habitat.(b) Acquisition, restoration, and enhancement of wetlands on the Pacific Flyway and elsewhere.(c) Acquisition, restoration, and enhancement of riparian habitat on the Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and elsewhere.The department shall confer with appropriate state and federal agencies on the feasibility of eligible projects.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
CA Water Code § 12929.27 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program|Section 12929.27.

12929.27.  (a) The City of Los Angeles shall submit a grant application to the department pursuant to Section 12929.21 for the purpose of implementing a voluntary water conservation program in the City of Los Angeles that benefits the ecosystem of Mono Lake.(b) The voluntary water conservation program that is the subject of the grant application shall provide for all of the following:(1) The use of community-based organizations, in cooperation and consultation with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, to carry out the program, and to perform water audits and provide and install residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural water conservation equipment in the service area of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in connection with the program.(2) The training of community-based organizations that participate in the program and the training of persons who are selected by the organizations to perform water audits, install water conservation equipment, or perform other services in connection with the program.(3) Notice of the program to the ratepayers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.(c) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power may not impose a charge on its ratepayers to pay for the water conservation program, except that it may impose a fee on the ratepayers who contract for the installation of water conservation equipment in connection with the program to pay for up to 20 percent of the cost of the equipment and the installation of the equipment.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 626, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Water Code § 12929.30 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES|PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989|ARTICLE 4 - Water Quality Program|Section 12929.30.

12929.30.  The Water Quality Program includes projects or programs of public agencies throughout the state that will either (1) reduce the amounts of agricultural drainage water or (2), improve the quality of agricultural drainage water with the result of improving the quality of water used for agricultural, municipal, or industrial purposes.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)