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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 2 - Statewide Water Conservation › Section 11964.

11964. Water conservation or reclamation projects developed pursuant to this chapter may be funded pursuant to any bond law heretofore or hereafter approved by the voters if the project is otherwise eligible for funding under the bond law.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 2 - Statewide Water Conservation › Section 11965.

11965. This article shall not be applicable to the State Water Resources Development System.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 3 - Conservation in the State Water Resources Development System › Section 11970.

11970. The department may use Central Valley Project revenue bonds or other funds available for the purposes of the State Water Resources Development System to finance, in whole or in part, water conservation programs and facilities that reduce demands by the sponsoring contractor for project water from the system for a period of time agreed to by the sponsoring contractor, and thereby increase the supply of project water available in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for distribution to other contractors.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 3 - Conservation in the State Water Resources Development System › Section 11971.

11971. As used in this article, “sponsoring contractor” means a contractor or contractors, who have a long-term water supply contract with the department and who agree to reduce demands for project water from the State Water Resources Development System in accordance with Section 11970.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 3 - Conservation in the State Water Resources Development System › Section 11972.

11972. A local water conservation project described in Section 11970 is eligible for funding pursuant to this article if, in the determination of the department, the project meets all of the following criteria:
(a) The project is engineeringly feasible and is capable of producing project water which is economically competitive with alternative new water supply sources.
(b) The construction and operation of the facilities and programs will not interfere with the requested deliveries of annual entitlement water to any contractor other than the sponsoring contractor.
(c) The project will not result in any greater annual charges to any contractor, other than the sponsoring contractor, than would have occurred with the construction at the same time of alternative new water supply sources constituting either reservoirs located north of the delta or off-aqueduct storage reservoirs located south or west of the delta designed to deliver water to the California Aqueduct.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 3 - Conservation in the State Water Resources Development System › Section 11973.

11973. The department shall determine whether a local water conservation project described in Section 11970 is economically competitive by comparing, in an engineering and economic analysis, the local conservation project with alternative new water supply sources constituting either reservoirs located north of the delta or off-aqueduct storage reservoirs located south or west of the delta designed to supply water to the California Aqueduct. The analysis for the alternative new water supply sources shall use the average cost per acre-foot of yield in the latest studies made for those sources by the department and shall compare those facilties with the proposed local conservation project using commonly accepted engineering economics. In the case of a local conservation project to be funded in part by the department as part of the system and in part from other sources, the economic analysis shall be applied only to the portion to be funded by the department as a part of the system.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 3 - Conservation in the State Water Resources Development System › Section 11974.

11974. A local water conservation project described in Section 11970 shall not be constructed or implemented pursuant to this article until both of the following occurs:
(a) The sponsoring contractor signs a written agreement with the department which indicates all of the following:
(1) The approval of the facility or program by the sponsoring contractor.
(2) The yield and the period of time during which the water from the local conservation project constitutes project water.
(3) The disposition of the local conservation project or of the yield from the local conservation project upon the expiration of that period of time.
(b) All contractors within whose boundaries any portion of the local water conservation project is located, and who are not sponsoring contractors for the local conservation project, approve the local water conservation project in writing.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 3 - Conservation in the State Water Resources Development System › Section 11975.

11975. In the event of a shortage in water supply, within the meaning of Article 18(a) of the standard water supply contract between the department and the state water supply contractors, the determination of whether to count, in whole or in part, the reduced demand from future conservation programs described in Section 11970 in the allocation of deficiencies among contractors shall be based on a project-by-project evaluation taking into consideration such factors as any limitation on the use of the water from the facilities and whether the sponsoring contractor has access to project water from the delta as an alternate to those facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 3 - Conservation in the State Water Resources Development System › Section 11976.

11976. This article is the only portion of this chapter applicable to the State Water Resources Development System.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 4 - Administration › Section 11980.

11980. The department shall establish criteria for determining the eligibility of water conservation projects for assistance under this chapter and shall establish criteria for determination of the economic, financial, and engineering feasibility of proposed water conservation projects. The department shall establish guidelines to encourage feasibility studies to determine potential sources of conserved water for purposes of this chapter and to determine parties interested in contracting with potential water purchasers pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 4 - Administration › Section 11981.

11981. The State Water Resources Control Board shall establish criteria for determining both of the following:
(a) The eligibility of water reclamation projects for assistance under this chapter.
(b) The economic, financial, and engineering feasibility of proposed reclamation projects.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 4 - Administration › Section 11982.

11982. The department shall establish criteria for determining whether a water conservation or reclamation project results in a net increase in the amount of water made available for use and does not interfere with an established right to use of water by any other person or entity.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 4 - Administration › Section 11983.

11983. The department and the State Water Resources Control Board shall only approve for funding by the state under this chapter those projects which result in a net increase in the amount of water available for use and which do not interfere with an established right to use of water by any other person or entity. Any agreement between parties for a conservation or reclamation project not using state financing shall not require approval by the department or the State Water Resources Control Board under this chapter but shall comply with the criteria adopted under Section 11981 or 11982.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 4 - Administration › Section 11984.

11984. The department is authorized to adopt those rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out, and as are consistent with, this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 3 - CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT › CHAPTER 11 - Water Conservation and Reclamation Projects › ARTICLE 4 - Administration › Section 11985.

11985. In providing financial assistance pursuant to this chapter, the department shall impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the state’s investment and that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The department shall keep full and complete records and accounts concerning all of its transactions under this chapter and shall render a report on those transactions to the Legislature within 15 days after the commencement of the first regular session of the Legislature following the effective date of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 938, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12000.

12000. As used in this part, “person” means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company, but not including any public corporation or other public entity.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12001.

12001. As used in this part, “United States” means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12002.

12002. If any provision of this part, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the part, or the application of said provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12003.

12003. Any person may co-operate and contract with the United States, under the Federal Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto or under any other act of Congress heretofore or hereafter enacted permitting co-operation or contracts for any or all of the purposes set forth in Section 12004, whether under said federal reclamation laws, or otherwise.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12004.

12004. The co-operation or contract may be for any or all of the following purposes:
(a) Construction, acquisition, purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of works and facilities for irrigation, storage, drainage, flood control and generation and distribution of electric energy or either or any of these, or the use or enjoyment of any such works or facilities, or any rights or interests therein.
(b) A water supply.
(c) Assumption or creation, as principal or guarantor or otherwise, of indebtedness to the United States.
(d) To receive or borrow money from the United States and provide for the repayment thereof, for the purpose of constructing projects, distribution systems or other works for the storage, regulation, control, development and distribution of water for the irrigation of land or for any other lawful use, or for the use, control and distribution of drainage water, or for flood control purposes, or for the generation or distribution of electric energy.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12005.

12005. Any person has all powers, rights, and privileges necessary to enable such person to enter into any contract referred to in this part, and to carry out and perform the terms of any contract so made by such person, and may agree to impose and collect, and may impose and collect, any and all lawful assessments and charges required to carry out and perform any contract so made by such person.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12006.

12006. Any person, for the purpose of performing the obligations of any contract entered into by such person under the provisions of this part, or for the purpose of obtaining any of the rights, benefits or privileges or assuming and performing any of the obligations or duties created or contemplated by the contracts referred to in this part, and either through the agency of or in co-operation with any other person or public entity or agency, may contract with any other person, or the United States, or the State of California, or any public corporation or agency, in relation thereto, including, but not by way of limitation, the financing thereof, or any other matter of performance thereof, or any other matter incident thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12007.

12007. Any person, by an action brought pursuant to the provisions of this part, may submit any contract or proposed contract entered into, or proposed to be entered into, by such person under the provisions of this part to the superior court of either the county in which such person resides or in which such person has its principal office for the transaction of business or in which such contract was made or is to be performed in whole or part, to determine the validity of such contract and each and all of its terms and provisions, and the authority of such person to make and perform the contract, and the authority for and validity of any purchase, acquisition, sale or conveyance under the contract; provided, that if the contract provides for a water supply such decree shall not be construed to be an adjudication that the United States owns, or does not own, such water supply.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12008.

12008. The validation proceedings shall be an action in rem and shall be brought pursuant to the procedure provided by Sections 861, 862, 865, 866, 867, 868, and 870 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 218.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4 - CO-OPERATION AND CONTRACTS BETWEEN PRIVATE ENTITIES AND THE UNITED STATES › Section 12017.

12017. The provisions of this part are cumulative and are not intended to and they shall not be construed as repealing, amending, or otherwise affecting any other provisions of law.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1697.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.3 - WASHOE PROJECT WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS › Section 12050.

12050. The following definitions shall govern the construction of this part:
(a) “Public agency” includes any city, county, district, or other political subdivision of the State of California.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.3 - WASHOE PROJECT WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS › Section 12051.

12051. The Legislature hereby declares that the purpose of this part is to enable the acquisition of water supplies from the Washoe Project on the Truckee and Carson Rivers or their tributaries for beneficial use in California.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.3 - WASHOE PROJECT WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS › Section 12052.

12052. The department may enter into a contract for the acquisition of and payment for a water supply made available to the people of the State of California by the Washoe Reclamation Project—Nevada and California (Act of August 1, 1956, c. 809, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 775, 43 U.S.C. Sec. 614 (1958), and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto) or by any division or unit thereof; provided, that the authority of the department to so contract shall not be exercised unless the governing body of one or more of the counties or countywide water agencies or countywide districts in the area where the water supply will be used shall first request the department to take such action by duly adopted resolution.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.3 - WASHOE PROJECT WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS › Section 12053.

12053. (a) As a provision of any contract entered into pursuant to Section 12052, and for the purpose of securing its performance thereunder, the department may assign rights which have accrued or which will accrue to the department from the execution of contracts entered into pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 12054.
(b) Such rights may be effectively assigned notwithstanding the fact that contracts creating such rights have not, at the time of the assignment of rights to accrue thereunder, been executed, the provisions of Section 1045 of the Civil Code or of any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The department may require, as a condition precedent to its duty to perform any obligation incurred by virtue of its entry into any contract pursuant to Section 12052, the subsequent execution of all contracts to be entered into by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12054 which are to create the rights assigned.
(c) The department may give such assurances, in the form of covenants in contracts to which it is a party pursuant to the provisions of Section 12052, as may be required by the terms of any interstate compact which effectively allocates water supplies from the Washoe Project or from any division or unit thereof, or by the federal government, including any agency thereof, as operating agency of the Washoe Project or of any division or unit thereof, which assurances are in the judgment of the department necessary and proper to the execution of the intent expressed by this part.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.3 - WASHOE PROJECT WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS › Section 12054.

12054. Under such regulations and upon such terms, limitations, and conditions as it prescribes, the department may:
(a) Fix and establish the prices, rates, and charges at which the water supply made available to the people of the State of California by the Washoe Project, or by any division or unit thereof, shall be sold and disposed of; and
(b) Enter into contracts and agreements with public agencies or with portions thereof as described in subdivision (e) of Section 12056, for the sale and disposal of water supplies acquired by it pursuant to Section 12052.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.3 - WASHOE PROJECT WATER SUPPLY CONTRACTS › Section 12055.

12055. (a) As a provision of any contract entered into pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12054, and for the purpose of securing its performance thereunder, the department may assign rights which have accrued or which will accrue to the department from the execution of any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 12052.
(b) Such rights may be assigned notwithstanding the fact that no contract pursuant to the provisions of Section 12052 has, at the time of assignment of rights to accrue thereunder, been executed, the provisions of Section 1045 of the Civil Code or of any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. The department may require, as a condition precedent to its duty to perform any obligation incurred by virtue of its entry into any contract pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12054, the subsequent execution of any contract to be entered into by the department pursuant to Section 12052 which is to create the rights assigned.
(c) The department is authorized to require such assurances from public agencies, in the form of covenants in contracts to which it is a party under the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 12054, as are in the judgment of the department necessary and proper to the execution of the intent expressed by this part.
(Added by Stats. 1966, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 42.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 1 - General Policy › Section 12200.

12200. The Legislature hereby finds that the water problems of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta are unique within the State; the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers join at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to discharge their fresh water flows into Suisun, San Pablo and San Francisco Bays and thence into the Pacific Ocean; the merging of fresh water with saline bay waters and drainage waters and the withdrawal of fresh water for beneficial uses creates an acute problem of salinity intrusion into the vast network of channels and sloughs of the Delta; the State Water Resources Development System has as one of its objectives the transfer of waters from water-surplus areas in the Sacramento Valley and the north coastal area to water-deficient areas to the south and west of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta via the Delta; water surplus to the needs of the areas in which it originates is gathered in the Delta and thereby provides a common source of fresh water supply for water-deficient areas. It is, therefore, hereby declared that a general law cannot be made applicable to said Delta and that the enactment of this law is necessary for the protection, conservation, development, control and use of the waters in the Delta for the public good.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 1 - General Policy › Section 12201.

12201. The Legislature finds that the maintenance of an adequate water supply in the Delta sufficient to maintain and expand agriculture, industry, urban, and recreational development in the Delta area as set forth in Section 12220, Chapter 2, of this part, and to provide a common source of fresh water for export to areas of water deficiency is necessary to the peace, health, safety and welfare of the people of the State, except that delivery of such water shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10505 and Sections 11460 to 11463, inclusive, of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 1 - General Policy › Section 12202.

12202. Among the functions to be provided by the State Water Resources Development System, in coordination with the activities of the United States in providing salinity control for the Delta through operation of the Federal Central Valley Project, shall be the provision of salinity control and an adequate water supply for the users of water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. If it is determined to be in the public interest to provide a substitute water supply to the users in said Delta in lieu of that which would be provided as a result of salinity control no added financial burden shall be placed upon said Delta water users solely by virtue of such substitution. Delivery of said substitute water supply shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10505 and Sections 11460 to 11463, inclusive, of this code.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 1 - General Policy › Section 12203.

12203. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the United States should divert water from the channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to which the users within said Delta are entitled.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 1 - General Policy › Section 12204.

12204. In determining the availability of water for export from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta no water shall be exported which is necessary to meet the requirements of Sections 12202 and 12203 of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 1 - General Policy › Section 12205.

12205. It is the policy of the State that the operation and management of releases from storage into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of water for use outside the area in which such water originates shall be integrated to the maximum extent possible in order to permit the fulfillment of the objectives of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 3 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levees › ARTICLE 1 - Plan for Improvement › Section 12225.

12225. The plan for improvement of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees, as set forth in Bulletin No. 192 of the Department of Water Resources, dated May 1975, is approved as a conceptual plan to guide the formulation of projects to preserve the integrity of the delta levee system.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 3 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levees › ARTICLE 2 - Construction › Section 12226.

12226. The department may prepare detailed plans and specifications for the improvement of the levees or levee segments specified in Section 12225.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 3 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levees › ARTICLE 2 - Construction › Section 12226.2.

12226.2. The department may proceed immediately with the improvement of a pilot levee project which the department determines, after a public hearing, is in critical need of improvement and which is highly susceptible to failure in the absence of such immediate improvement. Prior to commencing such improvement, the department shall enter into an agreement with a local agency whereby the local agency will bear at least 20 percent of the cost of the improvement.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.5 - SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA › CHAPTER 3 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levees › ARTICLE 3 - Short Title › Section 12227.

12227. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Nejedly-Mobley Delta Levees Act”.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1302.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.6 - SAN JOAQUIN RIVER › Section 12230.

12230. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a serious problem of water quality exists in the San Joaquin River between the junction of the San Joaquin River and the Merced River and the junction of the San Joaquin River with Middle River; that by virtue of the nature and causes of the problem and its effect upon water supplies in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, it is a matter of statewide interest and is the responsibility of the State to determine an equitable and feasible solution to this problem.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1454.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.6 - SAN JOAQUIN RIVER › Section 12231.

12231. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the United States should divert water from the San Joaquin River and its tributaries to which the users along the portion of the San Joaquin River described in Section 12230 are entitled.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1454.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.6 - SAN JOAQUIN RIVER › Section 12232.

12232. The State Water Resources Control Board, the State Department of Water Resources, the California Water Commission, and any other agency of the state having jurisdiction, shall do nothing, in connection with their responsibilities, to cause further significant degradation of the quality of water in that portion of the San Joaquin River between the points specified in Section 12230.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.6 - SAN JOAQUIN RIVER › Section 12233.

12233. Nothing in this part shall be construed as affecting the quality of water diverted into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from the Sacramento River, nor as affecting any vested right to the use of water, regardless of origin, or any water project for which an application to appropriate water was filed with the State Water Resources Control Board prior to June 17, 1961.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 284.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.7 - SPECIAL PROJECTS › CHAPTER 1 - Feather River Recreation › Section 12250.

12250. The department is authorized to construct a recreation project in the vicinity of the City of Oroville along the Feather River. Recreation projects which may be considered, in accordance with the project environmental impact report, include, but are not limited to: a swimming area or facility near Bedrock Park, including sanitary and convenience facilities and channel modification, renovation of salmon-spawning riffles in conjunction with a swimming facility, and development of a parkway project and wildlife area.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1023.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.7 - SPECIAL PROJECTS › CHAPTER 1 - Feather River Recreation › Section 12251.

12251. In order to construct the recreation project authorized pursuant to Section 12250, the department may exercise any of the powers conferred upon it by the provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 11100) of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1023.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.7 - SPECIAL PROJECTS › CHAPTER 1 - Feather River Recreation › Section 12252.

12252. Construction of the recreation project authorized pursuant to Section 12250 shall be contingent upon a favorable environmental impact determination, and upon the execution of an agreement with a local public agency under which such public agency agrees to fund any construction costs exceeding one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000), and agrees to pay all costs of maintaining the project.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1023.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.7 - SPECIAL PROJECTS › CHAPTER 1 - Feather River Recreation › Section 12255.

12255. Any land acquisition for the purposes of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of the Property Acquisition Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1079.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - Delta Flood Protection Fund › Section 12300.

12300. (a) The Delta Flood Protection Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys appropriated to the fund, including authorized proceeds from the sale of bonds, and all income derived from the investment of moneys that are in the fund.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate, in accordance with Section 12938, twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) each year through fiscal year 1998–99 to the Delta Flood Protection Fund from moneys deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code. It is further the intent of the Legislature to appropriate annually moneys in the Delta Flood Protection Fund to the department for expenditure and allocation, without regard to fiscal years, in the following amounts and for the following purposes:
(1) Six million dollars ($6,000,000) annually for local assistance under the delta levee maintenance subventions program pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980), and for the administration thereof.
(2) Six million dollars ($6,000,000) annually for special delta flood protection projects under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310) and subsidence studies and monitoring, and the administration thereof. These funds shall only be allocated for projects on Bethel, Bradford, Holland, Hotchkiss, Jersey, Sherman, Twitchell, and Webb Islands, and at other locations in the delta and for the Towns of Thornton and Walnut Grove and for approximately 12 miles of levees on islands bordering the Northern Suisun Bay from Van Sickle Island westerly to Montezuma Slough.
(3) Additional moneys as they may become available from proceeds from the sale of bonds issued by the state.
(c) Any moneys unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall revert to the Delta Flood Protection Fund and shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes specified in subdivision (b).
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent consistent with Sections 12314, 12987, and 78543, projects funded under subdivision (b) shall be consistent with the delta ecosystem restoration strategy of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 548, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - Delta Flood Protection Fund › Section 12301.

12301. The Delta Flood Protection Fund is hereby abolished on July 1, 2010, and all unencumbered moneys in the fund are transferred to the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 548, Sec. 3. Effective September 28, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1 - Delta Flood Protection Fund › Section 12303.

12303. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, subject to subdivision (b) of Section 12929.12, if twelve million dollars ($12,000,000) or any lesser amount is transferred pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 to the California Water Fund from the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund in each of the fiscal years 1990–91 to 1997–98, inclusive, and if six million dollars ($6,000,000) or any lesser amount is so transferred in the 1998–99 fiscal year, that amount shall be appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund for the purposes specified in subdivision (b) of Section 12300, in lieu of the funds deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code. However, that the director, in consultation with the Department of Finance, may accelerate payments to the California Water Fund for reappropriation to the Delta Flood Protection Fund if the director deems it appropriate to do so.
(b) 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, shall decrease by amounts equal to the amounts which are transferred from the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund to the California Water Fund and appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) For any fiscal year, the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Director of Water Resources, may recommend in the Budget Act a source of funding for the Delta Flood Protection Fund which is different from that set forth in subdivision (a). If the Legislature approves the alternative source of funding, the portion of the State Water Resources Development System obligation specified in subdivision (b) which remains outstanding because of the selection of the alternative funding source shall be discharged pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 11913.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the creation of the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount pursuant to Section 78540, as proposed to be added by S.B. 900 of the 1995–96 Regular Session, that subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall not apply to the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount and that the funds of the subaccount shall be available to fund equally both of the following:
(1) The delta levee maintenance subventions program pursuant to Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980), associated mitigation and habitat improvement programs, and the administration thereof.
(2) The special delta flood protection projects pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310), associated mitigation and habitat improvement programs, and the administration thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 601, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Environmental Mitigation and Protection Requirements › Section 12306.

12306. This chapter applies to special flood control projects subject to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310) and to the payment of delta levee subventions under Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980).
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1140, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Environmental Mitigation and Protection Requirements › Section 12306.5.

12306.5. The Resources Agency shall supervise the implementation of the programs subject to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1140, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 1.5 - Environmental Mitigation and Protection Requirements › Section 12307.

12307. (a) The Resources Agency, the department, the Reclamation Board, and the Department of Fish and Game shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to coordinate the implementation of the programs subject to this chapter.
(b) The memorandum of understanding shall provide that the Department of Fish and Game shall enforce any mitigation requirements involving programs subject to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1140, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 2 - Special Flood Control Projects › Section 12310.

12310. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Local public agency” means a reclamation district or levee district or other public agency responsible for the maintenance of a nonproject levee as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 12980 or a project levee as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 12980.
(b) “Project” means the flood control improvement and any mitigation and habitat improvement constructed, or interests in land acquired, for those purposes pursuant to this part.
(c) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(d) “Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as described in Section 12220.
(e) “Net long-term habitat improvement” means enhancement of riparian, fisheries, and wildlife habitat.
(f) “CALFED Bay Delta Program” or “CALFED program” means the program established in May 1995 as a joint effort among state and federal agencies with management and regulatory responsibilities in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to develop long-term solutions to resource management problems involving the bay-delta.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 779, Sec. 4. Effective October 10, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 2 - Special Flood Control Projects › Section 12311.

12311. (a) The department shall develop and implement a program of flood control projects on Bethel, Bradford, Holland, Hotchkiss, Jersey, Sherman, Twitchell, and Webb Islands, and at other locations in the delta and for the Towns of Thornton and Walnut Grove, and for approximately 12 miles of levees on islands bordering Northern Suisun Bay from Van Sickle Island westerly to Montezuma Slough. This program shall have, as its primary purpose, the protection of discrete and identifiable public benefits, including the protection of public highways and roads, utility lines and conduits, and other public facilities, and the protection of urbanized areas, water quality, recreation, navigation, and fish and wildlife habitats, and other public benefits. The program shall also include net long-term habitat improvement.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department shall develop and recommend a plan of action, including alternatives, for flood control for the Towns of Thornton and Walnut Grove and shall submit the plan to the Legislature by January 1, 1989. The department shall not allocate any funds for implementation of the plan of action for flood control for the Towns of Thornton and Walnut Grove until a plan is approved by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 601, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 4.8 - DELTA FLOOD PROTECTION › CHAPTER 2 - Special Flood Control Projects › Section 12312.

12312. The department may expend any moneys available to it pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 12300 or any moneys available from other sources of funding appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this part. In addition, the department shall seek a sharing of costs with the beneficiaries or owners or operators of the public facilities benefited by the flood protection projects. The department shall also seek cost sharing with, or financial assistance from, federal agencies which have programs applicable to, or which have an interest in, the flood protection projects.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 601, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)