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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.3.

13896.3. (a) Loans and grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The State Department of Health Services may make reasonable allowance for future water supply needs and may provide for additional capacity when excessive costs would be incurred by later enlargement. The loans and grants may be made for all, or any part, of the cost of constructing, improving, or rehabilitating any system when, in the judgment of the State Department of Health Services, improvement or rehabilitation is necessary to provide pure, wholesome, and potable water in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes. The State Department of Health Services shall determine and notify applicants of eligibility of components requested to be included in the proposed project. The department shall use this determination as a basis for disbursing funds. No single public agency shall receive grants pursuant to this chapter totaling more than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Loans may be made to provide for the purchase of a water system or the purchase of watershed lands. No loan to an individual supplier shall exceed the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000), unless the Legislature by an act raises the limit specified in this section.
(b) Upon receipt of an application for a grant or loan pursuant to this chapter, the department shall propose to the applicant improvements to the applicant’s water development, distribution, and utilization system which will conserve water in a cost-effective manner. These improvements may include, but need not be limited to, leak detection and repair programs, valve repair and replacement, meter calibration and replacement, physical improvements to achieve corrosion control, distribution and installation of water conservation devices and fixtures, and other capital improvements which can be demonstrated to conserve water in a cost-effective manner. The department and applicant may agree to include these capital improvements in the grant or loan. Failure by the applicant to include water conservation capital improvements in the grant or loan application shall not be sufficient cause for the department to refuse to make the grant or loan.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.4.

13896.4. An application for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall not be approved by the department, unless the department determines that the public agency is otherwise unable to meet minimum safe drinking water standards established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.
No grant shall be made by the department except upon approval by the State Department of Health Services of project plans submitted by the applicant and upon written approval by the State Department of Health Services that the proposed project is consistent with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 447. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.5.

13896.5. First priority for grants shall be granted to public agencies having immediate health related problems, as certified by the State Department of Health Services. Additional high priority shall be granted to projects to correct immediate problems, as opposed to grants for construction of projects to meet future growth needs.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.6.

13896.6. First priority for loans shall be given to suppliers with the most critical public health problems. Priority for loans shall also be given to suppliers which have a lesser capability to reasonably finance system improvements.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.7.

13896.7. Preliminary design work, including a cost estimate for the project, shall be completed before a loan or grant is awarded. Operation and maintenance costs shall be the responsibility of the supplier and may not be considered as part of the project cost. Costs for planning and preliminary engineering studies may be reimbursed following the receipt of a loan or grant, subject to approval by the department and the State Department of Health Services.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.8.

13896.8. No application for a grant may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the public agency has also applied for a loan pursuant to this chapter. A public agency shall be eligible for a grant only to the extent that the department finds that the agency is found unable to repay the full costs of a loan.
If the department has determined that the applicant is unable to repay the full costs of a loan, the applicant may also file for a grant. Upon receipt of a grant application, the department shall determine that portion of the full costs that the applicant is capable of repaying. Grant funds shall only be provided for that portion that the applicant is not capable of repaying.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.9.

13896.9. Grant funds shall be expended by the public agency within three years of the making of the grant. No grant funds may be expended by the public agency unless the public agency is able to demonstrate to the department, within one year of the making of the grant, supported by an acceptable bid, that the amount to be expended for the project will be within 20 percent of the public agency’s cost estimate for the project.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.

13897. For the purpose of administering this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the State Department of Health Services may not exceed 5 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter. The department shall establish a reasonable schedule of administrative fees for loans, which fees shall be paid by the supplier pursuant to Section 13895.9, to reimburse the state for the costs of state administration of this chapter.
Charges incurred by the Attorney General in protecting the state’s interests in the use and repayment of grant and loan funds under this chapter shall be paid from the proceeds of bond sales under this chapter. These charges shall not be paid from funds allocated for administrative purposes, but shall be treated as a program expense not to exceed 1.5 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be sold under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.1.

13897.1. As much of the moneys in the fund as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.2.

13897.2. Repayment of all or part of the principal, which is the loan plus the administrative fee, may be deferred during a development period not exceeding 10 years within the maximum 50-year repayment period, when, in the department’s judgment, the development period is justified under the circumstances. Interest on the principal shall not be deferred. Repayment of principal which is deferred during a development period may, at the option of the supplier, be paid in annual installments during the remainder of the loan repayment period.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.3.

13897.3. The department shall annually establish the interest rate for loans made pursuant to this chapter at 50 percent of the average interest rate, computed by the true interest cost method, paid by the state on general obligation bonds for the prior calendar year. All loans made pursuant to this chapter shall carry the established interest rate for the calendar year in which the funds are committed to the loan, as of the date of the letter of commitment from the department, and shall remain at that interest rate for the duration of the loan.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.4.

13897.4. (a) The department, after public notice and hearing and with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Services, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, criteria and procedures for establishing the eligibility of a supplier.
(b) The department shall adopt rules and regulations that, in its judgment, will most effectively carry out this chapter in the public interest, to the end that the people of California are most efficiently and most economically provided supplies of pure, wholesome, and potable domestic water. The rules and regulations may provide for the denial of funds when the purposes of this chapter may most economically and efficiently be attained by means other than the construction of the proposed project.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other provision of law, existing rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 (Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810)) which are in effect on the effective date of this chapter, may, at the option of the department, be utilized upon voter approval of this chapter for purposes of implementing this chapter. The department, with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Services, may subsequently revise those rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code as necessary to implement provisions of this chapter which differ from Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810) or for any other reason to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.5.

13897.5. The State Department of Health Services shall notify suppliers that may be eligible for loans pursuant to this chapter of (a) the purposes of this chapter and (b) the rules and regulations adopted by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.6.

13897.6. (a) The State Department of Health Services, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the department, shall, from time to time, establish a priority list of suppliers to be considered for financing.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other provision of law, the priority list established by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 (Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810)) in effect on the effective date of this chapter may, at the option of the State Department of Health Services, be utilized upon voter approval of this chapter until the State Department of Health Services adopts a new priority list.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.8.

13897.8. Not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of state loans for projects shall be authorized by the department in a single calendar quarter. No contract shall be approved by the department, unless the department finds that the supplier has the capacity to repay the loan amounts specified in the contract.
At the request of the department, the Public Utilities Commission shall furnish comments concerning the ability of suppliers subject to its jurisdiction to finance the project from other sources and the ability to repay the loan.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13897.9.

13897.9. All bonds authorized, which have been duly sold and delivered pursuant to this chapter, shall constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest thereon.
There shall be collected annually in the same manner, and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, a sum, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, that is required to pay the principal and interest on the bonds, and it is hereby made the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of that revenue, to do and perform each and every act which shall be necessary to collect that additional sum.
All money deposited in the fund which has been derived from premium on bonds sold is available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13898.

13898. (a) All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under Section 13895.9 shall be deposited in the General Fund and, when so deposited, shall be applied as a reimbursement to the General Fund on account of principal and interest on bonds issued pursuant to this chapter which has been paid from the General Fund.
(b) The department may enter into contracts with suppliers of water for grants or short-term loans for the purpose of investigating and identifying alternatives for system improvements. Any loans or grants pursuant to this section shall be made from the fund. No supplier may receive for a single investigation more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in the form of a loan or grant pursuant to this section. The State Department of Health Services shall review all proposed investigations and shall determine if they are necessary and appropriate.
(c) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall include terms and conditions consistent with this chapter, and any loan contract shall provide for a repayment period not to exceed 24 months.
(d) Not more than three million dollars ($3,000,000) may be expended for the purposes of this section, of which not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) may be used for grants to public agencies. A loan or grant made for the purposes of this section shall not decrease the maximum amount of any other loan or grant which may be made under this chapter, Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810), Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 13850), or Chapter 10.6 (commencing with Section 13880).
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13898.1.

13898.1. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purpose of this chapter, an amount equal to the sum of the following:
(a) The amount annually necessary to pay the principal of, and the interest on, the bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The amount necessary to carry out Section 13898.2, which amount is appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13898.2.

13898.2. For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund and shall be disbursed by the department in accordance with this chapter. Any money made available under this section to the department shall be returned by the department to the General Fund plus interest the money would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account from money received from the first sale of bonds sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter subsequent to the withdrawal.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13898.25.

13898.25. Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law, or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 652, Sec. 33.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13898.3.

13898.3. Upon request of the department, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant to Section 13895.9 for the purposes stated therein, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue any bonds authorized under this chapter in order to make those arrangements, and, if so, the amount of bonds then to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to make those arrangements progressively, and it shall not be necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued shall be sold at any one time.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13898.4.

13898.4. The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds authorized at the time or times as fixed by the Treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13898.5.

13898.5. All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, are available for the purpose provided in Section 13898.5, but are not available for transfer to the General Fund to pay principal and interest on bonds. The money in the fund may be expended only as provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13900.

13900. The Legislature finds and hereby declares that discharges from houseboats in or on the waters of the state constitute a significant source of waste as defined in Section 13050; that discharges of waste from houseboats in or on the waters of the state may impair the beneficial uses of the waters of the state to the detriment of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state; and that the discharges of waste from houseboats are not adequately regulated. The Legislature therefore declares that the people of the state have a primary interest in the coordination and implementation of the regulation of discharges of waste from houseboats on or in the waters of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13901.

13901. As used in this article, “houseboat” means a watercraft or industrial or commercial structure on or in the waters of the state, floating or nonfloating, which is designed or fitted out as a place of habitation and is not principally used for transportation. “Houseboat” includes platforms, and waterborne hotels and restaurants. “City or county” means any city, county, city and county, or port authority.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13902.

13902. Each regional board shall investigate its region to determine areas in which discharges of waste from houseboats are inadequately regulated by local ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13903.

13903. Each regional board shall notify each affected city or county, the State Department of Public Health and the Department of Boating and Waterways of areas of inadequate regulation by ordinance of discharges of waste from houseboats and shall recommend provisions necessary to control the discharges of waste from houseboats into the waters.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 55. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13904.

13904. Each affected city or county shall within 120 days of receipt of the notice from the regional board, adopt an ordinance for control of discharges of waste from houseboats within the area for which notice was given by the board. A copy of the ordinance shall be sent to the regional board on its adoption and the regional board shall transmit the ordinance to the state board, the State Department of Public Health and the Department of Boating and Waterways.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 56. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13905.

13905. Such city or county ordinance shall take effect 60 days from the date of adoption by the city or county, unless the regional board holds a public hearing on the matter and determines that the city or county ordinance is not sufficiently restrictive to protect the quality of the waters affected. If the board makes such a determination, it shall so report to the affected city or county and also recommend the ordinance, or modification of the city or county ordinance, which it determines is necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13906.

13906. If a city or county fails to adopt an ordinance controlling discharges of waste from houseboats within 120 days of receipt of the regional board’s notice pursuant to Section 13903, or fails to adopt or modify such ordinance in the manner determined as necessary by the regional board pursuant to Section 13905, within 90 days of receipt of the regional board’s notice, the regional board may adopt regulations necessary for the control of discharges of waste from houseboats for the area designated. Such regional board regulations shall take effect 30 days from the date of their adoption and shall be enforced by the city or county and have the same force and effect as if adopted as a city or county ordinance.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13907.

13907. Any action, report, determination, or regulation taken or adopted by a regional board, or any failure of a regional board to act may be reviewed by the state board, and shall be reviewed by the state board on the request of any affected city or county. The state board has all powers as to the review of action or inaction of a regional board under this article as it has to other action or inaction of a regional board, including all powers granted to a regional board to initially determine areas in which discharges of waste from houseboats are inadequately regulated by local ordinance and to adopt regulations when a city or county fails to do so, if the state board finds that appropriate action has not been taken by a regional board. Any action of a regional board under this chapter or any city or county ordinance affected by the review of the state board shall have no force or effect during the period of the review by the state board.
(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 800.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11 - Discharges From Houseboats on or in the Waters of the State › Section 13908.

13908. No provision in this chapter and no action thereunder by a regional board or the state board is a limitation on the power of a city or county to adopt and enforce additional ordinances or regulations not in conflict therewith imposing further conditions, restrictions, or limitations with respect to the discharges of waste from houseboats.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11.5 - Municipal Wastewater Agencies › Section 13910.

13910. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Fostering regional cooperative efforts to improve water quality and local sustainable water supply is fundamental for developing California’s 21st century water portfolio.
(b) Stormwater capture, treatment, and use as a water supply is increasingly viewed as an innovative opportunity to improve water quality where it is viable and economically feasible.
(c) Municipal wastewater agencies have existing infrastructure, capacity, and expertise that could be used to assist in meeting the state’s water quality and water supply goals when circumstances allow, while allowing wastewater agencies to still meet their primary goals of meeting water quality requirements for wastewater discharge and avoiding sanitary sewer overflows. However, in some circumstances municipal wastewater agencies may need explicit legislative authority before they can pursue certain types of projects.
(d) In order to promote regional interagency cooperation, improve the quality of the waters of the state, and make efficient use of publicly owned infrastructure, it would be beneficial if municipal wastewater agencies had the authority to enter into voluntary agreements for stormwater projects in the future, where cost effective and regionally suitable.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 241, Sec. 1. (SB 273) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11.5 - Municipal Wastewater Agencies › Section 13911.

13911. (a) A municipal wastewater agency may enter into agreements with entities responsible for stormwater management, including, but not limited to, municipal, industrial, and commercial stormwater dischargers subject to this division, for the purpose of managing stormwater and dry weather runoff.
(b) A municipal wastewater agency may acquire, construct, expand, operate, maintain, and provide facilities for any of the following purposes:
(1) The diversion of stormwater and dry weather runoff from the stormwater system to the wastewater collection or treatment system.
(2) The management and treatment of stormwater and dry weather runoff.
(3) The discharge of treated dry weather runoff and stormwater to the stormwater drainage system or receiving waters.
(4) The beneficial reuse of captured dry weather runoff and stormwater.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 241, Sec. 1. (SB 273) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11.5 - Municipal Wastewater Agencies › Section 13912.

13912. (a) A municipal wastewater agency may do any of the following:
(1) To the extent permitted by federal law, authorize the discharge of stormwater or dry weather runoff captured at industrial and commercial sites to the wastewater collection or treatment system subject to any requirements that may be imposed by the municipal wastewater agency or public agency that owns and operates the tributary collection system.
(2) In order to carry out the powers granted, and the purposes established, under this chapter, exercise any of the powers otherwise granted to it by law, including, but not limited to, enforcing compliance with local, state, and federal water quality requirements through the implementation of the municipal wastewater agency’s industrial pretreatment programs and ensuring that the project or program is consistent with local watershed priorities, obligations, and circumstances.
(3) Levy taxes, fees, and charges consistent with the municipal wastewater agency’s existing authority in order to fund projects undertaken pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The exercise of any new authority granted under this chapter is subject to and shall comply with the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code).
(c) (1) If, after January 1, 2022, a municipal wastewater agency enters into a new agreement or amends an agreement pursuant to this chapter, the agency shall, within 30 days after the effective date of the new agreement or amendment, file a copy of the agreement or amendment with the local agency formation commission in each county where any part of the municipal wastewater agency’s territory is located.
(2) The local agency formation commission’s approval of an agreement or an amendment to an agreement as described in paragraph (1) shall not be required, except as required by subdivision (b).
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 241, Sec. 1. (SB 273) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11.5 - Municipal Wastewater Agencies › Section 13913.

13913. (a) An agreement, project, or use of authority authorized under this chapter shall be completely voluntary for all participating entities.
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with any existing programs or projects, authorities, or obligations for municipal wastewater agencies or stormwater dischargers.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter merely to allow local agencies interested in pursuing the types of projects described in this chapter to proceed without additional legislative changes to their authorizing statutes.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 241, Sec. 1. (SB 273) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11.5 - Municipal Wastewater Agencies › Section 13914.

13914. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter or interfere with any of the following:
(a) Existing water rights to water from any source, including any adjudicated rights allocated by a court judgment or order, including any physical solution, rights issued by the state or a state agency, and rights acquired pursuant to any federal or state statute.
(b) Existing water rights law.
(c) Any rights, remedies, or obligations that may exist pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 1200) or Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 1210) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 2 of this code, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 1700) of Part 2 of Division 2 of this code, or Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 1501) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 241, Sec. 1. (SB 273) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 11.5 - Municipal Wastewater Agencies › Section 13915.

13915. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Dry weather runoff” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10561.5.
(b) “Local agency” includes, but is not limited to, a city, county, special district, joint powers authority, sanitary district, sanitation district, county sanitation district, community services district, and municipal utility district.
(c) “Municipal wastewater agency” means a local agency that chooses to exercise any authority granted under this chapter.
(d) “Stormwater” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10561.5.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 241, Sec. 1. (SB 273) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12 - Special Water Quality Provisions › Section 13950.

13950. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon any district in the Lake Tahoe Basin providing in any area of the district a sewer system and treatment facilities sufficient to handle and treat any resultant waste and transportation facilities sufficient to transport any resultant effluent outside the Lake Tahoe Basin, the further maintenance or use of cesspools or other means of waste disposal in such area is a public nuisance and the district shall require all buildings from which waste is discharged to be connected with the sewer system within a period of not less than 90 days from the completion of such system and facilities.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 800.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12 - Special Water Quality Provisions › Section 13951.

13951. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after January 1, 1972, waste from within the Lake Tahoe watershed shall be placed only into a sewer system and treatment facilities sufficient to handle and treat any such waste and transportation facilities sufficient to transport any resultant effluent outside the Lake Tahoe watershed, except that such waste may be placed in a holding tank which is pumped and transported to such treatment and transportation facilities.
As used in this section “waste” shall not include solid waste refuse.
The further maintenance or use of cesspools, septic tanks, or other means of waste disposal in the Lake Tahoe watershed on or after January 1, 1972, by any person, except as permitted pursuant to this section, is a public nuisance. The occupancy of any building from which waste is discharged in violation of this section is a public nuisance, and an action may be brought to enjoin any person from occupying any such building.
This section shall not be applicable to a particular area of the Lake Tahoe watershed whenever the regional board for the Lahontan region finds that the continued operation of septic tanks, cesspools, or other means of waste disposal in such area will not, individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, affect the quality of the waters of Lake Tahoe and that the sewering of such area would have a damaging effect upon the environment.
This section shall not be applicable to any area or areas within the Fallen Leaf Lake watershed in the event the regional board for the Lahontan region finds that with the export of toilet wastes by single-family residences or with the export of toilet and kitchen wastes with respect to any commercial properties, the continued use of septic tanks, cesspools, or other means of waste disposal in such area or areas for the treatment and disposal of the remaining wastes, will not, individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, affect the quality of the waters of Lake Tahoe, and that the sewering of such area or areas would have a damaging effect upon the environment.
This section shall not affect the applicability of Section 13950.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 637.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12 - Special Water Quality Provisions › Section 13952.

13952. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13950 and 13951, water containing waste which has been placed in a sanitary sewer system for treatment and transportation outside of the Lake Tahoe Basin may be reclaimed in a pilot reclamation project to demonstrate the technological and environmental feasibility of using such water for beneficial purposes within the Lake Tahoe Basin in accordance with the provisions of the Water Reclamation Law (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 13500) of this division) and the provisions of this section.
Prior to the initiation of any pilot reclamation project within the Lake Tahoe Basin, the reclaimer or reuser shall submit the project with technical data to the regional board for the Lahontan region for approval. Only those projects submitted before January 1, 1984, shall be considered. The technical data submitted shall demonstrate that such pilot reclamation project will not, individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, adversely affect the quality of the waters of Lake Tahoe. The intended operational life of the project shall be at least 10 years.
No pilot reclamation project shall be initiated unless and until such regional board approves the project, and finds that such pilot reclamation project or projects will not, individually or collectively, directly or indirectly, adversely affect the quality of the waters of Lake Tahoe. The regional board for the Lahontan region shall place conditions on any approved project to include specification of maximum project size. The regional board for the Lahontan region may suspend or terminate an approved project for cause at any time.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 682.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12 - Special Water Quality Provisions › Section 13952.1.

13952.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13951, the South Tahoe Public Utility District may provide recycled water only to prevent the destruction of its Luther Pass recycled water pump station from a catastrophic fire if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The district submits an engineering report to the Lahontan Regional Board and the State Department of Public Health, as required by that regional board and that department.
(2) The Lahontan Regional Board, the State Department of Public Health, and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency authorize the use of recycled water, and the specified area or areas in the immediate vicinity of the pump station where that recycled water may be used, only to prevent the destruction of the district’s Luther Pass recycled water pump station from a catastrophic fire.
(3) The fire incident commander authorizes the use of the recycled water to prevent the destruction of the district’s Luther Pass recycled water pump station from a catastrophic fire, as authorized pursuant to this section.
(b) For purposes of this section, “catastrophic fire” means a condition exists that will result in severe harm to life, property, and the environment if the use of recycled water as authorized pursuant to this section is not used, and all other methods to extinguish the fire have been exhausted.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 288, Sec. 57. (SB 1169) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12 - Special Water Quality Provisions › Section 13952.5.

13952.5. The declared statewide interest in the preservation of Lake Tahoe, and the state and federal actions mandating the transportation of treated sewage effluent out of the Lake Tahoe watershed, requires that the law relating to the authority for prescribing waste discharge requirements for the effluent, and requirements pertaining to the storage of the effluent, the receiving waters, and the disposal areas, be clarified, and that law is hereby clarified and confirmed, to provide that, notwithstanding Section 13002 or any other provision of law, the regional board for the Lahontan region has exclusive authority to prescribe, under existing law, waste discharge requirements for treated sewage effluent transported out of the Lake Tahoe watershed to Alpine County within the Lahontan region, including requirements pertaining to the storage of the effluent, the receiving waters, and the disposal areas in Alpine County within the Lahontan region. However, any such action by that regional board is subject to review as provided in Sections 13320 and 13330.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 447, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.2 - San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Drain › Section 13953.

13953. There shall be no discharge from a San Joaquin Valley agricultural drain to the Delta, Suisun Bay, or Carquinez Straits until the requirements of this division and the Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) are satisfied.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 33, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.2 - San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Drain › Section 13953.1.

13953.1. There shall be no discharge from a San Joaquin Valley drain into Monterey Bay or tributaries draining into Monterey Bay.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 33, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.2 - San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Drain › Section 13953.2.

13953.2. If a San Joaquin Valley agricultural drain, including the drainage facility authorized as part of the San Luis Unit of the federal Central Valley Project, is constructed and discharges to the Delta, Suisun Bay, or Carquinez Straits, the state board shall permit the discharge pursuant to this division only if the state board finds that the following additional requirements are satisfied:
(a) The discharge of the drain, which is to carry only subsurface agricultural drainage effluent, shall be located and shall discharge at rates of flow to protect the beneficial uses of the Delta, Suisun Marsh, and the bays westerly to the Golden Gate. If it is determined to be in the public interest to provide a substitute water supply to water users in lieu of modifying the operation or changing the discharge point of the drain, no added financial burden shall be placed on the water users solely by virtue of that substitution.
(b) The drainage facility shall include built-in operational flexibility, control, and treatment to protect the beneficial uses of the Delta, Suisun Marsh, and the bays westerly to the Golden Gate.
(c) There is established an acceptable comprehensive monitoring program prior to and during the operation of the drain to determine the impact of the discharge effluent, if any, on the Delta, Suisun Marsh, and the bays westerly to the Golden Gate.
(d) A program has been developed, funded, and initiated to evaluate the feasibility of using drain water to establish wetland habitat capable of producing wintering waterfowl food supplies.
(e) The repayment schedule for the drain takes into account the following:
(1) The quantity of effluent discharged into the drain by the discharger.
(2) The concentration of salts in the effluent of the discharger.
(3) The distance the effluent of the discharger is carried in the drain.
(4) The quantity of water applied in the areas contributing to the drainage problem.
(f) There is an enforceable provision in the permit that any surface or subsurface effluent leakage shall be confined within the drainage facility right-of-way, and that in the event that this condition is violated the drainage facility shall not be operated until the leakage is stopped.
(g) The alignment of the drainage facility, to the extent feasible, shall be designed to minimize severance and access problems to land, roadways, and other facilities along the right-of-way.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 33, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.2 - San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Drain › Section 13953.3.

13953.3. Subsurface drainage effluent may be made available for any beneficial uses for which it is suitable, including, but not limited to, industrial uses, powerplant cooling, energy development, enhancement of fish and wildlife resources, and irrigation. These programs may reduce the demands for new fresh water supplies.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 33, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.2 - San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Drain › Section 13953.4.

13953.4. It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent feasible, features for the enhancement of fish and wildlife resources shall be incorporated into the drain. The state’s participation in the drain shall be subject to the Davis-Dolwig Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 11900) of Part 3 of Division 10).
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 33, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13955.

13955. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)