California Water Code ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program

• Section 79170.
  The Legislature finds and declares that the conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater is an effective way to improve the reliability of water supply...
• Section 79171.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:(a) “Conjunctive use” means the temporary storage of water in a groundwater aquifer...
• Section 79172.
  There is hereby created in the account the Conjunctive Use Subaccount.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March...
• Section 79173.
  The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.(Added by...
• Section 79174.
  The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for grants for feasibility studies, project...
• Section 79175.
  Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be expended for purposes of financing feasibility studies.(Added by Stats. 1999,...
• Section 79176.
  For the purpose of approving projects pursuant to this article, the department shall give priority to those projects for which there is available third-party funds...
• Section 79177.
  To be eligible for funding for the construction of a conjunctive use project under this article, an applicant that is other than a local agency...
• Section 79178.
  No construction project may receive more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) from the subaccount.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13...
• Section 79179.
  Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the...
• Section 79180.
  Not less than 40 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount shall be expended for studies, projects, and facilities within watersheds of the...
• Section 79181.
  (a) A project undertaken pursuant to this article shall fully protect and preserve the groundwater rights of the overlying landowners and shall fully protect and preserve...
• Section 79182.
  In carrying out this article and awarding grants, the department shall convene and consult with an advisory committee comprised of technically qualified representatives of local...
• Section 79183.
  The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018