Bond Act: Proposition 84
Agency of Appropriation: Department of Water Resources
Bond Statute: 75026, 75027(a)(12) and (b)
Implementing Statute: Water Conservation Act of 2009
- Front-end
- In-progress
- Follow-up (Audit)
Senate Bill
X7-7, enacted in November 2009. The bill mandates water conservation,
measurement, and reporting activities for urban and agricultural water
suppliers. DWR is tasked with revising funding criteria to make non-compliant
water suppliers ineligible to receive state grants and loans after July 1,
2013. DWR is also tasked with updating BMP’s, EWMP’s, and updating water
management planning guidebooks. DWR’s
Water Use and Efficiency Branch is leading the effort to implement those
actions in coordination with several entities as specified in the law namely,
California Urban Water Conservation Council (CUWCC), Agricultural Water
Management Council (AWMC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC),
California Department of Public Health (CDPH), California Bay Delta Authority
(CBDA) or its successor agency, and State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB).
Section 10608.60(b) of the bill authorizes the expenditure of funds made available by Section 75026, 75027(a)(12) and (b) of the Public Resources Code, consistent with Division 43 (commencing with Section 75001) of the Public Resources Code and upon appropriation by the Legislature, for direct expenditures to implement Part 2.55, Division 6 of the Water Code, Sustainable Water Use and Demand Reduction.
DWR
will publish all updated Guidebooks and EWMP’s and make available to the public
through workshops and the web.
Regulations
will be published in the CA Code of Regulations as specified by the Office of
Administrative Law.
Reports
to the Legislature will include the “Methodology for Determining Agricultural
water Use Efficiency” and “Alternative CII BMP’s”.
DWR
will report semi-annually to the bond accountability website on progress.
Department of Finance, Office of State Audits and Evaluations will perform
periodic audit of expenditures.
Other project
scoping reports and all final materials pertaining to all projects will be posted
on the SB X7-7 WUE website.
Projects within this Program: