California Water Code

§ 108.5

WAT § 108.5 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)It is hereby declared to be the established policy of the state that source watersheds are recognized and defined as integral components of California’s water infrastructure.

(b)(1) As climate change advances, source watersheds that provide the majority of the state’s drinking and irrigated agricultural water are of particular importance to maintaining the reliability, quantity, timing, and quality of California’s environmental, drinking, and agricultural water supply.

(2)Recognizing the critical role of source watersheds in enhancing water supply reliability, the maintenance and repair of source watersheds is eligible for the same forms of financing as other water collection and treatment infrastructure.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 695, Sec. 1. (AB 2480) Effective January 1, 2017.