California Water Code

§ 73504

WAT § 73504 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 20.5

Statute text

(a)Commencing in 2003, a regional wholesale water supplier shall submit a report to the Legislature and the State Water Resources Control Board on or before February 1 of each year, describing the progress made during the previous calendar year on securing supplemental sources of water to augment existing supplies during dry years.

(b)In order to supply adequately, dependably, and safely the requirements of all users of water, the city shall continue its practice of operating the reservoirs in the Counties of Tuolumne and Stanislaus in a manner that ensures that the generation of hydroelectric power will not cause any reasonably anticipated adverse impact on water service. The city shall assign higher priority to delivery of water to the bay area than to the generation of electric power, unless the Secretary of the Interior, in writing, notifies the city that doing so would violate the Raker Act (63 P.L. 41). The city shall make available to the public, on request, its plans of operations (rule curves) for these reservoirs.

(c)The city shall be deemed to be a local public agency for the purposes of Article 4 (commencing with Section 1810) of Chapter 11 of Part 2 of Division 2.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 203, Sec. 2. (AB 2962) Effective January 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2036, pursuant to Section 73514.