California Water Code

§ 83002.5

WAT § 83002.5 Effective Mar 1, 2009Div. 33

Statute text

To improve understanding of the causes of groundwater contamination, identify potential remediation solutions and funding sources to recover costs expended by the state for the purposes of this section to clean up or treat groundwater, and ensure the provision of safe drinking water to all communities, the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with other agencies as specified in this section, shall develop pilot projects in the Tulare Lake Basin and the Salinas Valley that focus on nitrate contamination and do all of the following:

(a)(1) In collaboration with relevant agencies and utilizing existing data, including groundwater ambient monitoring and assessment results along with the collection of new information as needed, do all of the following:

(A)Identify sources, by category of discharger, of groundwater contamination due to nitrates in the pilot project basins.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2008, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 6. Effective March 1, 2009.