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SB-1188 The California Water Plan.(2019-2020)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 10004.1 is added to the Water Code, to read:

10004.1.
 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Region” means a region developed pursuant to Section 10004.2.
(b) “Regional water resilience” means the ability for people within a region to cope with, and recover from, disruptions, and to anticipate trends and variability in order to maintain services for people and protect the natural environment now and in the future.

SEC. 2.

 Section 10004.2 is added to the Water Code, to read:

10004.2.
 The department, in collaboration with the board, shall develop maps delineating regions in the state. The regions shall be based on the six-digit hydrologic units published in the United States Geological Survey’s National Hydrography Dataset.

SECTION 1.SEC. 3.

 Section 10004.5 of the Water Code is amended to read:

10004.5.
 As part of the requirement of the department  to update The California Water Plan pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10004, the department shall include in the plan a discussion of various strategies, including, but  strategies for increasing regional water resilience. These strategies shall include, but are  not limited to, those strategies  relating to the development of new water storage facilities, water conservation, water recycling, desalination, conjunctive use, and water transfers that may be pursued in order to meet the future water needs of the state. The department shall also include in the plan  a discussion of the potential for alternative water pricing policies to change current and projected uses. The department shall include in the plan a discussion of the potential advantages and disadvantages of each strategy and an identification of all federal and state permits, approvals, or entitlements that are anticipated to be required in order to implement the various components of the strategy.

SEC. 4.

 Section 10013 of the Water Code is amended to read:

10013.
 The department, as a part of the preparation of the department’s Bulletin 160-03,  department  shall include in the The  California Water Plan a report on the development of regional and local water projects within each hydrologic  region of the state, as described in the department’s Bulletin 160-98,  state  to improve water supplies to meet municipal, agricultural, and environmental water needs and minimize the need to import water from other hydrologic  regions. The report shall include, but is not limited to, regional and local water projects that use technologies for desalting brackish groundwater and ocean water, reclaiming water for use within the community generating the water to be reclaimed, the construction of improved potable water treatment facilities so that water from sources determined to be unsuitable can be used, and the construction of dual water systems and brine lines, particularly in connection with new developments and when replacing water piping in developed or redeveloped areas.