SECTIONS 79090-79094 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 79090-79094

79090. (a) There is hereby created in the account the Water and
Watershed Education Subaccount.
(b) For the purposes of this article, "subaccount" means the Water
and Watershed Education Subaccount created by subdivision (a).

79091. The sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) is hereby
transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of
implementing this article.

79092. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon
appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by
the department for allocation to California State University, Fresno
for the purposes of establishing and furthering the purposes of the
California Water Institute at that campus.

79093. Two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the subaccount, upon
appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by
the department for the development of a Delta Science Center,
including, but not limited to, all of the following components:
(a) Public educational opportunities.
(b) Wildlife and habitat enhancement.
(c) Preservation of agricultural lands.
(d) Enhanced levee protection and rehabilitation.
(e) Water quality improvements.
(f) Nonstructural flood protection.

79094. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon
appropriation by the Legislature to the University of California, may
be used for the purpose of site acquisition, construction, and
equipping of a Watershed Science Laboratory, for long-term monitoring
and research with regard to the hydrology, geomorphology, water
quality and aquatic and riparian ecology of the north delta and its
tributary watersheds.