SECTIONS 79162-79162.4 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 79162-79162.4

79162. (a) The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) in the
account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department,
shall be used by the department for grants awarded by the department
to local agencies for the purposes of funding infrastructure
rehabilitation projects.
(b) (1) For the purposes of making grants pursuant to subdivision
(a), the factors to be considered by the department in determining
whether to enter into an agreement shall include, but not be limited
to, the need to implement projects that provide measurable
conservation through the reduction of system water losses by
rehabilitating water delivery systems.
(2) Grants awarded pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be available
for public water systems owned and operated by local agencies in
economically disadvantaged areas with service connections that exceed
200 but are not greater than 16,000 in number. The department shall
give highest priority in awarding grants to those agencies with the
highest retail water rates and service charges as of January 1, 1999.
(c) No single construction grant under this article shall exceed
five million dollars ($5,000,000).

79162.2. (a) The department may make grants to local agencies,
under any terms and conditions as may be determined necessary by the
department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of
projects potentially eligible for a grant under Section 79162.
(b) No single feasibility study shall be eligible to receive more
than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and not more than 5
percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be expended
for the purposes of financing feasibility studies.
(c) A grant for a feasibility study shall not affect the maximum
of any construction grant that may be made under this article.

79162.4. The department may adopt regulations to carry out this
article.