Article 8. Source Water Protection Program of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 12. >> Chapter 4.5. >> Article 8.
(a) The board shall, contingent upon receiving federal
capitalization grant funds, develop and implement a program to
protect sources of drinking water. In carrying out this program, the
board shall coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies that
have public health and environmental management programs to ensure an
effective implementation of the program while avoiding duplication
of effort and reducing program costs. The program shall include all
of the following:
(1) A source water assessment program to delineate and assess the
drinking water supplies of public drinking water systems pursuant to
Section 1453 of the federal act.
(2) A wellhead protection program to protect drinking water wells
from contamination pursuant to Section 1428 of the federal act.
(3) Pursuant to Section 1452(k) of the federal act, the board
shall set aside federal capitalization grant funds sufficient to
carry out paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b) The board shall set aside federal capitalization grant funds
to provide assistance to water systems pursuant to Section 1452(k) of
the federal act for the following source water protection
activities, to the extent that those activities are proposed:
(1) To acquire land or a conservation easement if the purpose of
the acquisition is to protect the source water of the system from
contamination and to ensure compliance with primary drinking water
regulations.
(2) To implement local, voluntary source water protection measures
to protect source water in areas delineated pursuant to Section 1453
of the federal act, in order to facilitate compliance with primary
drinking water regulations applicable to the water system under
Section 1412 of the federal act or otherwise significantly further
the health protection objectives of the federal and state acts.
(3) To carry out a voluntary, incentive-based source water quality
protection partnership pursuant to Section 1454 of the federal act.
(c) The board shall post a report to its Internet Web site, every
two years, on its activities under this section. The report shall
contain a description of each program for which funds have been set
aside under this section, the effectiveness of each program in
carrying out the intent of the federal and state acts, and an
accounting of the amount of set-aside funds used.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1 of the next
calendar year occurring after the board provides notice to the
Legislature and the Secretary of State and posts notice on its
Internet Web site that the board has adopted a policy handbook
pursuant to Section 116760.43.