Section 13885 Of Chapter 10.6. California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 10.6.
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. Grants may be made only for projects for domestic water
systems. The department may make reasonable allowance for future
water supply needs and may provide for additional capacity when
excessive costs would be incurred by later enlargement. Such grants
may be made for all or any part of the cost of constructing,
improving, or rehabilitating any such system when, in the judgment of
the State Department of Health Services, such improvement or
rehabilitation is necessary to provide pure, wholesome, and potable
water available in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for
health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes. No single public
agency shall receive grants pursuant to this chapter totaling more
than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). The total amount of
grants made pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed thirty million
dollars ($30,000,000), of which up to fifteen million dollars
($15,000,000) may be used for grants for projects for the
construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of domestic water
systems which have become contaminated by organic or inorganic
compounds (such as nitrates, DBCP (dibromochloropropane), TCE
(trichloroethylene), and arsenic), or radiation, in such amounts as
to render the water unfit or hazardous for human consumption.