Section 13959 Of Chapter 12.5. Clean Water And Water Conservation Bond Law Of 1978 From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 12.5.
13959
. As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this
chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the
following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Committee" means the Clean Water and Water Conservation
Finance Committee created by Section 13960.
(b) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(c) "Fund" means the State Clean Water and Water Conservation
Fund.
(d) "Municipality" shall have the same meaning as in the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto and shall also include
the state or any agency, department, or political subdivision
thereof.
(e) "Treatment works" shall have the same meaning as in the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and shall also include
such additional devices and systems as are necessary and proper to
control water pollution, reclaim wastewater, or reduce use of and
otherwise conserve water.
(f) "Construction" means any one or more of the following:
preliminary planning to determine the feasibility of treatment works,
engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, or economic
investigations or studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings,
specifications, procedures, or other necessary actions, erection,
building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or
extension of treatment works, or the inspection or supervision of any
of the foregoing items.
(g) "Eligible project" means a project for the construction of
treatment works which is all of the following:
(1) Eligible for federal assistance, whether or not federal funds
are then available therefor;
(2) Necessary to prevent water pollution;
(3) Certified by the board as entitled to priority over other
treatment works, and which complies with applicable water quality
standards, policies and plans.
(h) "Eligible state assisted project" means a project for the
construction of treatment works which is all of the following:
(1) Ineligible for federal assistance.
(2) Necessary to prevent water pollution or feasible and cost
effective for conservation or reclamation of water.
(3) Certified by the board as entitled to priority over other
treatment works and which complies with applicable water quality and
other applicable federal or state standards, policies, and plans.
(i) "Federal assistance" means funds available to a municipality
either directly or through allocation by the state, from the federal
government as grants for construction of treatment works, pursuant to
Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and acts
amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.