Section 14052 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 17. >> Article 1.
14052
. As used in this chapter, the following words have the
following meanings:
(a) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(b) "Committee" means the Clean Water and Water Reclamation
Finance Committee created by Section 14067.
(c) "Construction" has the same meaning as in the Federal Clean
Water Act.
(d) "Eligible project" means a project for a small community for
the construction of treatment works which is all of the following:
(1) Necessary to prevent pollution.
(2) Eligible for federal assistance pursuant to Title VI of the
Federal Clean Water Act.
(3) Certified by the board as entitled to priority over other
treatment works, and complies with applicable water quality
standards, policies, and plans.
(e) "Eligible reclamation project" means a water reclamation
project which is cost-effective when compared with the cost of
alternative new freshwater supplies, and for which no federal
assistance is currently available. These projects shall comply with
applicable water quality standards, policies, and plans.
(f) "Federal assistance" means funds available to a local agency
pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act.
(g) "Federal Clean Water Act" or "federal act" means the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and any
acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(h) "Fund" means the 1988 Clean Water and Water Reclamation Fund
created pursuant to Section 14055.
(i) "Local public agency" means any city, county, district, joint
powers authority, or any other local public body or political
subdivision of the state created by or pursuant to state law and
involved with water or waste water management.
(j) "Municipality" has the same meaning as in the Federal Clean
Water Act and also includes the state or any agency, department, or
political subdivision thereof.
(k) "Small community" means a municipality with a population of
3,500 persons or less, or a reasonably isolated and divisible segment
of a larger municipality encompassing 3,500 persons or less, with a
financial hardship as defined by the board.
(l) "State grant" means a grant given to a qualifying small
community eligible for federal assistance under Title VI of the
Federal Clean Water Act.
(m) "State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund" means a
revolving fund created under state law for the purpose of issuing
loans for the construction of eligible treatment works in accordance
with the federal act.
(n) "Treatment works" has the same meaning as in the Federal Clean
Water Act.