Section 79550 Of Chapter 7. Calfed Bay-delta Program From California Water Code >> Division 26.5. >> Chapter 7.
79550
. The sum of eight hundred twenty-five million dollars
($825,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the
Legislature from the fund for the balanced implementation of the
CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Expenditures and grants pursuant to this
chapter shall be limited to the following:
(a) Fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) for surface water storage
planning and feasibility studies.
(b) Seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) for the water
conveyance facilities described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2)
of subdivision (d) of Section 79190.
(c) Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) for Delta levee
restoration. Money expended pursuant to this subdivision shall be
subject to Section 79050.
(d) One hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) for water
supply reliability projects that can be implemented expeditiously and
thereby provide near-term benefits, including, but not limited to,
projects that facilitate groundwater management and storage, water
transfers, and acquisition of water for the CALFED environmental
water account. In acquiring water, preference shall be given to
long-term water purchase contracts and water rights. Money allocated
pursuant to this subdivision shall be subject to Article 4
(commencing with Section 79205.2) of Chapter 9 of Division 26.
(e) One hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) for
ecosystem restoration program implementation of which not less than
twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be allocated for projects
that assist farmers in integrating agricultural activities with
ecosystem restoration.
(f) Ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) for watershed program
implementation.
(g) One hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) for urban
and agricultural water conservation, recycling, and other water use
efficiency projects.