Section 79562.5 Of Chapter 8. Integrated Regional Water Management From California Water Code >> Division 26.5. >> Chapter 8.
79562.5
. (a) For the purposes of carrying out Section 79560, the
department shall award grants to eligible projects consistent with an
adopted integrated regional water management plan.
(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), the department shall
establish standards for integrated regional water management plans.
At a minimum, these plans shall address the major water related
objectives and conflicts of the watersheds in the region covered by
the plan, including water supply, groundwater management, ecosystem
restoration, and water quality elements, and may include other
elements consistent with this chapter.
(c) The department may waive the requirement for consistency with
an adopted integrated regional water management plan until January 1,
2007, if the applicant is engaged in the development of an
integrated regional water management plan and indicates, within its
grant application, how the project fits into achieving the integrated
regional water management plan objectives.
(d) The department may waive the matching fund requirement for
disadvantaged communities.
(e) For groundwater management and recharge projects and for
projects with potential groundwater impacts, the board and the
department shall give preference to eligible projects in areas
subject to a groundwater management plan that meets the requirements
of Section 10753.7, or that includes the development of a groundwater
management plan as a project component.
(f) The maximum award for any single grant pursuant to this
section may not exceed fifty million dollars ($50,000,000).
(g) The department shall require that eligible projects include a
nonstate contribution.
(h) For the purposes of implementing Section 79563, and to the
extent funds are expended for the purposes of Section 30947 of the
Public Resources Code, those funds shall comply with the requirements
of that section.