Section 79746 Of Chapter 7. Regional Water Security, Climate, And Drought Preparedness From California Water Code >> Division 26.7. >> Chapter 7.
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. (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, the sum of one
hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) may be used for direct
expenditures, and for grants and loans, for the following water
conservation and water-use efficiency plans, projects, and programs:
(1) Urban water conservation plans, projects, and programs,
including regional projects and programs, implemented to achieve
urban water use targets developed pursuant to Section 10608.20.
Priority for funding shall be given to programs that do any of the
following:
(A) Assist water suppliers and regions to implement conservation
programs and measures that are not locally cost effective.
(B) Support water supplier and regional efforts to implement
programs targeted to enhance water-use efficiency for commercial,
industrial, and institutional water users.
(C) Assist water suppliers and regions with programs and measures
targeted toward realizing the conservation benefits of implementation
of the provisions of the state landscape model ordinance.
(2) Agricultural water management plans or agricultural water use
efficiency projects and programs developed pursuant to Part 2.8
(commencing with Section 10800) of Division 6.
(b) Section 1011 applies to all conservation measures that an
agricultural water supplier or an urban water supplier implements
with funding under this chapter. This subdivision does not limit the
application of Section 1011 to any other measures or projects
implemented by a water supplier. Notwithstanding Section 79748, the
projects funded pursuant to this section are not required to be in an
adopted integrated regional water management plan or to comply with
that program.