Section 81023 Of Part 2. Calconserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund From California Water Code >> Division 30. >> Part 2.
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. Consistent with Division 26.7 (commencing with Section
79700), the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the proceeds
of bonds authorized to be issued and available for the purposes of
Section 79746 shall be transferred to the fund and used by the
department, upon appropriation, for loans for the following water
conservation and water use efficiency projects and programs to
achieve urban water use targets developed pursuant to Section
10608.20:
(a) (1) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for a pilot project for
local agencies to provide water efficiency upgrades to eligible
residents at no upfront cost.
(2) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for local agencies to
provide low-interest loans to customers to finance the installation
of onsite improvements to repair or replace, as necessary, cracked or
leaking water pipes to conserve water.
(b) The department may implement this section by providing to a
local agency a zero-interest loan of up to three million dollars
($3,000,000).
(c) A local agency that receives a loan pursuant to this section
shall exercise reasonable efforts to recover the costs of the loan.
However, the department may waive up to 10 percent of the repayment
amount for costs that could not be recovered by the local agency.
(d) The department and a local agency that is an urban retail
water supplier and that receives a loan pursuant to this section may
enter into a mutually agreeable schedule for making loan repayments
into the CalConserve Water Use Efficiency Revolving Fund.