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Safe, Clean and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010 (Bond Components)

General Provisions

• $11.14 Billion Total
• Will be put to a vote on November 2, 2010 Ballot
• No more than half of the bonds can be sold before July 1, 2015

Drought Relief - $455 Million Total

• $190 Million for local relief projects (water conservation and efficiency, recycling and related infrastructure, groundwater cleanup, local and regional conveyance projects, local and regional storage projects)
  • $100 Million for local storage for emergency supplies in San Diego County
• $90 Million for disadvantaged communities
• $75 Million for small community wastewater treatment projects
• $80 Million deposited into Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
• $20 Million for water quality projects on the New River

Water Supply Reliability - $1.4 Billion Total

• $1.05 Billion in competitive grants for integrated regional water management (money allocated to each of the 12 regions, with $50 Million for interregional projects)
• $350 Million in local conveyance projects (must have 50% non-state cost share unless the project is deemed a benefit to disadvantaged communities)

Delta Sustainability - $2.25 Billion Total

• $750 Million for Delta Sustainability (including levees and other flood control, or preserving economic, sustained agriculture or improvement of water quality facilities and other infrastructure)
  • $250 Million for economic recovery and loss of revenue for Delta Counties and local government
• $1.5 Billion for Protection, Conservation and Restoration (develop and enhance the BDCP, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mercury contamination, etc)

Statewide Water System Operational Improvement - $3.0 Billion Total

• Continuously appropriated to California Water Commission for storage projects
• Eligible projects include:
  • surface storage identified by CALFED
  • groundwater storage and contamination prevention or remediation • conjunctive use and reservoir reoperation projects
  • local and regional surface storage
• Funding Requirements:
  • provide ecosystem improvements
  • provide water quality, flood control, emergency response, or recreation as means of public benefit
  • By Jan 1, 2018, all feasibility studies must be completed, will advance long-term Delta objectives, commitments are in place for 75% of nonpublic benefit cost share
• No funds available in this section until Dec 15, 2012
• Public Benefit cost share may not exceed 50%
  

Conservation and Watershed Protection - $1.785 Billion Total

• $250 Million for Coastal county watersheds
• $100 Million for Migratory birds
• $215 Million for Endangered/threatened species protection
• $600 Million for Various small conservancies
• $30 Million for Watershed education facilities
• $100 Million for Forest fuel reduction (fire prevention and forest restoration)
• $250 Million for Klamath River dam removal
• $20 Million for Siskyou County economic redevelopment funding
• $50 Million for CSU research and education efforts
• $50 Million for Ocean Protection
• $60 Million for Salmon fish passage funding
• $50 Million for infrastructure mitigation

Groundwater Protection and Water Quality - $1.0 Billion Total

• Groundwater cleanup for drinking water
• Disadvantaged communities
• Wastewater treatment in “small communities” (population no more than 20,000)
• Stormwater management (facilities and infrastructure detention and retention basins)
• Ocean protection
• $100 Million to Dept. of Public Health for urgent and emergency actions
• $100 Million for basinwide management and remediation for facilities on the Dept. of Toxic Substances list

Water Recycling - $1.25 Billion Total

• $1.0 Billion water recycling and other advanced treatments projects (desalination, recycling infrastructure, groundwater recharge infrastructure)
• $250 Million water conservation and efficiency projects
  

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