§ 13443 Emergency Water Pollution Funding

• •If a local water board finds a big, unexpected water pollution problem that could hurt people's health, they can ask the state for money to help fix it.
• •The state can give money to the local board if they don’t have enough in their own budget.
• •This money can also be used to check on special projects that were part of a punishment for breaking pollution rules.

A local water board finds out that a factory accidentally spilled chemicals into a river, making the water unsafe to drink.

The local board can ask the state for extra money to clean up the river and make sure the water is safe again, even if they don’t have enough money in their own budget.