§ 13823 Domestic Water System Funding

Key Takeaways

•This law gives money (loans or grants) to help fix or build water systems so people have clean, safe water at home.
•No single group can get more than $400,000 in grants, and no single water supplier can borrow more than $5,000,000 unless the law changes.
•The money can be used to buy water systems or land near water sources, not just for building or fixing pipes.
•If you ask for money, the state might suggest ways to save water (like fixing leaks), but you don’t have to do them to get the money.

Example

A small town’s water pipes are old and leaky, so the water isn’t clean or strong enough for showers and drinking.

The town can ask the state for a loan or grant to fix the pipes. The state might suggest adding new meters to find leaks, but the town can still get the money even if they don’t do that.

(a) Loans and grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The department may make reasonable allowance for future water supply needs and may provide for additional capacity when excessive costs would be incurred by later enlargement. The loans and grants may be made for all, or any part, of the cost of constructing, improving, or rehabilitating any system when, in the judgment of the State Department of Health Services, improvement or rehabilitation is necessary to provide pure, wholesome, and potable water in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes. No single public agency shall receive grants pursuant to this chapter totaling more than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Loans may be made to provide for the purchase of a water system or the purchase of watershed lands. No loan to an individual supplier shall exceed the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000), unless the Legislature by an act raises the limit specified in this section. (b) Upon receipt of an application for a grant or loan pursuant to this chapter, the department shall propose to the applicant improvements to the applicant’s water development, distribution, and utilization system which will conserve water in a cost-effective manner. These improvements may include, but need not be limited to, leak detection and repair programs, valve repair and replacement, meter calibration and replacement, physical improvements to achieve corrosion control, distribution and installation of water conservation devices and fixtures, and other capital improvements which can be demonstrated to conserve water in a cost-effective manner. The department and applicant may agree to include these capital improvements in the grant or loan. Failure by the applicant to include water conservation capital improvements in the grant or loan application shall not be sufficient cause for the department to refuse to make the grant or loan. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 378, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 28 at the November 6, 1984, election.)

Key Takeaways

•This law gives money (loans or grants) to help fix or build water systems so people have clean, safe water at home.
•No single group can get more than $400,000 in grants, and no single water supplier can borrow more than $5,000,000 unless the law changes.
•The money can be used to buy water systems or land near water sources, not just for building or fixing pipes.
•If you ask for money, the state might suggest ways to save water (like fixing leaks), but you don’t have to do them to get the money.

Example

A small town’s water pipes are old and leaky, so the water isn’t clean or strong enough for showers and drinking.

The town can ask the state for a loan or grant to fix the pipes. The state might suggest adding new meters to find leaks, but the town can still get the money even if they don’t do that.

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