2007 California Water Code Chapter 4. Integrated Regional Water Management Plans

CA Codes (wat:10540-10541)

10540.  (a) A regional water management group may prepare and adopt
a regional plan in accordance with this part.
   (b) The plan may address qualified programs or projects or
qualified reports or studies over which any local public agency that
is a participant in that group has authority to undertake, including
any of those matters described in subdivision (c).
   (c) A regional water management group may address any of the
following matters in a regional plan:
   (1) Groundwater management planning pursuant to Part 2.75
(commencing with Section 10750).
   (2) Any activity identified in Section 10753.7.
   (3) Urban water management planning pursuant to Part 2.6
(commencing with Section 10610).
   (4) The preparation of a water supply assessment required pursuant
to Part 2.10 (commencing with Section 10910).
   (5) Agricultural water management planning pursuant to Part 2.8
(commencing with Section 10800).
   (6) The planning, construction, or modification of a flood
management project that meets the requirements for funding under
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570), Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 12800), or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12850), of
Part 6.
   (7) The planning, construction, or modification of a flood
management project that meets the requirements for funding under
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310) of Part 4.8.
   (8) The planning, construction, or modification of a flood
management project approved pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 12639) of Part 6.
   (9) The planning, construction, or modification of a levee
maintenance project that meets the requirements for funding under
Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980) of this division, or Article 4
(commencing with Section 78540) of Chapter 4 of Division 24.
   (10) The planning, construction, or modification of a water
recycling project that meets the requirements for funding under
Article 4 (commencing with Section 79135) of Chapter 7 of Division
26.
   (11) The planning, construction, or modification of a publicly
owned treatment works that meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 13480.
   (12) The planning, construction, or modification of a domestic
water supply facility to meet safe drinking water standards in
accordance with the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Law
of 1997 (Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 116760) of Part 12 of
Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code).
   (13) The planning, construction, or modification of a drainage
water management unit, as that term is defined in subdivision (a) of
Section 78640.
   (14) A water recycling project that meets the requirements for
funding under Article 4 (commencing with Section 79135) of Chapter 7
of Division 26.
   (15) The implementation of a water conservation program that meets
the definition of a voluntary cost-effective capital outlay water
conservation program pursuant to Section 78670.
   (16) The planning, construction, or modification of a program or
project that carries out any of the activities described in
subdivision (c) of Section 79080 or reduces the impacts of nonnative
plant species on water quality, water supply, or ecosystem health.
   (17) The planning, construction, or modification of a program or
project that desalts brackish or saline waters for use as an
agricultural, domestic, or municipal water supply.



10540.  (a) A regional water management group may prepare and adopt
a regional plan in accordance with this part.
   (b) The plan may address qualified programs or projects or
qualified reports or studies over which any local public agency that
is a participant in that group has authority to undertake, including
any of those matters described in subdivision (c).
   (c) A regional water management group may address, among other
things, any of the following matters in a regional plan:
   (1) Groundwater management planning pursuant to Part 2.75
(commencing with Section 10750) or other specific authority.
   (2) Any activity identified in Section 10753.7.
   (3) Urban water management planning pursuant to Part 2.6
(commencing with Section 10610).
   (4) The preparation of a water supply assessment required pursuant
to Part 2.10 (commencing with Section 10910).
   (5) Agricultural water management planning pursuant to Part 2.8
(commencing with Section 10800) or Part 2.9 (commencing with Section
10900).
   (6) The planning, construction, or modification of a flood
management project that meets the requirements for funding under
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570), Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 12800), or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12850), of
Part 6.
   (7) The planning, construction, or modification of a flood
management project that meets the requirements for funding under
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310) of Part 4.8.
   (8) The planning, construction, or modification of a flood
management project approved pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 12639) of Part 6.
   (9) The planning, construction, or modification of a levee
maintenance project that meets the requirements for funding under
Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980) of this division, or Article 4
(commencing with Section 78540) of Chapter 4 of Division 24.
   (10) The planning, construction, or modification of a water
recycling project that meets the requirements for funding under
Article 4 (commencing with Section 79135) of Chapter 7 of Division
26.
   (11) The planning, construction, or modification of a publicly
owned treatment works that meets the requirements of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 13480.
   (12) The planning, construction, or modification of a domestic
water supply facility to meet safe drinking water standards in
accordance with the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund Law
of 1997 (Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 116760) of Part 12 of
Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code).
   (13) The planning, construction, or modification of a drainage
water management unit, as that term is defined in subdivision (a) of
Section 78640.
   (14) A water recycling project that meets the requirements for
funding under Article 4 (commencing with Section 79135) of Chapter 7
of Division 26.
   (15) The implementation of a water conservation program that meets
the definition of a voluntary cost effective capital outlay water
conservation program pursuant to Section 78670.
   (16) The planning, construction, or modification of a program or
project that carries out any of the activities described in
subdivision (c) of Section 79080 or reduces the impacts of nonnative
plant species on water quality, water supply, or ecosystem health.
   (17) The planning, construction, or modification of a program or
project that desalts brackish or saline waters for use as an
agricultural, domestic, or municipal water supply.
   (18) The planning, construction, or modification of fish screens,
or other fish passage improvements.
   (d) This section shall become operative only if Senate Bill 1672
of the 2001-02 Regular Session is chaptered and becomes effective on
or before January 1, 2003, and the act that adds this section is
chaptered last, in which case this section shall prevail over Section
10540, as added by Senate Bill 1672.



10541.  (a) A regional water management group shall publish a notice
of intention to prepare a regional plan in accordance with Section
6066 of the Government Code if three or more participants in the
group propose to prepare the regional plan.
   (b) Not later than 15 days after the last date of the publication
of the notice pursuant to subdivision (a), the regional water
management group shall hold a public hearing as to whether or not to
prepare a regional plan.  After the hearing, if three or more
participants in the group determine to prepare the regional plan, the
group shall prepare the plan not later than three years after the
date of the hearing.
   (c) Upon the completion of the regional plan, the regional water
management group shall publish a notice of intention to adopt the
regional plan in accordance with Section 6066 of the Government Code
if three or more participants in the group propose to adopt the
regional plan.
   (d) Not later than 15 days after the last date of the publication
of the notice pursuant to subdivision (c), the regional water
management group shall hold a public hearing as to whether or not to
adopt the regional plan.  After the hearing, if three or more
participants in the group determine to adopt the regional plan,
including at least two of which that have statutory authority over
water supply, the group shall adopt the plan not later than 30 days
after the date of the hearing.