BILL NUMBER: SB 726	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lara

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 10610.2 of the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 726, as introduced, Lara. Urban water management planning.
   Existing law declares that certain provisions relating to urban
water management planning are intended to provide assistance to water
agencies in carrying out their long-term resource planning
responsibilities to ensure adequate water supplies to meet existing
and future demands for water. Existing law makes related legislative
findings and declarations.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change in those
findings and declarations.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 10610.2 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10610.2.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The waters of the state are a limited and renewable resource
subject to ever-increasing demands.
   (2) The conservation and efficient use of urban water supplies are
of statewide concern; however, the planning for that use and the
implementation of those plans can best be accomplished at the local
level.
   (3) A long-term, reliable supply of water is essential to protect
the productivity of California's businesses and economic climate.
   (4) As part of its long-range planning activities, every urban
water supplier should make every effort to ensure the appropriate
level of reliability in its water service sufficient to meet the
needs of its various categories of customers during normal, dry, and
multiple dry water years.
   (5) Public health issues have been raised over a number of
contaminants that have been identified in  certain 
 some  local and imported water supplies.
   (6) Implementing effective water management strategies, including
groundwater storage projects and recycled water projects, may require
specific water quality and salinity targets for meeting groundwater
basins water quality objectives and promoting beneficial use of
recycled water.
   (7) Water quality regulations are becoming an increasingly
important factor in water agencies' selection of raw water sources,
treatment alternatives, and modifications to existing treatment
facilities.
   (8) Changes in drinking water quality standards may also impact
the usefulness of water supplies and may ultimately impact supply
reliability.
   (9) The quality of source supplies can have a significant impact
on water management strategies and supply reliability.
   (b) This part is intended to provide assistance to water agencies
in carrying out their long-term resource planning responsibilities to
ensure adequate water supplies to meet existing and future demands
for water.