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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SB 1120
          Author:   Galgiani (D)
          Amended:  5/27/14
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMMITTEE  :  7-1, 4/22/14
          AYES:  Pavley, Evans, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Monning, Wolk
          NOES:  Fuller
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Cannella

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  5-2, 5/23/14
          AYES:  De León, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
          NOES:  Walters, Gaines


           SUBJECT  :    Local water supply programs or projects:  funding

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires the Department of Water Resources  
          (DWR) to conduct a voluntary statewide survey of local regional  
          water supply projects and post the results of the survey on  
          DWR's Internet Web site by July 1, 2015.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law:

          1.Establishes as the policy of the state that The California  
            Water Plan, as amended, is accepted as the master plan which  
            guides the orderly and coordinated development, management,  
            and efficient utilization of the water resources of the state.  
             The DWR is required to update the California Water Plan every  
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            five years.  

          2.Requires, as part of updating the California Water Plan, DWR  
            to conduct a study to determine the amount of water needed to  
            meet the state's future needs and to recommend programs,  
            policies, and facilities to meet those needs.

          3.Requires, each year, DWR to prepare and submit to the  
            chairpersons of the fiscal committees of the Legislature a  
            report with regard to the budget for the System.  The System  
            is more commonly known as the State Water Project.

          This bill:

          1.Requires the DWR to conduct a voluntary statewide survey of  
            local regional water supply projects and post the results of  
            the survey on the DWR's Internet Web site by July 1, 2015.

          2.Authorizes the DWR to use any other survey that it conducted  
            in conjunction with other agencies or third parties.

          3.Provides that the survey information will include:

             A.   The projected date for a project to complete the permit  
               process and subsequently commence operations.
             B.   The cost of the project.
             C.   The projected additional acre feet of water realized on  
               an annual basis.
           
          Background
           
          On March 4, 2014, the California Water Commission, Delta  
          Stewardship Council, DWR, and Association of California Water  
          Agencies announced a survey "to collect updated information from  
          local agencies regarding potential water projects and programs  
          that can add new or expand existing surface or groundwater  
          storage capacity, improve water supply reliability and improve  
          operational efficiency."

          The purpose of the survey is "to identify and compile a  
          comprehensive inventory of projects that includes existing  
          CALFED surface storage projects such as Sites Reservoir,  
          Temperance Flat and the enlargement of Shasta Reservoir, in  
          addition to other local and regional projects that can  







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          significantly improve storage capacity, flood protection, water  
          supply reliability, hydroelectric generation, ecosystem health,  
          water quality and recreation. Local public water agencies have a  
          wealth of knowledge and information about near- and long-term  
          opportunities that potentially could provide local and/or  
          statewide benefits."

          The information collected through this survey is intended be  
          used "to help ongoing planning efforts, support integrated water  
          planning, inform actions by the State of California that respond  
          to current and future needs, and support the Brown  
          Administration's California Water Action Plan."

          The survey has been concluded and Association of California  
          Water Agencies will be presenting the results of the survey to  
          the California Water Commission, Delta Stewardship Council on  
          April 28, 2014.

          According to the author, "It would be in the State's best  
          interest to know what regional water supply projects are  
          currently under development in order to capitalize on any  
          opportunities to bring additional supply faster and cheaper.   
          Currently, the Department of water Resources is required to  
          prepare and submit a report to the legislature with regard to  
          the budget for the State Water Resources Development system,  
          which includes an itemization of all contracts related to the  
          Bay-Delta Conservation Plan.  However, it would be prudent to  
          know what regional water project choices currently exist."

          "Senate Bill 1120 would require the Department of Water  
          Resources to conduct a statewide [survey] of existing local  
          water supply projects and to post the results of the inventory  
          on their Web site by July 1, 2015.  The [survey] information  
          will include:  the project[ed] date for the project to complete  
          the permit process; the project's costs; and the projected  
          additional acre feet of water realized on and annual basis.  It  
          is in the state's best interest to exactly know what regional  
          water supply projects are currently under development in order  
          to capitalize on any opportunities to bring additional supply  
          faster and cheaper."

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No








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          According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, minor and  
          absorbable costs (General Fund) to the DWR to post the required  
          inventory on its Internet Web site.


          RM:nl  5/27/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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