Wat. Code, § 78648 · Article 6. Seawater Intrusion Control
Wat. Code, § 78648
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:
(a) (1) “Eligible seawater intrusion control project” means a project which is all of the following:
(A) Necessary to protect groundwater that is (i) within a basin that is subject to a local groundwater management plan for which a review is completed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) and (ii) is threatened by seawater intrusion in an area where restrictions on groundwater pumping, a physical solution, or both, are necessary to prevent the destruction of, or irreparable injury to, groundwater quality.
(B) Is cost-effective. In the case of a project to provide a substitute water supply, the project shall be cost-effective as compared to the development of other new sources of water and shall include requirements or measures adequate to ensure that the substitute supply will be used in lieu of previously established extractions or diversions of groundwater.
(C) Complies with applicable water quality standards, policies, and plans.
(2) Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to, water conservation, freshwater well injection, and substitution of groundwater pumping from local surface supplies.
(b) “Local agency” means any city, county, district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state involved in water management.
(c) “Subaccount” means the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount created by Section 78648.2.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, election.
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