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Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act

California · WAT · §§ 78500 to 78702 · 155 sections

Overview

In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment. (b) The state’s growing population has increasing needs for safe water supplies which are essential to the public health, safety, and welfare. (c) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, and conserved and recycled whenever economically, environmentally, and technically feasible. (d) The state should plan to meet the water supply needs of all beneficial uses of water, including urban, agricultural, and environmental, utilizing a wide range of strategies including water conservation and recycling, conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, water transfers, and improvements in the state’s water storage and delivery systems to meet the growing water needs of the state. (e) This measure is a necessary first step toward providing for the state’s long-term water supply requirements through a number of water management strategies. (f) The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Estuary (the Bay-Delta) is of statewide and

In the courts

Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.

Most-cited authority: 342 F.3d 1080 - Don Laub

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