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LinkedIn$7.12 billion state water bond to appear on November ballot
Per the full text of the proposition, the distribution of funds would be approximately as follows:
$810 million for expenditures and competitive grants and loans to integrated regional water management plan projects.
$520 million to improve water quality for “beneficial use,” for reducing and preventing drinking water contaminants in disadvantaged communities, and creating the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund.
$725 million for water recycling and advanced water treatment technology projects.
$900 million for competitive grants, and loans for projects to prevent or clean up the contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water.
$1.495 billion for competitive grants for multi-benefit ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects including:
- Conservancies $327.5M.
- Wildlife Conservation Board $200M (restoration of flows)
- Department of Fish and Wildlife $285M (out of delta, no mitigation on Bay Delta Conservation Plan)
- Department of Fish and Wildlife $87.5M (in delta with constraints)
- State settlement obligations including CVPIA $475M
- Rivers and creeks $120M
$2.7 billion for water storage projects, dams and reservoirs.
$395 million for statewide flood management projects and activities
To read the full text of the proposition visit Ballotpedia.
