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Water Code - Division 7: Water Quality - Chapter 7.7: Environmental Water Act of 1989 (secs. 12929 - 12929.46).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
California
Document type
Legislation
Date
1989 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries, Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Stock enhancement/repopulation Fishery management and conservation Institution Special fund Governance Policy/planning Irrigation Ecosystem preservation Protection of habitats
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of Division 6 of the Water Code of California creates the Environmental Water Fund declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to prescribe the purposes of the Environmental Water Fund, and to create, and prescribe the purposes of, the Environmental Water Program and the Water Quality Program. The Water Quality Program includes projects or programs of public agencies throughout the state that will either (1) reduce the amounts of agricultural drainage water or (2), improve the quality of agricultural drainage water with the result of improving the quality of water used for agricultural, municipal, or industrial purposes. The Environmental Water Program concerns the area of the City of Los Angeles and, among other things, restoration and enhancement of fisheries on the Upper Sacramento River, San Joaquin River.

Full text
English
Website
www.waterboards.ca.gov