Bill Text: CA AB2043 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Desalination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - Died at Desk. [AB2043 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2043-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2043	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harper

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to amend Section 12947 of the Water Code, relating to
desalination.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2043, as introduced, Harper. Desalination.
   Existing law, the Cobey-Porter Saline Water Conversion Law, states
the policy of this state that desalination projects developed by or
for public water entities be given the same opportunities for state
assistance and funding as other water supply and reliability
projects, and that desalination be consistent with all applicable
environmental protection policies in the state. The law provides that
is it the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Water
Resources shall undertake to find economic and efficient methods of
desalting saline water so that desalted water may be made available
to help meet the growing water requirements of the state.
   This bill would state that the Legislature recognizes that
desalination is an important local and regional sustainable water
supply and reliability option.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12947 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   12947.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the growing
water needs of the state require the development of  cost
effective   cost-effective  and efficient water
supply technologies. Desalination technology is now feasible to help
provide significant new water supplies from seawater, brackish water,
and reclaimed water. Desalination technology can also provide an
effective means of treating some types of contamination in water
supplies. Desalination is consistent with both state water supply and
efficiency policy goals, and joint state-federal environmental and
water policy and principles promoted by the Cal-Fed Bay Delta
Program. 
   (b) The Legislature recognizes that desalination is an important
local and regional sustainable water supply and reliability option in
order to improve water supply reliability, help reduce reliance on
imported water, and, in response to climate change, to better meet
future regional and local needs.  
   (b) 
    (c)  It is the policy of this state that desalination
projects developed by or for public water entities be given the same
opportunities for state assistance and funding as other water supply
and reliability projects, and that desalination be consistent with
all applicable environmental protection policies in the state.

   (c) 
    (d)  It is the intention of the Legislature that the
department shall undertake to find economic and efficient methods of
desalting saline water so that desalted water may be made available
to help meet the growing water requirements of the state.