Bill Text: CA AB2241 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: The Open and Transparent Water Data Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2241 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2241-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
March 15, 2018 |
| Assembly Bill | No. 2241 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Rubio |
February 13, 2018 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires the State Water Resources Board to implement and administer various water conservation and demand reduction programs in the state. Existing law makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the need to reduce urban water use statewide by 20% and to effectively measure a water supplier’s efforts to reduce urban water use in its service area.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those legislative findings and declarations.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 12407 is added to the Water Code, to read:12407.
The department, the state board, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife shall work to improve the open and transparent access to data by reducing the fractured or duplicative reporting of the same or similar data to multiple governmental agencies or departments, and by reducing the reporting burden on entities providing data to governmental agencies.The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)Water is a public resource that the California Constitution protects against waste and unreasonable use.
(b)Growing population, climate change, and the need to protect and grow California’s economy while protecting and restoring our fish and wildlife habitats make it essential that the state manage its water resources as efficiently as possible.
(c)Diverse regional water supply portfolios will increase water supply reliability and reduce dependence on the Delta.
(d)Reduced water use through conservation provides significant energy
and environmental benefits, and can help protect water quality, improve streamflows, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(e)The success of state and local water conservation programs to increase efficiency of water use is best determined on the basis of measurable outcomes related to water use or efficiency.
(f)Improvements in technology and management practices offer the potential for increasing water efficiency in California over time, providing an essential water management tool to meet the need for water for urban, agricultural, and environmental uses.
(g)The Governor has called for a 20 percent per capita reduction in urban water use statewide by 2020.
(h)The factors used to formulate water use efficiency targets can vary significantly from
location to location based on factors including weather, patterns of urban and suburban development, and past efforts to enhance water use efficiency.
(i)Per capita water use is a valid measure of a water
supplier’s efforts to reduce urban water use within its service area. However, per capita water use is less useful for measuring relative water use efficiency between different water suppliers. Differences in weather, historical patterns of urban and suburban development, and density of housing in a particular location need to be considered when assessing per capita water use as a measure of efficiency.
