Bill Text: CA SB1262 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Water supply planning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2016. [SB1262 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SB1262-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1262	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 27, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Pavley and Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 66473.7 of the Government Code, and to
amend  Sections 10910 and 10911 of the Water Code, and
  Section 10910 of the Water Code,   relating to
land use.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1262, as amended, Pavley. Water supply planning.
   (1) Existing law requires a city or county that determines a
project, as defined, is subject to the California Environmental
Quality Act to identify certain water systems that may supply water
for the project and to request those public water systems to prepare
and approve a specified water supply assessment. Under existing law,
if no public water system is identified, the city or county is
required to prepare and approve the water supply assessment. Existing
law provides that if, as a result of its assessment, the public
water system or city or county concludes that its water supplies are,
or will be, insufficient, the public water system or city or county
is required to provide its plans for acquiring additional water
supplies, as prescribed. 
   This bill would require a city or county that determines a project
is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act to identify
any water system whose service area includes the project site and any
water system adjacent to the project site. This bill would require,
if a water source for a proposed project includes water of a quality
not sufficient to meet certain drinking water standards, that
prescribed additional information be included in a water supply
assessment. This bill, if no water system is identified, would
require a city or county to prepare a technical report containing
prescribed information. This bill would require a city or county to
submit the technical report to the local agency formation commission
with jurisdiction if the city or county concludes based on the
technical report that it is feasible for a water system to provide
water to the project. This bill, if the local agency formation
commission declines to approve an annexation or extensive of service,
would require the city or county to develop a water supply
assessment for the project, as specified. By imposing new duties on
cities and counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. 
   Existing law, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, requires
all groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins
by the Department of Water Resources that are designated as basins
subject to critical conditions of overdraft to be managed under a
groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated groundwater
sustainability plans by January 31, 2020, and requires all other
groundwater basins designated as high- or medium-priority basins to
be managed under a groundwater sustainability plan or coordinated
groundwater sustainability plans by January 31, 2022, except as
specified. The act authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board
to designate a basin as a probationary basin if the state board
makes a certain determination and to develop an interim plan for the
probationary basin.
   This  bill would require a city or county that determines a
project is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act to
identify any water system whose service area includes the project
site and any water system adjacent to the project site. This bill
would require, if a water source for a proposed project includes
water of a quality not sufficient to meet certain drinking water
standards, that prescribed additional information be included in a
water supply assessment. This  bill would provide that hauled
water or groundwater from a probationary basin are not sources of
water for the purposes of a water supply assessment. This bill would,
if a water supply for a proposed project includes groundwater,
require certain additional information to be included in the water
supply assessment.  By imposing additional duties on cities and
counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

   (2) Existing law, the Subdivision Map Act, establishes a statewide
regulatory framework for controlling the subdividing of land. The
act generally requires a subdivider to submit, and have approved by
the city, county, or city and county in which the land is situated, a
tentative map for subdivisions of land, as specified. Existing law
requires a city or county to deny approval of a tentative map, or
parcel map for which a tentative map was not required, if it makes
certain findings relating to the proposed subdivision. Existing law
requires a city or county to include as a condition in any tentative
map that includes a subdivision a requirement that a sufficient water
supply be available. Existing law requires proof of the availability
of a sufficient water supply, as prescribed, and that the written
verification of a public water system's ability or inability to
provide a sufficient water supply be supported by substantial
evidence.
   This bill would revise the definition of sufficient water supply
to include additional factors relating to a proposed subdivision that
relies in whole or in part on groundwater. This bill would provide
that groundwater from a probationary basin is not a water supply for
these purposes. 
   (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.  
   (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66473.7 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   66473.7.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the following
definitions apply:
   (1) "Subdivision" means a proposed residential development of more
than 500 dwelling units, except that for a public water system that
has fewer than 5,000 service connections, "subdivision" means any
proposed residential development that would account for an increase
of 10 percent or more in the number of the public water system's
existing service connections.
   (2) "Sufficient water supply" means the total water supplies
available during normal, single-dry, and multiple-dry years within a
20-year projection that will meet the projected demand associated
with the proposed subdivision, in addition to existing and planned
future uses, including, but not limited to, agricultural and
industrial uses. In determining "sufficient water supply," all of the
following factors shall be considered:
   (A) The availability of water supplies over a historical record of
at least 20 years.
   (B) The applicability of an urban water shortage contingency
analysis prepared pursuant to Section 10632 of the Water Code that
includes actions to be undertaken by the public water system in
response to water supply shortages.
   (C) The reduction in water supply allocated to a specific water
use sector pursuant to a resolution or ordinance adopted, or a
contract entered into, by the public water system, as long as that
resolution, ordinance, or contract does not conflict with Section 354
of the Water Code.
   (D) The amount of water that the water supplier can reasonably
rely on receiving from other water supply projects, such as
conjunctive use, reclaimed water, water conservation, and water
transfer, including programs identified under federal, state, and
local water initiatives such as CALFED and Colorado River tentative
agreements, to the extent that these water supplies meet the criteria
of subdivision (d).
   (E) If a proposed subdivision relies in whole or in part on
groundwater, the following factors:
   (i) For a basin for which a court or the State Water Resources
Control Board has adjudicated the rights to pump groundwater, the
order or decree adopted by the court or the State Water Resources
Control Board.
   (ii) For a basin that has not been adjudicated, as follows:
   (I) For a basin designated as high- or medium-priority pursuant to
Section 10722.4 of the Water Code, the most recently adopted or
revised adopted groundwater sustainability  plan. 
 plan or approved alternative. 
   (II) For a basin designated as low- or very low priority pursuant
to Section 10722.4 of the Water Code, information as to whether the
Department of Water Resources has identified the basin or basins as
overdrafted or has projected that the basin will become overdrafted
if present management conditions continue.
   (3) "Public water system" means the water supplier that is, or may
become as a result of servicing the subdivision included in a
tentative map pursuant to subdivision (b), a public water system, as
defined in Section 10912 of the Water Code, that may supply water for
a subdivision.
   (b) (1) The legislative body of a city or county or the advisory
agency, to the extent that it is authorized by local ordinance to
approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove the tentative map,
shall include as a condition in any tentative map that includes a
subdivision a requirement that a sufficient water supply shall be
available. Proof of the availability of a sufficient water supply
shall be requested by the subdivision applicant or local agency, at
the discretion of the local agency, and shall be based on written
verification from the applicable public water system within 90 days
of a request.
   (2) If the public water system fails to deliver the written
verification as required by this section, the local agency or any
other interested party may seek a writ of mandamus to compel the
public water system to comply.
   (3) If the written verification provided by the applicable public
water system indicates that the public water system is unable to
provide a sufficient water supply that will meet the projected demand
associated with the proposed subdivision, then the local agency may
make a finding, after consideration of the written verification by
the applicable public water system, that additional water supplies
not accounted for by the public water system are, or will be,
available prior to completion of the subdivision that will satisfy
the requirements of this section. This finding shall be made on the
record and supported by substantial evidence.
   (4) If the written verification is not provided by the public
water system, notwithstanding the local agency or other interested
party securing a writ of mandamus to compel compliance with this
section, then the local agency may make a finding that sufficient
water supplies are, or will be, available prior to completion of the
subdivision that will satisfy the requirements of this section. This
finding shall be made on the record and supported by substantial
evidence.
   (c) The applicable public water system's written verification of
its ability or inability to provide a sufficient water supply that
will meet the projected demand associated with the proposed
subdivision as required by subdivision (b) shall be supported by
substantial evidence. The substantial evidence may include, but is
not limited to, any of the following:
   (1) The public water system's most recently adopted urban water
management plan adopted pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section
10610) of Division 6 of the Water Code.
   (2) A water supply assessment that was completed pursuant to Part
2.10 (commencing with Section 10910) of Division 6 of the Water Code.

   (3) A groundwater sustainability plan adopted  or alternative
approved  pursuant to Part 2.74 (commencing with Section 10720)
of Division 6 of the Water Code.
   (4) Other information relating to the sufficiency of the water
supply that contains analytical information that is substantially
similar to the assessment required by Section 10635 of the Water
Code.
   (d) When the written verification pursuant to subdivision (b)
relies on projected water supplies that are not currently available
to the public water system, to provide a sufficient water supply to
the subdivision, the written verification as to those projected water
supplies shall be based on all of the following elements, to the
extent each is applicable:
   (1) Written contracts or other proof of valid rights to the
identified water supply that identify the terms and conditions under
which the water will be available to serve the proposed subdivision.
   (2) Copies of a capital outlay program for financing the delivery
of a sufficient water supply that has been adopted by the applicable
governing body.
   (3) Securing of applicable federal, state, and local permits for
construction of necessary infrastructure associated with supplying a
sufficient water supply.
   (4) Any necessary regulatory approvals that are required in order
to be able to convey or deliver a sufficient water supply to the
subdivision.
   (e) If there is no public water system, the local agency shall
make a written finding of sufficient water supply based on the
evidentiary requirements of subdivisions (c) and (d) and identify the
mechanism for providing water to the subdivision.
   (f) In making any findings or determinations under this section, a
local agency, or designated advisory agency, may work in conjunction
with the project applicant and the public water system to secure
water supplies sufficient to satisfy the demands of the proposed
subdivision. If the local agency secures water supplies pursuant to
this subdivision, which supplies are acceptable to and approved by
the governing body of the public water system as suitable for
delivery to customers, it shall work in conjunction with the public
water system to implement a plan to deliver that water supply to
satisfy the long-term demands of the proposed subdivision.
   (g) The written verification prepared under this section shall
also include a description, to the extent that data is reasonably
available based on published records maintained by federal and state
agencies, and public records of local agencies, of the reasonably
foreseeable impacts of the proposed subdivision on the availability
of water resources for agricultural and industrial uses within the
public water system's service area that are not currently receiving
water from the public water system but are utilizing the same sources
of water. To the extent that those reasonably foreseeable impacts
have previously been evaluated in a document prepared pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with
Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) or the National
Environmental Policy Act (Public Law 91-190) for the proposed
subdivision, the public water system may utilize that information in
preparing the written verification.
   (h) (1) Where a water supply for a proposed subdivision includes
groundwater, the public water system serving the proposed subdivision
shall evaluate, based on substantial evidence, the extent to which
it or the landowner has the right to extract the additional
groundwater needed to supply the proposed subdivision. Nothing in
this subdivision is intended to modify state law with regard to
groundwater rights.
   (2) Groundwater from a basin designated by the State Water
Resources Control Board as a probationary basin pursuant to Chapter
11 (commencing with Section 10735) of Part 2.74 of Division 6 of the
Water Code is not considered as a water supply for the purposes of
this section.
   (i) This section shall not apply to any residential project
proposed for a site that is within an urbanized area and has been
previously developed for urban uses, or where the immediate
contiguous properties surrounding the residential project site are,
or previously have been, developed for urban uses, or housing
projects that are exclusively for very low and low-income households.

   (j) The determinations made pursuant to this section shall be
consistent with the obligation of a public water system to grant a
priority for the provision of available and future water resources or
services to proposed housing developments that help meet the city's
or county's share of the regional housing needs for lower income
households, pursuant to Section 65589.7.
   (k) The County of San Diego shall be deemed to comply with this
section if the Office of Planning and Research determines that all of
the following conditions have been met:
   (1) A regional growth management strategy that provides for a
comprehensive regional strategy and a coordinated economic
development and growth management program has been developed pursuant
to Proposition C as approved by the voters of the County of San
Diego in November 1988, which required the development of a regional
growth management plan and directed the establishment of a regional
planning and growth management review board.
   (2) Each public water system, as defined in Section 10912 of the
Water Code, within the County of San Diego has adopted an urban water
management plan pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 10610)
of the Water Code.
   (3) The approval or conditional approval of tentative maps for
subdivisions, as defined in this section, by the County of San Diego
and the cities within the county requires written communications to
be made by the public water system to the city or county, in a format
and with content that is substantially similar to the requirements
contained in this section, with regard to the availability of a
sufficient water supply, or the reliance on projected water supplies
to provide a sufficient water supply, for a proposed subdivision.
   (  l  ) Nothing in this section shall preclude the
legislative body of a city or county, or the designated advisory
agency, at the request of the applicant, from making the
determinations required in this section earlier than required
pursuant to subdivision (b).
   (m) Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a right
or entitlement to water service or any specific level of water
service.
   (n) Nothing in this section is intended to change existing law
concerning a public water system's obligation to provide water
service to its existing customers or to any potential future
customers.
   (o) Any action challenging the sufficiency of the public water
system's written verification of a sufficient water supply shall be
governed by Section 66499.37.
  SEC. 2.  Section 10910 of the Water Code is amended to read:
   10910.  (a) Any city or county that determines that a project, as
defined in Section 10912, is subject to the California Environmental
Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the
Public Resources Code) under Section 21080 of the Public Resources
Code shall comply with this part.
   (b) The city or county, at the time that it determines whether an
environmental impact report, a negative declaration, or a mitigated
negative declaration is required for any project subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 21080.1 of
the Public Resources Code, shall identify any water system whose
service area includes the project site and any water system adjacent
to the project site that is, or may become as a result of supplying
water to the project identified pursuant to this subdivision, a
public water system, as defined in Section 10912, that may supply
water for the project.  I   f the city or county is not
able to identify any public water system that may supply water for
the project, the city or county shall prepare the water assessment
required by this part after consulting with any entity serving
domestic water supplies whose service area includes the project site,
the local agency formation commission, and any public water system
adjacent to the project site. 
   (c) (1) The city or county, at the time it makes the determination
required under Section 21080.1 of the Public Resources Code, shall
request each public water system identified pursuant to subdivision
(b) to determine whether the projected water demand associated with a
proposed project was included as part of the most recently adopted
urban water management plan adopted pursuant to Part 2.6 (commencing
with Section 10610).
   (2) If the projected water demand associated with the proposed
project was accounted for in the most recently adopted urban water
management plan, the public water system may incorporate the
requested information from the urban water management plan in
preparing the elements of the assessment required to comply with
subdivisions  (e), (f), (g), and (h).   (d),
(e), (f), and (g).
   (3) If the projected water demand associated with the proposed
project was not accounted for in the most recently adopted urban
water management plan, or the public water system has no urban water
management  plan but the public water system is willing to
supply water,   pl   an,  the water supply
assessment for the project shall include a discussion with regard to
whether the public water system's total projected water supplies
available during normal, single dry, and multiple dry water years
during a 20-year projection will meet the projected water demand
associated with the proposed project, in addition to the public water
system's existing and planned future uses, including agricultural
and manufacturing uses. 
   (4) If the city or county is required to comply with this part
pursuant to subdivision (b), the water supply assessment for the
project shall include a discussion with regard to whether the total
projected water supplies, determined to be available by the city or
county for the project during normal, single dry, and multiple dry
water years during a 20-year projection, will meet the projected
water demand associated with the proposed project, in addition to
existing and planned future uses, including agricultural and
manufacturing uses.  
   (d) (1) If a water system is not identified pursuant to
subdivision (b), or none of the water systems identified pursuant to
subdivision (b) are willing to supply the water, the city or county
shall prepare a technical report that includes all of the following:
 
   (A) The name of each public water system that has a service area
boundary within five miles of any boundary of the applicant's
proposed service area.  
   (B) An analysis of the feasibility of a water system identified
pursuant to subdivision (b) annexing, connecting, or otherwise
supplying domestic water to the project.  
   (C) An analysis of the long-term feasibility of creating a new
water system to serve the project, including, but not limited to,
projecting the capacity of anticipated ratepayers to sustain a water
system if there is the potential that water treatment will be
required in the foreseeable future.  
   (D) A description of all actions taken by the city or county to
secure a supply of domestic water from an existing public water
system for the project.  
   (E) A description of all actions taken by the project proponent to
pursue a contract for managerial or operational oversight from an
existing public waster system.  
   (2) If the city or county concludes, based on the technical report
prepared pursuant to paragraph (1), that it is feasible for a water
system identified pursuant to subdivision (b) to provide water to the
project, the city or county shall submit their technical report to
the local agency formation commission with jurisdiction over the
project.  
   (3) If the local agency formation commission declines to approve
an annexation or extension of service, the city or county shall
develop a water supply assessment for the project that includes a
discussion on whether the total projected water supplies, determined
to be available by the city or county for the project during normal,
single dry, or multiple dry water years during a 20-year projection,
will meet the projected water demand associated with the proposed
project, in addition to existing and planned future uses, including
agricultural and manufacturing uses.  
   (e) 
    (d)  (1) The assessment required by this section shall
include an identification of any existing water supply entitlements,
water rights, or water service contracts relevant to the identified
water supply for the proposed project, and a description of the
quantities of water received in prior years by the public water
system, or the city or county if either is required to comply with
this part pursuant to subdivision  (d),   (b),
 under the existing water supply entitlements, water rights, or
water service contracts.
   (2) An identification of existing water supply entitlements, water
rights, or water service contracts held by the public water system,
or the city or county if either is required to comply with this part
pursuant to subdivision  (d),   (b),  shall
be demonstrated by providing information related to all of the
following:
   (A) Written contracts or other proof of entitlement to an
identified water supply.
   (B) Copies of a capital outlay program for financing the delivery
of a water supply that has been adopted by the public water system.
   (C) Federal, state, and local permits for construction of
necessary infrastructure associated with delivering the water supply.

   (D) Any necessary regulatory approvals that are required in order
to be able to convey or deliver the water supply. 
   (f) 
    (e)  If no water has been received in prior years by the
public water system, or the city or county if either is required to
comply with this part pursuant to subdivision  (d), 
 (b),  under the existing water supply entitlements, water
rights, or water service contracts, the public water system, or the
city or county if either is required to comply with this part
pursuant to subdivision  (d),   (b),  shall
also include in its water supply assessment pursuant to subdivision
(c), an identification of the other public water systems or water
service contractholders that receive a water supply or have existing
water supply entitlements, water rights, or water service contracts,
to the same source of water as the public water system, or the city
or county if either is required to comply with this part pursuant to
subdivision  (d),   (b),  has identified as
a source of water supply within its water supply assessments.

   (g) 
    (f)  If a water supply for a proposed project includes
groundwater, the following additional information shall be included
in the water supply assessment:
   (1) A review of any information contained in the urban water
management plan relevant to the identified water supply for the
proposed project.
   (2) (A) A description of any groundwater basin or basins from
which the proposed project will be supplied.
   (B) For those basins for which a court or the board has
adjudicated the rights to pump groundwater, a copy of the order or
decree adopted by the court or the board and a description of the
amount of groundwater the public water system, or the city or county
if either is required to comply with this part pursuant to
subdivision  (d),   (b),  has the legal
right to pump under the order or decree.
   (C) For a basin that has not been adjudicated that is a basin
designated as high- or medium-priority pursuant to Section 10722.4,
information regarding the following:
   (i) Whether the department has identified the basin as being
subject to critical conditions of overdraft pursuant to Section
12924.
   (ii) Whether the board has designated the basin as a probationary
basin pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 10735) of Part
2.74.
   (iii) If a groundwater sustainability agency has adopted a
groundwater sustainability plan or  submitted an alternative
plan,   has an approved alternative,  a copy of
that  alternative or  plan.
   (D) For a basin that has not been adjudicated that is a basin
designated as low- or very low priority pursuant to Section 10722.4,
information as to whether the department has identified the basin or
basins as overdrafted or has projected that the basin will become
overdrafted if present management conditions continue, in the most
current bulletin of the department that characterizes the condition
of the groundwater basin, and a detailed description by the public
water system, or the city or county if either is required to comply
with this part pursuant to subdivision  (d),  
(b),  of the efforts being undertaken in the basin or basins to
eliminate the long-term overdraft condition.
   (3) A detailed description and analysis of the amount and location
of groundwater pumped by the public water system, or the city or
county if either is required to comply with this part pursuant to
subdivision  (d),   (b),  for the past five
years from any groundwater basin from which the proposed project
will be supplied. The description and analysis shall be based on
information that is reasonably available, including, but not limited
to, historic use records.
   (4) A detailed description and analysis of the amount and location
of groundwater that is projected to be pumped by the public water
system, or the city or county if either is required to comply with
this part pursuant to subdivision  (d),   (b),
 from any basin from which the proposed project will be
supplied. The description and analysis shall be based on information
that is reasonably available, including, but not limited to, historic
use records.
   (5) An analysis of the sufficiency of the groundwater from the
basin or basins from which the proposed project will be supplied to
meet the projected water demand associated with the proposed project.
A water supply assessment shall not be required to include the
information required by this paragraph if the public water system
determines, as part of the review required by paragraph (1), that the
sufficiency of groundwater necessary to meet the initial and
projected water demand associated with the project was addressed in
the description and analysis required by paragraph (4) of subdivision
(b) of Section 10631. 
   (h) 
    (g)  (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the governing body of
each public water system shall submit the assessment to the city or
county not later than 90 days from the date on which the request was
received. The governing body of each public water system, or the city
or county if either is required to comply with this act pursuant to
subdivision  (d),   (b),  shall approve the
assessment prepared pursuant to this section at a regular or special
meeting.
   (2) Prior to the expiration of the 90-day period, if the public
water system intends to request an extension of time to prepare and
adopt the assessment, the public water system shall meet with the
city or county to request an extension of time, which shall not
exceed 30 days, to prepare and adopt the assessment.
   (3) If the public water system fails to request an extension of
time, or fails to submit the assessment notwithstanding the extension
of time granted pursuant to paragraph (2), the city or county may
seek a writ of mandamus to compel the governing body of the public
water system to comply with the requirements of this part relating to
the submission of the water supply assessment. 
   (i) 
    (h)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,
if a project has been the subject of a water supply assessment that
complies with the requirements of this part, no additional water
supply assessment shall be required for subsequent projects that were
part of a larger project for which a water supply assessment was
completed and that has complied with the requirements of this part
and for which the public water system, or the city or county if
either is required to comply with this part pursuant to subdivision
 (d),   (b),  has concluded that its water
supplies are sufficient to meet the projected water demand associated
with the proposed project, in addition to the existing and planned
future uses, including, but not limited to, agricultural and
industrial uses, unless one or more of the following changes occurs:
                                             (1) Changes in the
project that result in a substantial increase in water demand for the
project.
   (2) Changes in the circumstances or conditions substantially
affecting the ability of the public water system, or the city or
county if either is required to comply with this part pursuant to
subdivision  (d),   (b),  to provide a
sufficient supply of water for the project.
   (3) Significant new information becomes available that was not
known and could not have been known at the time when the assessment
was prepared. 
   (j) 
    (i)  For the purposes of this section, the following are
not considered as a source of water:
   (1) Hauled water.
   (2) Groundwater from a basin designated by the board as a
probationary basin pursuant to Chapter 11 (commencing with Section
10735) of Part 2.74. 
   (k) 
    (j)  If a water supply for a proposed project includes
water of a quality not sufficient to meet all primary and secondary
drinking water standards, the following additional information shall
be included in the water supply assessment:
   (1) A detailed description of the concentration of contaminants.
   (2) The proposed method for treating, blending, or otherwise
ensuring that the water will meet drinking water quality standards.
   (3) The project cost to achieve drinking water quality.
   (4) An analysis of the affordability of water for the project's
anticipated residents. 
  SEC. 3.    Section 10911 of the Water Code is
amended to read:
   10911.  (a) If, as a result of its assessment, the public water
system concludes that its water supplies are, or will be,
insufficient, the public water system shall provide to the city or
county its plans for acquiring additional water supplies, setting
forth the measures that are being undertaken to acquire and develop
those water supplies. If the city or county, if either is required to
comply with this part pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10910,
concludes as a result of its assessment, that water supplies are, or
will be, insufficient, the city or county shall include in its water
supply assessment its plans for acquiring additional water supplies,
setting forth the measures that are being undertaken to acquire and
develop those water supplies. Those plans may include, but are not
limited to, information concerning all of the following:
   (1) The estimated total costs, and the proposed method of
financing the costs, associated with acquiring the additional water
supplies.
   (2) All federal, state, and local permits, approvals, or
entitlements that are anticipated to be required in order to acquire
and develop the additional water supplies.
   (3) Based on the considerations set forth in paragraphs (1) and
(2), the estimated timeframes within which the public water system,
or the city or county if either is required to comply with this part
pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10910, expects to be able to
acquire additional water supplies.
   (b) The city or county shall include the water supply assessment
provided pursuant to Section 10910, and any information provided
pursuant to subdivision (a), in any environmental document prepared
for the project pursuant to Division 13 (commencing with Section
21000) of the Public Resources Code.
   (c) The city or county may include in any environmental document
an evaluation of any information included in that environmental
document provided pursuant to subdivision (b). The city or county
shall determine, based on the entire record, whether projected water
supplies will be sufficient to satisfy the demands of the project, in
addition to existing and planned future uses. If the city or county
determines that water supplies will not be sufficient, the city or
county shall include that determination in its findings for the
project.  
  SEC. 4.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 
   SEC. 3.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because a local agency or school district has the
authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to
pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within
the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.