California’s drinking water challenges are too urgent to ignore. Too many of our residents are currently exposed to unsafe drinking water, including harmful levels of arsenic, nitrate or other chemicals resulting from agricultural and industrial practices, or failing water management systems.
The State Senate plan creates the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund with the recently enacted SB 200, which provides an ongoing and dedicated $130 million annual appropriation for safe drinking water. The State Senate plan also merges small water management districts serving disadvantaged communities to strengthen water delivery infrastructure with the pending SB 414. Together the State Senate plan his plan will bring relief to communities most in need , and help ensure that every Californian has access to the basic human right of safe drinking water.
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Safe & Affordable Water
2019 Budget Act
The Budget provides stable ongoing funding to assist Californians in obtaining access to safe and affordable drinking water.
SB 200: The Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund
SB 200 creates the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund in the State Treasury, and authorizes investments to help water systems provide an adequate and affordable supply of safe drinking water in both the near and the long terms, throughout the state of California.
