It is the intent of this chapter to provide necessary funds to insure the full participation by the state under the provisions of Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and to provide funds for state participation in the financing of projects, for the control of water pollution, or for the development of water conservation and wastewater reclamation, which are ineligible for federal assistance under Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)

Terms Used In California Water Code 13957

  • Federal assistance: means funds available to a municipality either directly or through allocation by the state, from the federal government as grants for construction of treatment works, pursuant to Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. See California Water Code 13959
  • Pollution: means an alteration of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects either of the following:

    California Water Code 13050

  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
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