Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: Western Delta Intakes Concept: feasibility study.

Under existing law, the Department of Water Resources operates the State Water Resources Development System that includes dams, reservoirs, and other infrastructure. This bill would require the department to undertake an expedited evaluation and feasability study of the Western Delta Intakes Concept, as defined, and to consult with the Department of Fish and Game, as specified. This bill would require the department to prepare and submit to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2014, a prescribed report about the feasability study. Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative bond act approved by the voters at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $5,388,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, and resource protection program. Under existing law, $65,000,000 of that bond money is available to the department for planning and feasibility studies related to the existing and potential future needs for California's water supply, conveyance, and flood control systems. This bill would appropriate $750,000 of that bond money to the department to pay the costs of the study of the Western Delta Intakes Concept.