Water Code section 10609.32

It is the intent of the Legislature that the chairperson of the board and the director of the department appear before the appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature on or around January 1, 2026, and report on the implementation of the water use efficiency standards and water use reporting pursuant to this chapter. It is the intent of the Legislature that the topics to be covered include all of the following:

(a)

The rate at which urban retail water suppliers are complying with the standards, and factors that might facilitate or impede their compliance.

(b)

What enforcement actions have been taken, if any.

(c)

The accuracy of the data and estimates being used to calculate urban water use objectives.

(d)

Indications of the economic impacts, if any, of the implementation of this chapter on urban water suppliers and urban water users, including CII water users.

(e)

The frequency of use of the bonus incentive, the volume of water associated with the bonus incentive, value to urban water suppliers of the bonus incentive, and any implications of the use of the bonus incentive on water use efficiency.

(f)

An assessment of how implementing this chapter is affecting the efficiency of statewide urban water use.

Source: Section 10609.32, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=WAT§ionNum=10609.­32.­ (accessed May 12, 2025).

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May 12, 2025

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