REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

August 2004

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State Water Resources Control Board Passes Resolution 2004-0035 to Implement the Consolidated Watershed Protection, Watershed Management, Drinking Water Quality, and Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grants.

In response to stakeholders requests to integrate and coordinate related grant programs, State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) staff consolidated and made available up to $138,000,000 in grants from eight interrelated programs administered by the SWRCB Division of Financial Assistance. Consolidation allowed staff to identify the appropriate grant programs for the multitude of project types, reduce application efforts, and better integrate SWRCB program goals with those of their partner agencies. The programs are funded from Proposition 13, Proposition 50, and federal appropriations. The eight consolidated programs are as follows.