Sec. 81511. Ground water recharge planning
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In this section: The term Critically Overdrafted Basins means those basins identified by the California Department of Water Resources pursuant to part 2.74 of the California Water Code (commonly known as the California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ). The term Reclamation State means a State or territory described in the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093; 43 U.S.C. 391 ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete an evaluation and report to Congress that identifies potential ground water storage and recharge opportunities in each Reclamation State including recharge opportunities in critically overdrafted basins to help inform future Federal, State, local, and other investment in ground water storage projects. The report to Congress shall include— an assessment of potentially beneficial storage and recharge locations based on the Secretary’s assessment of— hydrologic attributes; geologic attributes; engineering attributes; water supply benefits; environmental benefits; infrastructure benefits related to mitigation of subsidence-related infrastructure damage; and sustainability benefits for critically overdrafted basins; and an assessment of potential conveyance infrastructure needs to move excess runoff to the recharge locations identified by the Secretary under this section.
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate research activities with Reclamation State agencies, ground water sustainability agencies, universities and non-profit organizations in a manner designed to assist with implementation of State-led initiatives such as part 2.74 of the California Water Code (commonly known as the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ).
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