| The Bay Area Water Supply
and Conservation Agency
(Authors: Assembly members Louis Papan, John Dutra and Joe
Simitian; Co-authors: Assembly members Elaine Alquist, Rebecca
Cohn, Ellen Corbett, Manny Diaz and Lynne Leach; Senators
Liz Figueroa and Byron Sher)
Question: What
is the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA)?
Answer: BAWSCA
is a regional water district.
It was designed by the State Legislature to help protect
the health, safety and economic well being of 1.7 million
residents, businesses and community organizations in Alameda,
San Mateo and Santa Clara counties who depend on the San Francisco
Bay Area regional water system.
Question: What
will BAWSCA do?
Answer: BAWSCA
will represent and negotiate more effectively with San Francisco
about the water interests of the 26 cities and water districts
and two private utilities that are part of BAWSCA in its three-county
service area.
BAWSCA also can:
- Raise money to help repair and improve the earthquake-vulnerable
regional water system;
- Coordinate water conservation, supply and recycling activities
in the three-county service area;
- Be a catalyst for developing a crisis management plan to
deal with the community impact of a long-term water outage;
- Ensure that AB 1823, which requires San Francisco to upgrade
the water system, is fully and promptly implemented; and
- Perform other activities within its authority and as directed
by its Board of Directors.
The Act does not change the ownership or management
of the regional water system.
This is an overview of the legislation.
View entire document here
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