Storm Water FundingLeslie Laudon

Assistant Deputy DirectorDivision of Financial Assistance

State Water Resources Control BoardLeslie.laudon@waterboards.ca.gov

(916) 341-5499February 16, 2016

Presentation Outline

• SB 985 – Storm Water Resource Planning• Grant Programs

– SWRCB’s Prop 1 Storm Water Grant Program– DWR IRWM Program– Prop 1 Chapter 6 - Conservancies

• Loan Programs– Clean Water State Revolving Fund

• Prop 218 requirements• Benefit Assessment Districts

• STORMS – Strategy to Optimize Resource Management of Storm Water

• Q&A

Senate Bill 985Storm Water Resource Planning Amends Water Code Section 10561-10563 and 10573

3Section I - GuidelinesWater Code Section 10565 et seq.

• Recognizes storm water as a resource• Emphasizes multiple benefit storm water projects• Requires public agencies to develop a storm water

resource plan prior to receiving bond funding• Emphasizes use of publicly owned lands to capture and

reuse storm water• State Water Board adopted Guidelines December 15,

2015

Guidelines Provide Guidance on:• Watershed Description

• Coordination and Collaboration During Plan Development

• Prioritizing by Multiple Benefits

• Metrics-based Analysis

• Data Collection and Management

• Prioritization of Projects in the Plan

• Plan Implementation

• Public Participation for Plan Implementation

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Recognition of Existing Planning and Monitoring Efforts

• A Plan may build off of an existing plan(s)

• A Plan does not have to be referred to as a “Storm Water Resource Plan”

• A Storm Water Resource Plan must be submitted to the applicable IRWM which shall incorporate it into the IRWM Plan

5Water Code section 10562(c)

Prop 1 Storm Water Grant Program

$20 M for planning grants

~ $1 million for technical assistance to

DACs/EDAs for implementation grants

$166 M for multi-benefit

implementation grants

~ $25 M in additional funding(ASBS Compliance and Clean Beaches

Projects)

$200 M for grants for multi-benefit stormwater management projects.