Environmental Protection
3940 State Water Resources Control Board

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) and the nine Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Boards) preserve and enhance the quality of California's water resources and ensure proper allocation and effective use. These objectives are achieved through the Water Quality and Water Rights programs.
MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84): The Budget includes $111.4 million Proposition 84 funds and 30.1 positions for the following water quality programs: State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Program, Agricultural Water Quality Grants, Urban Storm Water Grant Program, Clean Beaches Grant Program, Santa Monica Bay Restoration, and basin and land use planning activities.

  • Brownfields: The Budget includes $3.1 million Cleanup and Abatement Account and 25.1 positions to accelerate the cleanup of approximately 750 additional brownfield sites. The Water Board's Spills, Leaks, Investigations and Cleanups Program is a voluntary program whose costs are funded by responsible parties. Under this program, the responsible parties pay the Water Board's expenses of overseeing and approving cleanup efforts.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2007-08*
Positions
Dollars
10
 Water Quality
1,307.0
$823,408
20
 Water Rights
87.1
11,137
30.01
 Administration
201.5
18,890
30.02
 Distributed Administration
-
-18,890
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,595.6
$834,545
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,595.6
$834,545

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire State Water Resources Control Board Budget (pdf * - 52K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 14K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 20K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.