The California Water Boards' Annual Performance Report - Fiscal Year 2011-12

MEASUREMENTS  - Data last updated on: 

WHAT THE MEASURE IS SHOWING

More than 85% of the funds were directed to projects related to secondary or advanced wastewater treatment. The program agreed to 48 projects, 5 of which addresses multiple categories. The data shows the significant level of effort accomplished by the program during FY 2011-12, compared to FY 10-11, the CWSRF program funded almost 45% more projects with 90% more funding resources.

WHY THIS MEASURE IS IMPORTANT

The Division of Financial Assistance (DFA) administers the implementation of the State Water Resources Control Board's (State Water Board) financial assistance programs, that include loan and grant funding for construcion of municipal sewage and water recycling facilities, remediation for underground storage tank releases, watershed protection projects, nonpoint source pollution control projects, etc. DFA also administers the Water Recycling Program and the Operator Certification Program. The federal Clean Water Act (CWA) provides states the opportunity to establish a CWSRF Program to help each state achieve the goal of clean water. The CWSRF is capitalized with federal and state funds. The CWSRF provides affordable financing for 1) construction of publicly owned treatment works (POTW), 2) elimination of non-point sources (NPS) of pollution, and 3) development and implementation of plans to protect important estuaries. Funding of water quality protection projects is an strategic activity conducted by the Water Boards that requires a significant amount of work in terms of processing applications, establishing priorities and approving tracking the use of funds. It is also important that the funds available each year are use in the most efficient and effective way. The financing activity of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund can be seen in the following graph.

TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS

• Data source: Loans and Grants Tracking System. FAAST. Period: July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. Extracted in August, 2012.
• Unit of Measure: Number of projects and monetary amount expressed in current US dollars.
• Data Definitions: For definitions on each program category please go to: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/board_reference/2009spring/tab02/financial_assistance.pdf
• References: Information About The Program
  Public Reports and Data
  List of Funded Projects in FY 2011-12
  List of Funded Projects in FY 2011-12 by Needs Category

GLOSSARY

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, abbreviated ARRA (Pub.L. 111-5) and commonly referred to as the Stimulus or The Recovery Act, is an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009. The Act followed other economic recovery legislation passed in the final year of the Bush presidency including the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which created the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).. The measures are nominally worth $787 billion. Go to the Water Boards ARRA program web site for more information.

( Page last updated:  8/15/12 )