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Committee approves $30 million ongoing for Water Management Fund and related Water Resources actions
Summary
The committee approved a $30 million ongoing appropriation to the Department of Water Resources' Water Management Fund, associated transfer language and reappropriation authority for ARPA and state fiscal recovery funds, and additional FY2026 enhancements including positions and technology funding.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on March 14 approved the governor's recommendation to add $30,000,000 ongoing from the general fund to the Department of Water Resources' Water Management Fund for water infrastructure projects, and adopted related language to allow reappropriation of ARPA and state fiscal recovery monies.
Analyst Janet Jessup told the committee that the Department of Water Resources, created in 1895 to administer the provisions of the Cary Act, requested multiple enhancements for FY2026 including aquifer monitoring, additional water management staff and funds for mapping and technology. The governor's recommendation included $30,000,000 ongoing to be transferred to the continuously appropriated Water Management Fund and used…
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