California Water Code

§ 8510

WAT § 8510 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 5 · Part 3.5

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)The Yolo Bypass is a 59,000-acre flood control facility located in the Counties of Yolo and Solano that absorbs excess flood waters from the Sacramento River and conveys the waters 40 miles south into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

(b)Authorized by Congress in 1917 and built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in the 1920s, the Yolo Bypass provides critical flood protection to over 650,000 people, several small communities, important agricultural land, and over sixty billion dollars ($60,000,000,000) in public and private assets.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 275, Sec. 1. (SB 369) Effective January 1, 2022.