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108 Part i california Water <br />Table 2.6 <br />Principal types of local water management agencies <br />Agency Responsibility <br />Urban water and wastewater utilities (city <br />departments, special districts, and private utilities) <br />Urban water supply, wastewater treatment <br />Agricultural water agencies (irrigation districts, <br />other special districts, mutual water companies) <br />Agricultural surface water supply (sometimes <br />also management of groundwater recharge <br />and conjunctive use) <br />County flood control agencies and reclamation <br />districts <br />Local flood management, including <br />maintenance of federally authorized levees <br />Groundwater management entities (water <br />masters, special districts) <br />Local groundwater basin management for <br />adjudicated basins and special groundwater <br />management areas <br />City and county governments Land use permitting and stormwater <br />management <br />Resource conservation districts Land and water use management for habitat <br />improvements <br />Power utilities (private utilities, urban and <br />agricultural water agencies) <br />Hydroelectric projects <br />NOTEs: For details on special districts, see special districts Annual Report Fiscal Year 2007–08, Appendix b: Number of <br />special districts by Type and Governing body (www.sco.ca.gov/Files-ARd-Local/LocRep/0708specialdistrictosp.pdf). For <br />a list of california water districts, see www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRcA/district.html. And for a digital repository of california <br />water district documents, see http://webarchives.cdlib.org/a/cAWaterdistricts. <br />customers) deliver water to most California homes and businesses.36 Several <br />thousands more serve smaller, more rural communities. Several dozen public <br />entities oversee adjudicated and other specially managed groundwater basins <br />(primarily in Southern California) (Chapters 4, 6). Hundreds of agricultural <br />water districts supply surface water to California’s farmers. Nearly 600 local <br />wastewater utilities are responsible for meeting Clean Water Act standards in <br />discharging municipal waste. Many of California’s county governments and <br />numerous special districts oversee local flood management programs. Over the <br />past decade, many city and county governments have become responsible for <br />the quality of stormwater runoff under the CWA. These local governments—538 <br />in all—also have principal responsibility for local water-related land use deci- <br />sions and local codes, which affect water demands, flood vulnerability, and <br />stormwater flows.37 Along with the state and federal water projects, various <br />36. These are the utilities required to comply with the Urban Water Management Planning Act. See Hanak (2005b, 2010). <br />37. Local decisions on the location of development are especially important for flood risk management and source- <br />water protection. Local ordinances and codes on outdoor landscaping and stormwater capture are important for water <br />conservation and water quality.