§ 10707 Joint Powers Groundwater Agreements

• •Local agencies can team up to manage groundwater.
• •They must use a joint powers agreement allowed by state law.
• •The agreement follows rules in the Government Code.

A city water department wants to work with a neighboring county to share money and staff for cleaning up groundwater pollution.

The city can sign a joint powers agreement that lets both agencies combine resources and run the cleanup together, as allowed by this statute.