SACRAMENTO (AP) -- The state Assembly has approved an $11.4-billion bond to fund a comprehensive overhaul of California's antiquated water system.
The measure passed before dawn Wednesday would pay for new dams, groundwater cleanup, conservation and habitat restoration.
It's part of a comprehensive package of measures intended to overhaul California<s decades-old water system. The Senate passed the package a day earlier but the Assembly added additional money. The Senate is expected to approve the new package Wednesday.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls passage an historic achievement that will allow California to prosper.
Lawmakers have long struggled over ways of restoring the crucial Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta while creating stable water supplies for cities and farms.
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