Bill Text: CA AB1463 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1463 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB1463 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1463	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 18, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 13558) to Chapter
7 of Division 7 of the Water Code, relating to recycled water.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1463, as amended, Gatto. Onsite recycled water.
   Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to
establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type
of use of recycled water where the use involves the protection of
public health.
   This bill would require the state board, in consultation with the
State Department of Public Health, the California Building Standards
Commission,  the Department of Housing and Community Development,
 and stakeholders, to establish water quality standards and
 distribution, monitoring,   ongoing monitoring
 and reporting requirements for onsite water recycling 
systems prior to authorizing the use of onsite recycled water in
internal plumbing of residential and commercial buildings. 
 systems using blackwater. This bill would authorize the
Department of Housing and Community Development and the California
Building Standards Commission to authorize the use of blackwater in
onsite water recycling systems only if prescribed conditions are met.
 
   The California Building Standards Law provides for the adoption of
building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies
that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit
the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission
for approval and adoption.  
   This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community
Development to adopt building standards for all categories of
residential and commercial onsite recycled water. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Article 8 (commencing with Section
13558) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 7 of the   Water
Code   , to read:  

      Article 8.  Onsite Recycled Water


   13558.  For the purposes of this article, "onsite recycled water"
means water, including graywater, rainwater, and other water captured
onsite, that has been sourced, treated, and used onsite in a
building in a manner that is protective of public health, safety, and
the environment. "Onsite recycled water" does not include any
blackwater except as provided in Section 13559.
   13559.  (a) (1) The state board, in consultation with the State
Department of Public Health, the California Building Standards
Commission, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and
stakeholders, shall establish water quality standards and ongoing
monitoring and reporting requirements for onsite water recycling
systems using blackwater.
   (2) A local health department may set its own monitoring and
reporting standards for onsite recycled water using blackwater until
the state board has established standards pursuant to this
subdivision.
   (b) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall
adopt building standards for all categories of residential and
commercial onsite recycled water.
   (c) The Department of Housing and Community Development and the
California Building Standards Commission may authorize the use of
blackwater in onsite water recycling systems only if both of the
following conditions have been met:
   (1) Building standards for the use of blackwater for all
categories of residential and commercial onsite blackwater recycling
systems have been adopted.
   (2) The state board has developed water quality standards and
ongoing monitoring and reporting requirements for the use of
blackwater in onsite water recycling systems.
   (d) Until the standards described in subdivisions (a) and (b) have
been established, a city, county, or city and county may authorize
the use of onsite recycled water in internal plumbing of residential
and commercial buildings to the extent allowed by law prior to the
addition of this section.  
  SECTION 1.    Article 8 (commencing with Section
13558) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 7 of the Water Code, to
read:

      Article 8.  Onsite Recycled Water


   13558.  For the purpose of this article, "onsite recycled water"
means water, including graywater, rainwater, and other water captured
onsite, that has been sourced, treated, and used onsite in a
building in a manner that is protective of public health, safety, and
the environment. "Onsite recycled water" does not include any water
from a toilet, sewer, or onsite wastewater treatment system or septic
tank unless the state board has established additional standards,
monitoring, and reporting requirements for that water necessary to
protect public health, safety, and the environment.
   13559.  The state board, in consultation with the State Department
of Public Health, the California Building Standards Commission, and
stakeholders, shall establish water quality standards and
distribution, monitoring, and reporting requirements for onsite water
recycling systems prior to authorizing the use of onsite recycled
water in internal plumbing of residential and commercial buildings.