Bill Text: TX HB3988 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to implement a pilot program to reuse wastewater at county facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB3988 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3988-Introduced.html
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By: Farrar | H.B. No. 3988 |
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relating to the authority of a county to implement a pilot program | ||
to reuse wastewater at county facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0391 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 341.0391. COUNTY PILOT PROGRAM FOR WASTEWATER REUSE. | ||
(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more | ||
than 3.3 million. | ||
(b) A county may implement a pilot program to reuse any form | ||
of wastewater at a county facility for subsurface irrigation and | ||
toilet and urinal flushing. The program must require the wastewater | ||
to be treated at the facility before reuse. | ||
(c) The commission may adopt rules to ensure that a program | ||
implemented under this section does not create a nuisance and does | ||
not threaten human health or damage the quality of surface water and | ||
groundwater in this state. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |