Water quality: recycled water.
- Expands recycled water requirements to include homeowners' associations and food processing facilities.
- Permits recycled water use in food facilities if it doesn't enter food handling areas.
- Exempts storm water discharge from decorative water features that use recycled water.
- Requires immediate reporting of unauthorized recycled water discharges over 50,000 gallons.
Senator McNerney's water quality legislation expands California's recycled water regulations by modifying discharge requirements and broadening permissible nonpotable applications. The bill redefines recycled water classifications and establishes new protocols for its use across residential, commercial, and industrial settings.
The legislation exempts storm-related discharges from decorative water features from unauthorized discharge requirements when recycled water replenishes evaporation losses. It prohibits potable water use in homeowners' association common areas when recycled water is available, while permitting incidental spray or mist in outdoor dining spaces irrigated with disinfected tertiary recycled water. For residential communities, the bill clarifies that common area irrigation systems using recycled water do not constitute dual-plumbed systems.
The measure allows recycled water use in food handling and processing facilities for toilet flushing and outdoor irrigation, provided the water does not enter food processing areas. Closed recycled water piping may pass through these spaces, though outdoor irrigation must cease during external food handling. The legislation maintains existing requirements for regular testing, backflow prevention, and system monitoring while adding specific provisions for condominium projects using recycled water.
These changes align with California's water reuse targets of 800,000 acre-feet annually by 2030 and 1.8 million acre-feet by 2040, as outlined in the state's water supply strategy. The bill updates regulations that have remained unchanged since 2000 to incorporate current recycled water technology and usage patterns.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Latest Voting History
 Shannon GroveR Senator | Committee Member |  Not Contacted | |
 Benjamin AllenD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Henry SternD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Monique LimonD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Melissa HurtadoD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted |
- Expands recycled water requirements to include homeowners' associations and food processing facilities.
- Permits recycled water use in food facilities if it doesn't enter food handling areas.
- Exempts storm water discharge from decorative water features that use recycled water.
- Requires immediate reporting of unauthorized recycled water discharges over 50,000 gallons.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Senator McNerney's water quality legislation expands California's recycled water regulations by modifying discharge requirements and broadening permissible nonpotable applications. The bill redefines recycled water classifications and establishes new protocols for its use across residential, commercial, and industrial settings.
The legislation exempts storm-related discharges from decorative water features from unauthorized discharge requirements when recycled water replenishes evaporation losses. It prohibits potable water use in homeowners' association common areas when recycled water is available, while permitting incidental spray or mist in outdoor dining spaces irrigated with disinfected tertiary recycled water. For residential communities, the bill clarifies that common area irrigation systems using recycled water do not constitute dual-plumbed systems.
The measure allows recycled water use in food handling and processing facilities for toilet flushing and outdoor irrigation, provided the water does not enter food processing areas. Closed recycled water piping may pass through these spaces, though outdoor irrigation must cease during external food handling. The legislation maintains existing requirements for regular testing, backflow prevention, and system monitoring while adding specific provisions for condominium projects using recycled water.
These changes align with California's water reuse targets of 800,000 acre-feet annually by 2030 and 1.8 million acre-feet by 2040, as outlined in the state's water supply strategy. The bill updates regulations that have remained unchanged since 2000 to incorporate current recycled water technology and usage patterns.
Latest Voting History
Shannon GroveR Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Benjamin AllenD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Henry SternD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Monique LimonD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Melissa HurtadoD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted |