Bill Text: CA AB803 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Water Recycling Act of 2013.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 635, Statutes of 2013. [AB803 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB803-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 803 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 635
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 8, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 8, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 26, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 12, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 25, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 19, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 22, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gomez
(Principal coauthor: Senator Hueso)
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to amend Section 5411.5 of, and to add Chapter 4.5
(commencing with Section 8117) to Part 1 of Division 8 of, the Health
and Safety Code, and to add Section 13263.7 to the Water Code,
relating to recycled water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 803, Gomez. Water Recycling Act of 2013.
(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type
of use of recycled water where the use involves the protection of
public health. Existing regulations prescribe various requirements
and prohibitions relating to recycled water. Existing law requires
any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or
permits any sewage or other waste, or the effluent of treated sewage
or other waste, to be discharged in or on any waters of the state, or
where it probably will be discharged in or on any waters of the
state, to immediately notify the local health officer of the director
of environmental health of the discharge, as prescribed.
This bill, the Water Recycling Act of 2013, would provide that
this notification requirement does not apply to an unauthorized
discharge of effluent of treated sewage defined as recycled water, as
defined.
(2) Existing law provides for the regulation of cemeteries,
including, among others, private cemeteries, public cemeteries, and
cemeteries operated by a religious organization. Existing law permits
a governing board of a city or county to prescribe standards of
maintenance for cemeteries to protect the public health or safety.
This bill would specify that hose bibs are approved for use at
cemeteries supplied with disinfected tertiary treated recycled water.
The bill would require a cemetery supplied with disinfected tertiary
treated recycled water that installs a hose bib in a public access
area to post visible signage and labeling indicating that the water
is nonpotable.
(3) Existing law establishes the State Water Resources Control
Board and the California regional water quality control boards as the
principal state agencies with authority over matters relating to
water quality.
This bill would authorize compliance with effluent limitations and
any other permit or waste discharge requirements for the release or
discharge of recycled water determined to be suitable for direct
potable reuse or surface water augmentation into a conveyance
facility to be determined at the point where the recycled water
enters the conveyance facility but prior to commingling with any raw
water. The bill would require, before a discharge may be allowed,
that consent be obtained from the owner or operator of the conveyance
facility that directly receives the recycled water.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Water
Recycling Act of 2013.
SEC. 2. Section 5411.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
5411.5. (a) Any person who, without regard to intent or
negligence, causes or permits any sewage or other waste, or the
effluent of treated sewage or other waste, to be discharged in or on
any waters of the state, or discharged in or deposited where it is,
or probably will be, discharged in or on any waters of the state,
shall, as soon as that person has knowledge of the discharge,
immediately notify the local health officer or the director of
environmental health of the discharge.
(b) A person who fails to provide the notice required by this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of
not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000), or imprisonment for less than one year, or both
the fine and imprisonment.
(c) The notification required by this section shall not apply to a
discharge authorized by law and in compliance with waste discharge
requirements or other requirements established by the appropriate
regional water quality control board or the State Water Resources
Control Board.
(d) The notification required by this section shall not apply to
an unauthorized discharge of effluent of treated sewage defined as
recycled water pursuant to Section 13050 or 13529.2 of the Water
Code.
SEC. 3. Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 8117) is added to
Part 1 of Division 8 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
CHAPTER 4.5. MAINTENANCE OF CEMETERY GROUNDS
8117. Hose bibs are approved for use at cemeteries supplied with
disinfected tertiary treated recycled water.
8118. A cemetery supplied with disinfected tertiary treated
recycled water that installs a hose bib in an area subject to access
by the general public shall post signage and labeling visible to the
general public that the water is nonpotable. The signage and labeling
shall be regularly inspected by the water purveyor, as defined in
Section 512 of the Water Code, to ensure that the general public has
proper notice of this fact.
SEC. 4. Section 13263.7 is added to the Water Code, to read:
13263.7. (a) Compliance with effluent limitations and any other
permit or waste discharge requirements, as appropriate, for the
release or discharge of recycled water determined to be suitable for
direct potable reuse or surface water augmentation, as defined in
Section 13561, into a conveyance facility may be determined at the
point where the recycled water enters the conveyance facility but
prior to commingling with any raw water.
(b) Before the discharge may be allowed, consent must be obtained
from the owner or operator of the conveyance facility that directly
receives the recycled water.
(c) This section does not limit or restrict the authority of the
State Water Resources Control Board.
(d) For purposes of this section, "raw water" means surface water
or groundwater in its naturally occurring state prior to treatment.
