Bill Text: NY A02286 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to water saving performance standards; aligns water saving performance standards with the WaterSense Program guidelines developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-12-06 - approval memo.26 [A02286 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02286-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2286 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER, COLTON, THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, QUART, LIFTON, DINOWITZ, LUPARDO, ZEBROWSKI, PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, MOSLEY, GALEF, JEAN-PIERRE, ORTIZ, STECK, ABINANTI, DE LA ROSA, WEPRIN, CARROLL, SOLAGES, GLICK, LAVINE, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, PEOPLES- STOKES, RODRIGUEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conserva- tion AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water saving performance standards The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the environ- 2 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2002, 3 are amended to read as follows: 4 2. The water saving performance standards for sink and lavatory 5 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos- 6 ets, including tank-type toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushome- 7 ter-valve toilets, electromechanical hydraulic toilets, dual-flush 8 toilets and all other types of toilets that use water shall be as 9 follows: 10 (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] 11 sixty pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 1.5 12 gallons of water per minute (or .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory 13 faucets designed as metering faucets) and provided that those faucet 14 models installed in public buildings must be of a self-closing variety 15 and must be designed to limit the discharged flow rate of water to a 16 maximum of .5 gallons per minute at a constant water pressure of sixty 17 pounds per square inch or must be of the metering type which limit the 18 discharge of water to a maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04832-01-9A. 2286 2 1 (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] sixty 2 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.2 gallons 3 of water per minute; and 4 (c) for shower heads, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] sixty 5 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.0 gallons 6 of water per minute; and 7 (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall 8 not exceed an average of [one gallon] 0.5 gallons of water per flush 9 (except for urinals designated and marketed exclusively for use in pris- 10 ons or mental health care facilities); and 11 (e) except for water closets and toilets designed and marketed exclu- 12 sively for use in prisons or mental health care facilities, (1) for 13 water closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not 14 exceed an average of [one and six-tenths] 1.28 gallons of water per 15 flush; (2) for dual-flush tank-type water closets, the average of two 16 reduced flushes and one full flush shall not exceed an average of 1.28 17 gallons of water per flush; and (3) for dual-flush flushometer-valve 18 water closets, maximum flow shall not exceed an average of 1.28 gallons 19 of water per flush; and 20 (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety. 21 3. Each shower head, sink or lavatory faucet, both box and product, 22 shall be marked and labeled, and each water closet or urinal, or each 23 component if the water closet or urinal is comprised of two or more 24 components, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in accord- 25 ance with the latest revision of the standards designated American 26 National Standards, written under American National Standards Institute 27 (ANSI), and, as applicable, the following United States environmental 28 protection agency watersense program specification: tank-type toilets 29 (June 2, 2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals 30 (October 8, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015). 31 8. The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall 32 utilize the latest revision of the standards designated American 33 National Standards, written under American National Standards Institute 34 (ANSI) procedures in determining requirements under this section, and, 35 as applicable, the following United States environmental protection 36 agency watersense program specification: tank-type toilets (June 2, 37 2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals (October 8, 38 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015). 39 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.