Bill Text: NY S00354 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 17-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-12-06 - approval memo.26 [S00354 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           354
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
        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
    19    (b)  for  sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] sixty
    20  pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.2  gallons
    21  of water per minute; and
    22    (c)  for  shower heads, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] sixty
    23  pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.0  gallons
    24  of water per minute; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04832-02-9
        S. 354                              2
     1    (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
     2  not  exceed  an  average  of [one gallon] 0.5 gallons of water per flush
     3  (except for urinals designated and marketed exclusively for use in pris-
     4  ons or mental health care facilities); and
     5    (e)  except for water closets and toilets designed and marketed exclu-
     6  sively for use in prisons or mental  health  care  facilities,  (1)  for
     7  water closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not
     8  exceed  an  average  of  [one  and six-tenths] 1.28 gallons of water per
     9  flush; (2) for dual-flush tank-type water closets, the  average  of  two
    10  reduced  flushes  and one full flush shall not exceed an average of 1.28
    11  gallons of water per flush; and  (3)  for  dual-flush  flushometer-valve
    12  water  closets, maximum flow shall not exceed an average of 1.28 gallons
    13  of water per flush; and
    14    (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety.
    15    3. Each shower head, sink or lavatory faucet, both  box  and  product,
    16  shall  be  marked  and labeled, and each water closet or urinal, or each
    17  component if the water closet or urinal is  comprised  of  two  or  more
    18  components, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in accord-
    19  ance  with  the  latest  revision  of  the standards designated American
    20  National Standards, written under American National Standards  Institute
    21  (ANSI),  and,  as  applicable, the following United States environmental
    22  protection agency watersense program  specification:  tank-type  toilets
    23  (June  2,  2014),  lavatory  faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals
    24  (October 8, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
    25    8. The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate,  shall
    26  utilize  the  latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
    27  National Standards, written under American National Standards  Institute
    28  (ANSI)  procedures  in determining requirements under this section, and,
    29  as applicable, the  following  United  States  environmental  protection
    30  agency  watersense  program  specification:  tank-type  toilets (June 2,
    31  2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals (October  8,
    32  2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
    33    § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.