BILL NUMBER: SB 1391	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 21, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 7, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Huffman   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2008

   An act to add Section 13577.5 to the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1391, as amended, Padilla.  Recycled water.
   The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a
statewide goal to recycle a total of 1,000,000 acre-feet of water per
year by 2010.
   This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board to
 prepare a plan to assist California in achieving that goal,
consistent with state and federal water quality laws 
adopt a statewide recycled water policy by January 31, 2009, and to
make related recommendations  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) The California Water Plan Update 2005, prepared by the
Department of Water Resources, states that, to provide for the
future, California must rely on a diverse set of water management
strategies, including improving water use and management
efficiencies, developing new technologies to further water
conservation and recycling, increasing water storage and conveyance,
reducing and eliminating groundwater overdraft, and improving
watershed management.  
   (b) The plan targets the development of 900,000 to 1.4 million
acre-feet annually of additional water supply from recycled water by
the year 2030.  
   (c) The 2005 plan also notes that water agencies recycle about
500,000 acre-feet of wastewater annually.  
   (d) California is not on a path to achieve the development of
additional water supply by the 2030 target date as identified in the
plan.  
   (e) Recycled water could free up potable water supplies to meet
nearly 30 percent of the water demand associated with projected
population growth in California.  
   (f) A statewide recycled water policy is essential to provide
guidance to the nine California regional water quality control boards
and the public regarding the appropriate criteria to be used by the
State Water Resources Control Board and the regional boards in
issuing permits for recycled water projects.  
   (g) The statewide policy should prescribe permitting criteria that
are intended to streamline the permitting of recycled water
projects.  
   (h) By prescribing permitting criteria that apply to recycled
water projects, the State Water Resources Control Board can ensure
maximum consistency in permitting of recycled water projects in
California, while also reserving to the regional boards sufficient
authority and flexibility to address site-specific conditions. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 13577.5 is added to the  
Water Code   , to read:  
   13577.5.  The state board shall adopt a statewide recycled water
policy by January 31, 2009, and make recommendations for any
statutory changes necessary to implement that policy.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 13577.5 is added to the
Water Code, to read:
   13577.5.  The state board shall prepare a plan, as soon as
feasible, to assist California in achieving the water recycling goal
set forth in Section 13577, consistent with state and federal water
quality laws.