BILL NUMBER: AB 803 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
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, as amended, 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 recycledwater
recycled water . Existing law requires any person who, without
regard to intent or negligence negligence,
causes or permits any sewage or other waste, or the effluent of
treated sewage or other waste 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 require a cemetery supplied with disinfected
tertiary recycled water that installs a hose bib in a public access
area to post visible signage and labeling indicating that the water
is nonpotable.
(2)
(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 advanced treated purified water, as defined, into a
conveyance facility at the point where the advanced treated purified
water enters the conveyance facility but prior to commingling with
any raw water or other water source . The
bill would requi re, before a discharge may be allowed,
consent be obtained from the owner or operator of the conveyance
facility that directly receives the advanced treated purified water
.
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. 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
waste, or the effluent of treated sewage or
other waste 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, shall immediately notify the local
health officer or the director of environmental health of the
discharge.
(b) Any 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. A cemetery supplied with disinfected tertiary 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. 3. 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 advanced treated purified water into a
conveyance facility may be determined at the point where the advanced
treated purified water enters the conveyance facility but prior to
commingling with any raw water or other water source
.
(b) Before the discharge may be allowed, consent must be obtained
from the owner or operator of the conveyance facility that directly
receives the advanced treated purified water.
(b)
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Advanced treated purified water" means water of wastewater
origin treated with a treatment method at least as effective as
membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, advanced oxidation,
disinfection, and engineered reliability features or other suitable
treatment as approved by the State Department of Public Health.
(2) "Raw water" means surface water or groundwater in its
naturally occurring state prior to treatment.