AB 1200, as introduced, Levine. Recycled water: landscaping.
Existing law declares that the use of potable domestic water for the irrigation of residential landscaping is a waste or unreasonable use of water if recycled water is available for that use and certain requirements are met. Existing law authorizes any public agency to require the use of recycled water for irrigation of residential landscaping if recycled water is available and certain other requirements are met.
Existing law, the Water Conservation in Landscaping Act, to the extent funds are appropriated, requires, on or before January 1, 2010, a city, county, or city and county, to either adopt a model local water efficient landscape ordinance drafted and updated by the Department of Water Resources or to adopt a water efficient landscape ordinance that is at least as effective as the model local water efficient landscape ordinance in conserving water, as prescribed.
This bill would require the department to require 1,000,000 acre-feet of the water used for landscaping each year to be supplied by recycled water by 2020.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13529.1 is added to the Water Code, to
2read:
The department shall require 1,000,000 acre-feet of
4the water used for landscaping each year to be supplied by recycled
5water by 2020.
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