BILL NUMBER: SB 1258	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2008

    An act to amend Sections 14875 and 14877.1 of the Water
Code,    An act to amend Sections 14877.1 and 14877.2 of
the Water Code,   relating to graywater.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1258, as amended, Lowenthal. Graywater standards.
   Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources, on or
before January 1, 1997, and in consultation with the State Department
of Public Health and the Center for Irrigation Technology at
California State University, Fresno, to adopt standards for the
installation of graywater systems. Existing law defines "graywater,"
for the purposes of that provision, to include wastewater from
bathtubs, showers, bathroom washbasins, clothes washing machines, and
laundry tubs.  Existing law requires the State Department of
Public Health to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for
each varying type of use of recycled water if the use involves the
protection of public health.   Existing law permits a
graywater system to be installed if the city or county having
jurisdiction over the installation   determines that the
system complies with standards adopted by the department.  
   This bill would require the department to adopt standards for the
construction, installation, or alteration of graywater systems. The
bill would also authorize a graywater system to be constructed or
altered if the city or county having jurisdiction over the
construction or alteration determines that the system complies with
standards adopted by the department.  
   This bill would require the Department of Water Resources, on or
before January 1, 2011, and in consultation with the State Department
of Public Health, to adopt uniform statewide standards for each
varying type of use of graywater if the use involves the protection
of public health. The bill would prohibit the Department of Water
Resources from establishing graywater standards that are more
stringent than the criteria established by the State Department of
Public Health for each type of recycled water use. 
   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.    Section 14877.1 of the   Water
Code   is amended to read: 
   14877.1.  (a)  On or before January 1, 1997, the 
 The  department, in consultation with the State Department
of  Public  Health  Services and the
Center for Irrigation Technology at California State University,
Fresno, shall adopt standards for the  construction, 
installation  ,   or alteration  of graywater
systems. In adopting these standards, the department shall consider,
among other resources, "Appendix J," as adopted on September 29,
1992, by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials, the graywater standard proposed for the latest edition of
the Uniform Plumbing Code of the International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the City of Los Angeles Graywater
Pilot Project Final Report issued in November 1992, and the advice of
the Center for Irrigation Technology at California State University,
Fresno, on the installation depth for subsurface drip irrigation
systems.
   (b) The department shall include among the approved methods of
subsurface irrigation, but shall not be limited to, drip systems.
   (c) The department shall revise its graywater systems standards as
needed.
   SEC. 2.    Section 14877.2 of the   Water
Code   is amended to read: 
   14877.2.  A graywater system may be  constructed, 
installed  , or altered  if the city or county having
jurisdiction over the  construction,  installation  , or
alteration  determines that the system complies with standards
adopted by the department. 
  SECTION 1.    Section 14875 of the Water Code is
amended to read:
   14875.  This chapter applies to the construction, installation, or
alteration of graywater systems.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 14877.1 of the Water Code is
amended to read:
   14877.1.  (a) The department, in consultation with the State
Department of Public Health and the Center for Irrigation Technology
at California State University, Fresno, shall adopt standards for the
installation of graywater systems. In adopting these standards, the
department shall consider, among other resources, "Appendix J," as
adopted on September 29, 1992, by the International Association of
Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the graywater standard proposed
for the latest edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code of the
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the
City of Los Angeles Graywater Pilot Project Final Report issued in
November 1992, and the advice of the Center for Irrigation Technology
at California State University, Fresno, on the installation depth
for subsurface drip irrigation systems.
   (b) The department shall include among the approved methods of
subsurface irrigation, but shall not be limited to, drip systems.
   (c) The department shall revise its graywater systems standards as
needed.
   (d) On or before January 1, 2011, the department, in consultation
with the State Department of Public Health, shall adopt uniform
statewide standards for each varying type of use of graywater if the
use involves the protection of public health. The department shall
not establish standards pursuant to this subdivision that are more
stringent than the criteria established pursuant to Section 13521 for
each varying type of recycled water use.