BILL NUMBER: SB 1258	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2008

   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 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.
   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) 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
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, in adopting standards pursuant to subdivision
(a), shall achieve the promotion of graywater systems while ensuring
reasonable protection of water quality in accordance with applicable
provisions of state and federal water quality law.  
   (b) 
    (c)  The department shall include among the approved
methods of subsurface irrigation, but shall not be limited to, drip
systems. 
   (c) 
    (d)  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.