BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair
918 (Pavley)
Hearing Date: 05/10/2010 Amended: 04/26/2010
Consultant: Brendan McCarthy Policy Vote: Health 6-3, EQ 6-0
_________________________________________________________________
____
BILL SUMMARY: SB 918 requires the Department of Public Health to
adopt criteria for groundwater recharge with recycled water by
December 31, 2013. The bill requires the Department to adopt
criteria for reservoir augmentation with recycled water by
December 31, 2016. The bill requires the Department to report to
the Legislature by 2016 on the feasibility of developing
criteria for the potable use of recycled water.
_________________________________________________________________
____
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Fund
Development of criteria$171 $171 $226 Special
*
* Waste Discharge Permit Fund.
_________________________________________________________________
____
STAFF COMMENTS: This bill meets the criteria for referral to the
Suspense File.
Current law requires the Department of Public Health to
establish statewide criteria for the use of recycled water.
SB 918 requires the Department to adopt uniform water recycling
criteria for indirect potable use for groundwater recharge, by
December 31, 2013.
The bill requires the Department to adopt uniform water
recycling criteria for surface water augmentation by December
31, 2016.
The bill requires the Department to report to the Legislature on
the feasibility of developing uniform water recycling criteria
for direct potable reuse, by December 31, 2016.
The bill requires the Department to convene an expert panel,
made up of members with specified expertise. The bill also
authorizes the Department to convene an advisory task force.
Members of the panel and task force would only be compensated
for travel expenses.
The bill authorizes the expenditure of up to $3 million over six
fiscal years for the implementation of the bill. These funds
would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, from
the Waste Discharge Permit Fund.
Staff estimates the Department will need at least one additional
position over the next six years as well as some additional
positions intermittently over that period.