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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2015–2016 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill | No. 143 |
Introduced by Senator Stone |
January 27, 2015 |
An act to add Section 115843 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 143, as introduced, Stone.
Diamond Valley Reservoir: recreational use.
Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits recreational use, in which there is bodily contact with water, in a reservoir in which water is stored for domestic use and establishes water standards for those exempted reservoirs.
This bill would exempt from this prohibition recreational activity in which there is bodily contact with water by any participant in the Diamond Valley Reservoir if certain standards are met.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Diamond Valley Reservoir in the County of Riverside.
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 115843 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:115843.
(a) In the Diamond Valley Reservoir, recreational uses shall not include recreation in which there is bodily contact with the water by any participant, unless both of the following conditions are satisfied:(1) The water subsequently receives complete water treatment, including coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection, before being used for domestic purposes.
(2) The reservoir is operated in compliance with regulations of the State Water Resources Control Board, as provided in Section 115830.
(b) The recreational use may be subject to additional conditions and restrictions adopted by the entity operating the water supply reservoir, if the conditions and restrictions do not conflict with regulations of the State Water Resources Control Board and are designed to further protect or enhance the public health and safety.