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Amended
IN
Senate
August 24, 2017 |
Amended
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Senate
July 03, 2017 |
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Assembly
May 15, 2017 |
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Assembly
March 28, 2017 |
Amended
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Assembly
March 23, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 869 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Rubio |
February 16, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board, in consultation with the Department of Water Resources, to adopt long-term standards for urban water conservation and water use by May 20, 2021. The bill would require the department, in coordination with the board, no later than October 1, 2020, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend standards for indoor residential use and outdoor irrigation use for adoption by the board and would require the department to update these recommendations after 2026 in years ending in 2 and 7. The bill would require the board, in
consultation with the department, to adopt performance measures for commercial, industrial, and institutional water use to produce measurable water use efficiency improvements, as specified, by May 20, 2021. The bill, after 2026 in years ending in 2 and 7, would require the board and the department to consider updating the long-term standards for urban water conservation and water use and the commercial, industrial, and institutional performance measures.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1058.6 is added to the Water Code, to read:1058.6.
Water conservation does not include curtailment of use of recycled water.SEC. 2.
Section 10609.1 is added to the Water Code, to read:(a)The board, in consultation with the department, shall adopt long-term standards for urban water conservation and water use by May 20, 2021. The standards shall include, but are not limited to, standards for both of the following:
(1)Indoor residential water use.
(2)Outdoor irrigation in connection with domestic, commercial, industrial, or institutional water use.
(b)By May 20, 2021, the board, in consultation with the department, shall adopt performance measures for commercial, industrial, and institutional water use designed to
produce measurable water use efficiency improvements and that build upon industry best practices, use of innovative technologies, and existing data on cost-effectiveness. Performance measures shall include, but are not limited to, water audits, converting mixed commercial, industrial, and institutional water irrigation accounts to dedicated irrigation meters, and water management planning.
(c)Urban water suppliers shall do both of the following:
(1)Calculate a water use target, in accordance with regulations adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (a), no later than July 1, beginning the calendar year after the board adopts the standards. Each urban water supplier’s water use target shall be comprised of an indoor residential volume, an outdoor irrigation volume, and a volume for water loss as specified in Section 10608.34. The outdoor irrigation volume shall exclude
potable water for agricultural use as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 51201 of the Government Code.
(2)Annually submit a report to the department by July 1, beginning the calendar year after the board adopts standards pursuant to subdivision (a). The report shall describe the supplier’s calculated water use target, actual water use consistent with criteria described in paragraph (1), documentation of commercial, industrial, and institutional performance measure implementation, and a narrative describing progress made towards meeting the target. The department shall post the reports and information on its Internet Web site.
(d)(1)The department, in coordination with the board, shall conduct necessary studies and investigations and recommend, no later than October 1, 2020, standards for indoor residential use and outdoor irrigation for adoption by the
board in accordance with this chapter. After 2026, the department shall recommend updates to its initial recommendation to the board in years ending in 2 and 7 to allow for consideration by the board in accordance with subdivision (h).
(2)In recommending standards pursuant to this subdivision, the department, in coordination with the board, shall develop guidelines and methodologies as necessary for calculating irrigable landscape area, irrigated landscape area, and indoor water use for the board to consider in adoption of the standards.
(e)(1)Before setting performance measures for commercial, industrial, and institutional water use, the department, in coordination with the board, shall solicit broad public participation relating to all of the following:
(A)Recommendations for a commercial,
industrial, and institutional classification system for California.
(B)Recommendations for setting minimum size thresholds for converting mixed commercial, industrial, and institutional meters to dedicated irrigation meters, and evaluating and recommending technologies that could be used in lieu of requiring dedicated irrigation meters.
(C)Recommendations for commercial, industrial, and institutional best management practices, including, but not limited to, water audits and water management plans for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers over a recommended size, volume, or other threshold.
(2)In their solicitation for public participation pursuant to paragraph (1), the department and the board shall invite representatives from throughout the state, including at least one representative from each
hydrologic region, representing the following categories:
(A)Urban retail water suppliers, including combined retail water and wastewater agencies.
(B)Urban wholesale water suppliers.
(C)Academic experts.
(D)Economic development interests.
(E)Business community representatives.
(F)Environmental and environmental justice organizations.
(G)Commercial water users.
(H)Industrial water users.
(I)Institutional water users.
(3)Recommendations of appropriate performance measures for commercial, industrial, or institutional water use shall consider the 2013 report to the Legislature by the commercial, industrial, and institutional task force entitled, “Water Use Best Management Practices,” and shall support the economic productivity of California’s commercial, industrial, and institutional sectors.
(f)Standards
10609.1.
Long-term standards for urban water conservation and water use adopted by(1)
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(g)The department and the board shall solicit broad public participation relating to the development of the long-term standards for urban water conservation and use. In the solicitation for public participation for the purposes of this section, the department and the board shall invite representatives of small, medium, and large urban retail water suppliers from throughout the state, including at least one representative from each hydrologic region, academic experts, urban water wholesalers, urban water suppliers, business organizations, environmental and environmental justice
organizations, and combined retail water and wastewater agencies.
(h)(1)After 2026, the board and the department shall consider, in years ending in two and seven, whether the board should update long-term standards for urban water conservation and water use and commercial, industrial, and institutional performance measures. Before proposing new standards for board adoption, the department and the board shall solicit broad public participation as described in subdivision (g).
(2)The department and the board may conduct additional studies, pilot projects, and other necessary actions in order to determine whether to update standards and commercial, industrial, or institutional performance measures.
(i)Notwithstanding Section 15300.2 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, an action
of the board taken under this chapter shall be deemed to be a Class 8 action, within the meaning of Section 15308 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, if the action does not involve relaxation of existing water conservation or water use standards.
SEC. 3.
Section 13551.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:13551.5.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting Assembly Bill 869 of the 2016–17 Regular Session to do all of the following:(b)