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SB-1391 Recycled water.(2007-2008)

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Enrolled  August 31, 2008
Passed  IN  Senate  August 29, 2008
Passed  IN  Assembly  August 25, 2008
Amended  IN  Assembly  August 04, 2008
Amended  IN  Assembly  July 02, 2008
Amended  IN  Senate  April 21, 2008
Amended  IN  Senate  April 07, 2008

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1391

Introduced  by  Senator Padilla
 (Principal Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Huffman)

February 21, 2008

An act to add Section 13577.5 to the Water Code, relating to water.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1391, Padilla. Recycled water.
The Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act establishes a statewide goal to recycle a total of 1,000,000 acre-feet of water per year by 2010.
This bill would require the State Water Resources Control Board to adopt a statewide recycled water policy by January 31, 2009, and to make related recommendations. This bill would provide that, if the statewide recycled water policy requires the state board to prepare any additional documentation required under specified law, this deadline for adoption would not apply.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The California Water Plan Update 2005, prepared by the Department of Water Resources, states that, to provide for the future, California must rely on a diverse set of water management strategies, including improving water use and management efficiencies, developing new technologies to further water conservation and recycling, increasing water storage and conveyance, reducing and eliminating groundwater overdraft, and improving watershed management.
(b) The plan targets the development of 900,000 to 1.4 million acre-feet annually of additional water supply from recycled water by the year 2030.
(c) The 2005 plan also notes that water agencies recycle about 500,000 acre-feet of wastewater annually.
(d) California is not on a path to achieve the development of additional water supply by the 2030 target date as identified in the plan.
(e) Recycled water could free up potable water supplies to meet nearly 30 percent of the water demand associated with projected population growth in California.
(f) A statewide recycled water policy is essential to provide guidance to the nine California regional water quality control boards and the public regarding the appropriate criteria to be used by the State Water Resources Control Board and the regional boards in issuing permits for recycled water projects.
(g) The statewide policy should prescribe permitting criteria that are intended to streamline the permitting of recycled water projects.
(h) By prescribing permitting criteria that apply to recycled water projects, the State Water Resources Control Board can ensure maximum consistency in permitting of recycled water projects in California, while also reserving to the regional boards sufficient authority and flexibility to address site-specific conditions.

SEC. 2.

 Section 13577.5 is added to the Water Code, to read:

13577.5.
 (a) The state board shall adopt a statewide recycled water policy by January 31, 2009, and make recommendations for any statutory changes necessary to implement that policy.
(b) If the statewide recycled water policy to be adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) requires the state board to prepare any additional documentation required under the California Environmental Quality Act, the deadline to adopt the statewide recycled water policy specified in subdivision (a) does not apply.