SB 740: Onsite treated water.

Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type of use of recycled water where the use involves the protection of public health.

This bill would, on or before December 1, 2018, require the state board, in consultation with other state agencies, to adopt regulations, as specified, for a consistent with federal and state law in effect on January 1, 2018, to provide comprehensive risk-based framework to assist standards for local jurisdictions in developing oversight and management programs jurisdictions permitting programs for onsite treatment recycling of water in multifamily residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings for nonpotable use. The bill would require the framework to be flexible to adapt to new water sources, end uses, and advances in approaches and methodologies to estimate the risk of onsite water treatment to public health. regulations to address specified issues and practices relating to the management, monitoring, and treatment of recycled water for nonpotable use. The bill would specify require that a local jurisdiction is not required to adopt the practices set forth in the framework. comply with those regulations if the local jurisdiction allows the onsite recycling of water and subsequent uses of that recycled water.