Researcher: ND Page 1 4/14/21
OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 834
AN ACT CONCERNING WATER QUALITY NOTIFICATION.
SUMMARY
This bill requires commercial and residential property owners to
notify each tenant and the lessee of any rented property whenever the
property’s water supply is tested and exceeds any maximum
contaminant level in the Public Health Code or the Department of
Public Health’s (DPH) state drinking water action level list.
Under the bill, the property owner must forward a copy of the test
result notification to each tenant and lessee within 24 hours after
receiving it. It also requires the local health director to take all
reasonable steps to verify that the property owner does so.
By law, DPH sets drinking water quality standards (i.e., “action
levels”) to protect residents from health risks. In most cases, these
standards mirror the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s
maximum contaminant levels for public system drinking water.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2021
COMMITTEE ACTION
Public Health Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 33 Nay 0 (03/29/2021)