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SENATE BILL 854
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By: Senator Eckardt
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Graywater Systems – Public and Private Buildings – Authorization 2
FOR the purpose of authorizing the use of a certain graywater system to serve a public or 3
private building in certain locations under certain circumstances; requiring the 4
owner or operator of a building using a graywater system to safely dispose of 5
graywater in a certain manner; and generally relating to graywater systems. 6
BY adding to 7
Article – Environment 8
Section 9–1112.1 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2014 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 11
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
Article – Environment 14
9–1112.1. 15
(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 16
INDICATED. 17
(2) (I) “GRAYWATER” MEANS UNTREATED WATE R GENERATED BY 18
THE USE OF AND COLLE CTED FROM A HANDWASH ING SINK. 19
(II) “GRAYWATER” DOES NOT INCLUDE WAT ER FROM: 20
1. A SHOWER; 21
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2. A TOILET; 1
3. A BATHTUB; 2
4. A LAVATORY SINK ; 3
5. A KITCHEN SINK; OR 4
6. A DISHWASHING MACHINE . 5
(3) “GRAYWATER SYSTEM ” MEANS: 6
(I) A HOLDING TANK CONNECT ED TO A HANDWASHING SINK 7
AND A THREE –COMPARTMENT SANITATI ON SINK USED TO COLLECT AND STORE 8
GRAYWATER ; AND 9
(II) A HOLDING TANK USED TO COLLECT AND STORE PO TABLE 10
WATER. 11
(4) “HANDWASHING SINK ” MEANS A SINK USED FO R HANDWASHING 12
ONLY. 13
(B) A GRAYWATER SYSTEM MAY BE USED TO SERVE A P UBLIC OR PRIVATE 14
BUILDING THAT : 15
(1) IS LOCATED ON A FORME R DREDGE SITE; OR 16
(2) (I) IS LOCATED IN A REMOT E AREA WITH MINIMAL PUBLIC 17
ACCESS; AND 18
(II) OPERATES ON A SEASONA L BASIS. 19
(C) THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A BUILDING AUTHOR IZED TO USE A 20
GRAYWATER SYSTEM UND ER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION SHAL L SAFELY 21
DISPOSE OF THE GR AYWATER IN ACCORDANC E WITH ANY GUIDELINE S OR 22
REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT , THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF 23
HEALTH, OR A FEDERAL AGENCY . 24
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 25
October 1, 2022. 26