By: Farrar (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2798
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 17, 2017, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to implement a pilot program
to reuse wastewater at county facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0391 to read as follows:
Sec. 341.0391. COUNTY PILOT PROGRAM FOR WASTEWATER REUSE.
(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more
than 3.3 million.
(b) A county may implement a pilot program to reuse any form
of wastewater at a county facility for subsurface irrigation and
toilet and urinal flushing. The program must require the wastewater
to be treated at the facility before reuse.
(c) The commission may adopt rules to ensure that a program
implemented under this section does not create a nuisance and does
not threaten human health or damage the quality of surface water and
groundwater in this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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