By: Middleton S.B. No. 2552
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to test gathering requirements for certain wastewater
treatment facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended by adding
Section 26.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.054. WASTEWATER DATA GATHERING REQUIREMENTS (a)
The commission shall require testing through an accredited or
certified environmental testing laboratory for the compounds
listed in subsection (f).For every wastewater treatment facility
required to be tested under this section, the following shall be
tested:
(1) Wastewater influent before entering a facility for
treatment, including influent derived from industrial, cooling,
leachate, return flow, surface runoff, and urban runoff sources;
(2) Grit and debris separated before taken to a
landfill;
(3) Raw sewage;
(4) Pre-treated sewage;
(5) Biosolids;
(6) Sludge produced in wastewater treatment;
(7) Effluent departing wastewater treatment plant;
(8) Groundwater;
(9) Surface water;
(10) Water upon entering drinking water treatment
plant;
(11) Treated water departing drinking water treatment
plant; and
(12) Public drinking water.
(b) The commission shall select testing locations that are
reasonably representative of the typical water systems in the
community and shall avoid non-representative locations. The
commission may conduct more than one test in a particular category
to ensure reasonably representative results.
(c) Testing as described in Subsection (a) shall occur at
every wastewater treatment plant within ten (10) miles of every
city with a population of at least 250,000.
(d) In addition to the testing shall occur in no fewer than:
(1) ten (10) wastewater treatment plants within ten
(10) miles of cities with populations between 100,000 and 250,000;
(2) ten (10) wastewater treatment plants within ten
(10) miles of cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000;
and
(3) ten (10) wastewater treatment plants within ten
(10) miles of cities with populations below 25,000.
(e) The commission shall require testing once each calendar
quarter.
(f) The commission shall require testing for each of the
following urinary metabolites in the form of glucronytes:
(1) Benzophenone;
(2) Bisphenol A;
(3) Estrone;
(4) Ethynylestradiol;
(5) Musk Ketone;
(6) Pregnanediol;
(7) Testosterone;
(8) Tonalide (AHTN);
(9) 11β-[p-(Dimethylamino)phenyl]-17α-(1-propynyl)es
tra-4,9-dien-17β-ol-3-one;and
(10) any other organic substances as deemed necessary
by the commission.
(g) In addition to records required to be kept in the normal
course of water testing, the commission shall keep detailed records
of all testing conducted under this section, including:
(1) the date and location of sampling;
(2) date of testing; and
(3) the results of testing in nanograms per liter.
(h) The commission shall post quarterly on its Internet
website all reports, test results, and records required under this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.