HB 1876: Public water systems

Summary

• $ Requires the Department of Health (DOH) annually to calculate the rates of withdrawal per service connection for public water systems with more than 1000 service connections and makes the averages of these in a geographic area the water withdrawal target rates for the group.
• $ Requires the 6 year water system plans submitted by such public water systems to identify how the target rates will be met and, once approved, does not allow the DOH to approve the subsequent plans of a system unless the rate in the approved plan has been met.
• $ Allows interties to be used to acquire water, no longer prohibits interties from including the development of new sources of supply to meet future demands, and, with certain exceptions, prohibits an intertie from being used to deliver a primary or secondary supply of water on a temporary basis.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1876), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗