Bill Text: CA SB607 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: State Water Resources Control Board: water quality:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 241, Statutes of 2011. [SB607 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB607-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 607	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  241
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 23, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 27, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Walters
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Harkey)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to add Section 13170.3 to the Water Code, relating to
water.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 607, Walters. State Water Resources Control Board: water
quality: brackish groundwater treatment.
   Under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, the State
Water Resources Control Board and the 9 California regional water
quality control boards are the principal state agencies with
responsibility for the coordination and control of water quality in
the state. The act requires the state board to formulate and adopt
state policies for water quality control, and to formulate and adopt,
and review at least every 3 years, a water quality control plan for
the ocean waters of the state known as the California Ocean Plan.
   This bill would require the state board, on or before January 1,
2013, to either amend the California Ocean Plan, or adopt separate
standards, to address water quality objectives and effluent
limitations that are specifically appropriate for brackish
groundwater treatment system facilities that produce municipal water
supplies for local use.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 13170.3 is added to the Water Code, to read:
   13170.3.  On or before January 1, 2013, the state board shall
either amend the California Ocean Plan, or adopt separate standards,
to address water quality objectives and effluent limitations that are
specifically appropriate to brackish groundwater treatment system
facilities that produce municipal water supplies for local use.


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