Bill Text: MN SF1560 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Water supply demand reduction measures requirement
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-28 - HF substituted on General Orders HF1923 [SF1560 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1560-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to waters; requiring water supply demand reduction measures;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivisions 3, 4.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivision 3, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Water supply plans; demand reduction. (a) Every public water supplier
1.8serving more than 1,000 people must submit a water supply plan to the commissioner
1.9for approval by January 1, 1996. In accordance with guidelines developed by the
1.10commissioner, the plan must address projected demands, adequacy of the water supply
1.11system and planned improvements, existing and future water sources, natural resource
1.12impacts or limitations, emergency preparedness, water conservation, supply and demand
1.13reduction measures, and allocation priorities that are consistent with section103G.261 .
1.14Public water suppliers must update their plan and, upon notification, submit it to the
1.15commissioner for approval every ten years.
1.16 (b) The water supply plan in paragraph (a) is required for all communities in the
1.17metropolitan area, as defined in section473.121 , with a municipal water supply system
1.18and is a required element of the local comprehensive plan required under section473.859 .
1.19Water supply plans or updates submitted after December 31, 2008, must be consistent
1.20with the metropolitan area master water supply plan required under section473.1565 ,
1.21subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2).
1.22 (c) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people mustemploy encourage
1.23water conservation by employing water use demand reduction measures,including a
1.24conservation rate structure, as defined in subdivision 4, paragraph (a), unless exempted
2.1under subdivision 4, paragraph (c), before requesting approval from the commissioner
2.2of health under section144.383, paragraph (a) , to construct a public water supply well
2.3or requesting an increase in the authorized volume of appropriation.Demand reduction
2.4measures must include evaluation of conservation rate structures and a public education
2.5program that may include a toilet and showerhead retrofit program. The commissioner
2.6of natural resources and the water supplier shall use a collaborative process to achieve
2.7demand reduction measures as a part of a water supply plan review process.
2.8 (d) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must submit records
2.9that indicate the number of connections and amount of use by customer category and
2.10volume of water unaccounted for with the annual report of water use required under
2.11section103G.281, subdivision 3 .
2.12 (e) For the purposes of this section, "public water supplier" means an entity
2.13that owns, manages, or operates a public water supply, as defined in section144.382,
2.14subdivision 4 .
2.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.16 Subd. 4.Conservation rate structure required Demand reduction measures.
2.17 (a) For the purposes of this section, "demand reduction measures" means measures that
2.18reduce water demand, water losses, peak water demands, and nonessential water uses.
2.19Demand reduction measures must include a conservation rate structure, or a uniform rate
2.20structure with a conservation program that achieves demand reduction. A "conservation
2.21rate structure" means a rate structure that encourages conservation and may include
2.22increasing block rates, seasonal rates, time of use rates, individualized goal rates, or excess
2.23use rates. If a conservation rate is applied to multi-family dwellings, the rate structure
2.24must consider each residential unit as an individual userin multiple-family dwellings.
2.25 (b) To encourage conservation, a public water supplier serving more than 1,000
2.26peoplein the metropolitan area, as defined in section
473.121, subdivision 2, shall use
2.27a conservation rate structure by January 1, 2010. All remaining public water suppliers
2.28serving more than 1,000 people shall use a conservation rate structure must implement
2.29demand reduction measures by January 1,2013 2015.
2.30(c) A public water supplier without the proper measuring equipment to track the
2.31amount of water used by its users, as of July 1, 2008, is exempt from this subdivision and
2.32the conservation rate structure requirement under subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivisions 3, 4.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivision 3, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 3. Water supply plans; demand reduction. (a) Every public water supplier
1.8serving more than 1,000 people must submit a water supply plan to the commissioner
1.9for approval by January 1, 1996. In accordance with guidelines developed by the
1.10commissioner, the plan must address projected demands, adequacy of the water supply
1.11system and planned improvements, existing and future water sources, natural resource
1.12impacts or limitations, emergency preparedness, water conservation, supply and demand
1.13reduction measures, and allocation priorities that are consistent with section
1.14Public water suppliers must update their plan and, upon notification, submit it to the
1.15commissioner for approval every ten years.
1.16 (b) The water supply plan in paragraph (a) is required for all communities in the
1.17metropolitan area, as defined in section
1.18and is a required element of the local comprehensive plan required under section
1.19Water supply plans or updates submitted after December 31, 2008, must be consistent
1.20with the metropolitan area master water supply plan required under section
1.21subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2).
1.22 (c) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must
1.23water conservation by employing water use demand reduction measures,
1.24
2.1
2.2of health under section
2.3or requesting an increase in the authorized volume of appropriation.
2.4
2.5
2.6of natural resources and the water supplier shall use a collaborative process to achieve
2.7demand reduction measures as a part of a water supply plan review process.
2.8 (d) Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must submit records
2.9that indicate the number of connections and amount of use by customer category and
2.10volume of water unaccounted for with the annual report of water use required under
2.11section
2.12 (e) For the purposes of this section, "public water supplier" means an entity
2.13that owns, manages, or operates a public water supply, as defined in section
2.14subdivision 4
2.15 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.291, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.16 Subd. 4.
2.17 (a) For the purposes of this section, "demand reduction measures" means measures that
2.18reduce water demand, water losses, peak water demands, and nonessential water uses.
2.19Demand reduction measures must include a conservation rate structure, or a uniform rate
2.20structure with a conservation program that achieves demand reduction. A "conservation
2.21rate structure" means a rate structure that encourages conservation and may include
2.22increasing block rates, seasonal rates, time of use rates, individualized goal rates, or excess
2.23use rates. If a conservation rate is applied to multi-family dwellings, the rate structure
2.24must consider each residential unit as an individual user
2.25 (b) To encourage conservation, a public water supplier serving more than 1,000
2.26people
2.27
2.28
2.29demand reduction measures by January 1,
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