Bill Text: NY S06960 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to water saving performance standards and establishes certain threshold amounts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-04-17 - SIGNED CHAP.65 [S06960 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06960-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6960

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
          saving performance standards

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the environ-
     2  mental conservation law, as amended by a chapter of the  laws  of  2019,
     3  amending  the  environmental  conservation  law relating to water saving
     4  performance standards, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 354-A
     5  and A. 2286, is amended to read as follows:
     6    2. The water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink  and  lavatory
     7  faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
     8  ets,  including  tank-type  toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushome-
     9  ter-valve  toilets,  electromechanical  hydraulic  toilets,   dual-flush
    10  toilets  and  all  other  types  of  toilets  that use water shall be as
    11  follows:
    12    (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds
    13  per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed 1.5 gallons of water  per
    14  minute (or .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory faucets designed as meter-
    15  ing  faucets)  and provided that those faucet models installed in public
    16  buildings must be of a self-closing variety  and  must  be  designed  to
    17  limit  the  discharged flow rate of water to a maximum of .5 gallons per
    18  minute at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per square  inch  or
    19  must  be  of  the  metering type which limit the discharge of water to a
    20  maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
    21    (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per
    22  square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed  2.2  gallons  of  water  per
    23  minute; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14101-01-9
        S. 6960                             2

     1    (c)  for  shower heads, at a constant water pressure of [sixty] eighty
     2  pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not  exceed  2.0  gallons  of
     3  water per minute; and
     4    (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
     5  not  exceed  an  average  of  0.5 gallons of water per flush (except for
     6  urinals designated and marketed exclusively for use in prisons or mental
     7  health care facilities); and
     8    (e) except for water closets and toilets designed and marketed  exclu-
     9  sively  for  use  in  prisons  or mental health care facilities, (1) for
    10  water closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not
    11  exceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; (2) for dual-flush
    12  tank-type water closets, the average of two reduced flushes and one full
    13  flush shall not exceed [an average of] 1.28 gallons of water per  flush;
    14  and  (3)  for  dual-flush  flushometer-valve water closets, maximum flow
    15  shall not exceed an average of 1.28 gallons of water per flush; and
    16    (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety.
    17    3. Each shower head, sink or lavatory faucet, both  box  and  product,
    18  shall  be  marked  and labeled, and each water closet or urinal, or each
    19  component if the water closet or urinal is  comprised  of  two  or  more
    20  components, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in accord-
    21  ance  with  the  latest  revision  of  the standards designated American
    22  National Standards, written under American National Standards  Institute
    23  (ANSI),  and,  as applicable, the following United States [environmental
    24  protection agency] Environmental Protection  Agency  watersense  program
    25  specification:  showerheads  (July 26, 2018), tank-type toilets (June 2,
    26  2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals ([October 8]
    27  August 14, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
    28    8. The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate,  shall
    29  utilize  the  latest  revision  of  the  standards  designated  American
    30  National Standards, written under American National Standards  Institute
    31  (ANSI)  procedures  in determining requirements under this section, and,
    32  as applicable, the following  United  States  [environmental  protection
    33  agency]  Environmental  Protection  Agency watersense program specifica-
    34  tion: showerheads (July 26, 2018), tank-type  toilets  (June  2,  2014),
    35  lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals ([October 8] August
    36  14, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
    37    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    38  manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2019,  amending  the  environmental
    39  conservation  law  relating  to  water  saving performance standards, as
    40  proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  354-A  and  A.  2286,  takes
    41  effect.