Bill Text: TX SB1976 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain testing requirements at certain wastewater treatment facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-04-14 - Left pending in committee [SB1976 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB1976-Introduced.html
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| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1976 | |
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| relating to certain testing requirements at certain wastewater | ||
| treatment facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 26.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 26.054. URINARY METABOLITE TESTING FOR CERTAIN | ||
| WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. (a) The commission shall conduct | ||
| quarterly testing for the urinary metabolites listed in Subsection | ||
| (b) of all intakes and outflows of the wastewater treatment | ||
| facilities described by Subsection (c). Tests conducted under this | ||
| section must be performed by an accredited or certified | ||
| environmental testing laboratory. | ||
| (b) In accordance with Subsection (a), the commission shall | ||
| conduct testing for the following urinary metabolites in the form | ||
| of gluconates: | ||
| (1) benzophenone; | ||
| (2) bisphenol A; | ||
| (3) estrone; | ||
| (4) ethinyl estradiol; | ||
| (5) musk ketone; | ||
| (6) pregnanediol; | ||
| (7) testosterone; | ||
| (8) tonalide (AHTN); | ||
| (9) mifepristone; and | ||
| (10) any other organic substance required to be tested | ||
| for by the commission. | ||
| (c) The commission shall conduct the testing required by | ||
| this section at: | ||
| (1) each wastewater treatment facility located within | ||
| 10 miles of a municipality with a population of 250,000 or more; and | ||
| (2) at least 10 wastewater treatment facilities | ||
| located within 10 miles of a municipality: | ||
| (A) with a population of 100,000 or more but less | ||
| than 250,000; | ||
| (B) with a population of 25,000 or more but less | ||
| than 100,000; and | ||
| (C) with a population of less than 25,000. | ||
| (d) In selecting wastewater treatment facilities for | ||
| testing under Subsection (c)(2), the commission shall prioritize | ||
| facilities that reasonably represent typical wastewater systems of | ||
| municipalities of the population categories in that subsection. | ||
| (e) The commission shall maintain detailed records of all | ||
| testing conducted under this section and publish the records on the | ||
| commission's Internet website. The records must include: | ||
| (1) the date on which each sample was collected; | ||
| (2) the location from which each sample was collected; | ||
| (3) the date on which each sample was tested for the | ||
| presence of the urinary metabolites listed in Subsection (b); and | ||
| (4) the results of the test for each urinary | ||
| metabolite listed in Subsection (b) in parts per trillion. | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
