Bill Text: VA HB192 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Rainwater and gray water; regulations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0817) [HB192 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB192-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §32.1-248.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§32.1-248.2. Use of rainwater and reuse of gray water; regulations.
A. The Department shall develop by January 1, 1999,
guidelines adopt regulations regarding the use of gray water and
rainwater. The guidelines regulations shall (i) describe
the conditions under which gray water and rainwater may appropriately be used
and for what purposes. The guidelines shall; (ii) include
categories of used gray water, such as types of used household
water and used water from businesses, which that are appropriate
for reuse. The guidelines shall; and (iii) include a definition
of gray water that does not include excludes used toilet water.
The regulations shall also provide standards for the use of rainwater
harvesting systems, including systems that collect rainwater for use by
commercial enterprises but do not provide water for human consumption.
Such regulations shall not apply to nonpotable water, including graywater and rainwater, that is produced and utilized by any facility that (a) is permitted through a Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit or General Virginia Pollution Abatement permit and (b) produces and uses such nonpotable water on site, including on property that is either contiguous with or in the immediate vicinity of the parcel of land upon which the treatment works is located, provided that such property is under common ownership or management with the treatment works.
B. The Department, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall promote the use of rainwater and reuse of gray water as means to reduce fresh water consumption, ease demands on public treatment works and water supply systems, and promote conservation.
C. The Department, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall consider recognizing rainwater as an independent source of fresh water available for use by the residents of the Commonwealth.
