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Senate Bill 1073 |
Senate Author: Jackson |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: King, Tracy O. |
Senate Bill 1073 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to work with the Department of State Health Services to develop rules regarding the installation and maintenance of rainwater harvesting systems that are used for indoor potable purposes and connected to a public water supply system; the bill sets forth rule criteria. The bill requires a person who installs and maintains rainwater harvesting systems that are connected to a public water supply system and are used for potable purposes to be licensed as a master plumber or journeyman plumber and endorsed as a water supply protection specialist. The bill requires a person who intends to connect a rainwater harvesting system to a public water supply system for use for potable purposes to give written notice of that intention to the municipality in which the rainwater harvesting system is located or the owner or operator of the public water supply system before connection. The bill prohibits a municipally owned water or wastewater utility, a municipality, or the owner or operator of a public water supply system from being held liable for any adverse health effects allegedly caused by the consumption of water collected by a rainwater harvesting system that is connected to a public water supply system and is used for potable purposes if the municipally owned water or wastewater utility, municipality, or public water supply system is in compliance with applicable sanitary standards for drinking water.