78R8405 JTS-D

By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 1633



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the installation and use of a water softener or reverse 
osmosis system by an owner of an on-site sewage disposal system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 366, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 366.013 to read as follows:
	Sec. 366.013.  INSTALLATION AND USE OF WATER SOFTENERS AND 
REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS.  (a)  An owner may install and use a 
household water softener that discharges effluent into an on-site 
sewage disposal system only if the installed water softener:
		(1)  regenerates through a demand-initiated 
regeneration control device;
		(2)  regenerates not more than 2.5 times each week; and                
		(3)  produces 250 gallons of effluent or less each 
week.             
	(b)  An owner may install and use a household water softener 
that does not meet the requirements under Subsection (a) if the 
calculated volume of effluent:
		(1)  does not cause hydraulic overloading; or                          
		(2)  has been adequately addressed in the design of the 
on-site sewage disposal system.
	(c)  An owner may install and use a point-of-use reverse 
osmosis system that discharges effluent into an on-site sewage 
disposal system.
	(d)  An owner may install and use a whole-house reverse 
osmosis system that discharges effluent into an on-site sewage 
disposal system if the calculated volume of effluent:
		(1)  does not cause hydraulic overloading; or                          
		(2)  has been adequately addressed in the design of the 
on-site sewage disposal system.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.