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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the installation of a treatment system by certain |
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public drinking water supply systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0365 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 341.0365. TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN UNDERGROUND |
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SOURCES. The commission by order may require a public drinking |
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water supply system that serves fewer than 100 connections and |
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obtains its water supply from an underground source to install a |
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treatment system, which may include a filtration system, for that |
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source if the public water system: |
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(1) has repeatedly exceeded the maximum contaminant |
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level or secondary constituent level for one or more parameters |
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established by the commission; |
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(2) has been the subject of more than one |
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substantiated water quality complaint submitted to the commission, |
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not including a complaint submitted to the commission regarding |
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water quality issues associated with the distribution system that |
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are not related to water quality issues from the underground |
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source, during the preceding 12 months for which the commission has |
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determined a need to install additional treatment measures, |
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including requiring the public water system to install a filtration |
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system; and |
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(3) can install at a reasonable cost the treatment |
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system for that source to manage an exceedance of a secondary |
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constituent level, if applicable. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |