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HB 0153 - Local Must Return Water to Streams or Face Penalties
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Tracking Level: Oppose
Sponsor: Smith,Richard 131st
Last Action: 2/7/2011 - House Second Readers
State Code Titles: 12 / 31
House Committee: NR&E
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

This bill requires local governments to monitor and report quarterly the volume of surface water withdrawn from a waterway and how much treated water is returned.  If the local government returns less than 75 percent of the water to the waterway they would not be allowed to provide any new water service connection to any residence, building or other facility.  Lots that have septic tanks and are on public water systems (having more than 70,000 connections, or more than 200 accounts per square mile) would have to be at least three acres, but could not have septic tanks permitted during periods of exceptional drought.  Existing smaller lots on septic tanks in such areas have to be connected to sewer by July 1, 2016, and no new water connections can be made in areas failing to make sewer lines available for connections.     


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