TITLE: Relating to the installation of a filtration system by certain public drinking water supply systems.

SUMMARY: Relating to the installation of a filtration system by certain public drinking water supply systems.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the installation of a filtration system by certain public drinking water supply systems. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 341.036, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (b-1) The commission by order may require a public drinking water supply system that obtains its water supply from an underground source to install a filtration system for the well for that source if: (1) the commission has previously recommended that the public water system install a filtration system for the well for that source; and (2) the public water system: (A) has not maintained the well for that source in accordance with commission rules; or (B) has been the subject of more than one complaint concerning that source submitted to the commission during the previous year. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.