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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.5 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997 › ARTICLE 7 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Management › Section 116761.70.

116761.70. (a) The Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Administration Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
(b) The following moneys shall be deposited into the administration fund:
(1) Moneys transferred to pay the costs incurred by the state board in connection with the administration of this chapter.
(2) The amounts collected for financial assistance services pursuant to subdivision (c).
(3) Notwithstanding Section 16475 of the Government Code, any interest earned upon the moneys in the fund.
(c) (1) For financial assistance made pursuant to this chapter, where that financial assistance is to be repaid to the state board, the state board may assess an annual charge for financial assistance services with regard to the financial assistance, not to exceed 1 percent of the financial assistance balance, computed according to the true interest cost method.
(2) The financial assistance service rate authorized by this subdivision may be applied at any time during the term of the financial assistance, and once applied, shall remain unchanged for the duration of the financial assistance and shall not increase the financial assistance repayment amount, as set forth in the terms and conditions imposed pursuant to this chapter.
(d) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the administration fund may be expended by the state board for payment of the reasonable costs of administering the fund.
(e) The state board shall set the total amount of revenue collected each year through the charge authorized by subdivision (c) at an amount that is equal as practicable to the appropriation amount set forth in the annual Budget Act for this activity. At least once each fiscal year, the state board shall adjust the financial assistance service charge imposed pursuant to subdivision (c) to conform with the appropriation amount set forth in the annual Budget Act.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 18. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.5 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997 › ARTICLE 7 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Management › Section 116761.85.

116761.85. (a) Moneys repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed pursuant to this chapter, including interest payments and all interest earned on or accruing to any moneys in the fund, shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available in perpetuity, for expenditure for the purposes and uses permitted by this chapter and the federal act.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
(Repealed (in Sec. 121) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 122. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014. Section operative July 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.5 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997 › ARTICLE 7 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Management › Section 116761.86.

116761.86. To the extent amounts in the fund are not required for current obligation or expenditure, those amounts shall be invested in interest bearing obligations, and the interest earned shall become part of the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 734, Sec. 15. Effective October 7, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.5 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997 › ARTICLE 8 - Source Water Protection Program › Section 116762.60.

116762.60. (a) The board shall, contingent upon receiving federal capitalization grant funds, develop and implement a program to protect sources of drinking water. In carrying out this program, the board shall coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies that have public health and environmental management programs to ensure an effective implementation of the program while avoiding duplication of effort and reducing program costs. The program shall include all of the following:
(1) A source water assessment program to delineate and assess the drinking water supplies of public drinking water systems pursuant to Section 1453 of the federal act.
(2) A wellhead protection program to protect drinking water wells from contamination pursuant to Section 1428 of the federal act.
(3) Pursuant to Section 1452(k) of the federal act, the board shall set aside federal capitalization grant funds sufficient to carry out paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b) The board shall set aside federal capitalization grant funds to provide assistance to water systems pursuant to Section 1452(k) of the federal act for the following source water protection activities, to the extent that those activities are proposed:
(1) To acquire land or a conservation easement if the purpose of the acquisition is to protect the source water of the system from contamination and to ensure compliance with primary drinking water regulations.
(2) To implement local, voluntary source water protection measures to protect source water in areas delineated pursuant to Section 1453 of the federal act, in order to facilitate compliance with primary drinking water regulations applicable to the water system under Section 1412 of the federal act or otherwise significantly further the health protection objectives of the federal and state acts.
(3) To carry out a voluntary, incentive-based source water quality protection partnership pursuant to Section 1454 of the federal act.
(c) The board shall post a report to its Internet Web site, every two years, on its activities under this section. The report shall contain a description of each program for which funds have been set aside under this section, the effectiveness of each program in carrying out the intent of the federal and state acts, and an accounting of the amount of set-aside funds used.
(d) This section shall become operative on January 1 of the next calendar year occurring after the board provides notice to the Legislature and the Secretary of State and posts notice on its Internet Web site that the board has adopted a policy handbook pursuant to Section 116760.43.
(Repealed (in Sec. 124) and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 35, Sec. 125. (SB 861) Effective June 20, 2014. Section became operative on January 1, 2015, pursuant to its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water › ARTICLE 3 - Definitions › Section 116767.

116767. For purposes of this chapter:
(a) “Adequate supply” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.
(b) “Administrator” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116686.
(c) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(d) “Community water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.
(e) “Consistently fails” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.
(f) “Disadvantaged community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 79505.5 of the Water Code.
(g) “Domestic well” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.
(h) “Fund” means the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund established pursuant to Section 116766.
(i) “Fund expenditure plan” means the fund expenditure plan adopted by the board pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 116768).
(j) “Groundwater sustainability agency” has the same meaning as defined in Section 10721 of the Water Code.
(k) “Low-income household” means a single household with an income that is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, as updated periodically in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under authority of Section 9902(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(l) “Mutual water company” means a mutual water company, as described in Section 14300 of the Corporations Code, that operates a public water system or a state small water system.
(m) “Nonprofit organization” means an organization qualified to do business in California and qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
(n) “Public agency” means a state agency or department, special district, joint powers authority, city, county, city and county, or other political subdivision of the state.
(o) “Public utility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 216 of the Public Utilities Code.
(p) “Public water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.
(q) “Replacement water” includes, but is not limited to, bottled water, vended water, point-of-use, or point-of-entry treatment units.
(r) “Safe drinking water” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116681.
(s) “Service connection” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.
(t) “State small water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.
(u) “Technical assistance provider” means a person whom the state board has determined is competent to assist a water system by providing administrative, technical, operational, legal, or managerial services to meet the purposes of this section, pursuant to criteria set forth in the policy adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 116768.5 and the fund expenditure plan. A privately owned public utility may serve as a technical assistance provider for purposes of this section.
(v) “Vended water” has the same meaning as defined in Section 111070.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 258, Sec. 18. (SB 155) Effective September 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water › ARTICLE 4 - Fund Expenditure Plan › Section 116768.

116768. The purposes of the fund expenditure plan are as follows:
(a) To identify public water systems, community water systems, and state small water systems that consistently fail to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water, including the cause or causes of the failure and appropriate measures to remedy the failure.
(b) To determine the amount and type of funding necessary to implement appropriate measures to remedy a failure to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water.
(c) To identify public water systems, community water systems, and state small water systems that are at significant risk of failing to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water, including the source or sources of the risk and appropriate measures to eliminate the risk.
(d) To determine the amount and type of funding necessary to implement appropriate measures to eliminate the risk of failing to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water.
(e) To identify gaps in the provision of safe drinking water, in furtherance of Section 106.3 of the Water Code, and to determine the amount and type of funding necessary to minimize or eliminate those gaps.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 9. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water › ARTICLE 4 - Fund Expenditure Plan › Section 116768.5.

116768.5. (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the board shall develop and adopt a policy for developing the fund expenditure plan that includes all of the following elements:
(1) A requirement that the board consult with an advisory group to aid in meeting the purposes of the fund expenditure plan as established in Section 116768. The advisory group shall include representatives of the following:
(A) Public water systems.
(B) Technical assistance providers.
(C) Local agencies.
(D) Nongovernmental organizations.
(E) Residents served by community water systems in disadvantaged communities, state small water systems, and domestic wells.
(F) The public.
(2) Identification of key terms, criteria, and metrics, and their definitions.
(3) A description of how proposed remedies will be identified, evaluated, prioritized, and included in the fund expenditure plan.
(4) The establishment of a process by which members of a disadvantaged community may petition the board to consider ordering consolidation.
(5) A requirement that the board hold at least one public hearing before adopting a fund expenditure plan.
(b) The board, in consultation with the Department of Finance, shall annually adopt a fund expenditure plan. The board shall adopt a handbook and may update it at least once every three years.
(c) On or before March 1, 2021, and every March 1 thereafter, the board shall provide to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the chairpersons of the fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature the most recently adopted fund expenditure plan. The board may submit the fund expenditure plan as required by this subdivision either in the Governor’s Budget documents or as a separate report.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 9. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water › ARTICLE 4 - Fund Expenditure Plan › Section 116770.

116770. The fund expenditure plan may include expenditures for the following:
(a) The provision of replacement water, as needed, to ensure immediate protection of health and safety as a short-term solution.
(b) The development, implementation, and sustainability of long-term drinking water solutions, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) (A) Technical assistance, planning, construction, repair, and operation and maintenance costs associated with any of the following:
(i) Replacing, blending, or treating contaminated drinking water.
(ii) Repairing or replacing failing water system equipment, pipes, or fixtures.
(iii) Operation and maintenance costs associated with consolidated water systems, extended drinking water services, or reliance on a substituted drinking water source.
(B) Technical assistance and planning costs may include, but are not limited to, analyses to identify and efforts to further opportunities to reduce the unit cost of providing drinking water through organizational and operational efficiency improvements, and other options and approaches to reduce costs.
(2) Creating and maintaining natural means and green infrastructure solutions that contribute to sustainable drinking water.
(3) Consolidating water systems.
(4) Extending drinking water services to other public water systems, community water systems, state small water systems, or domestic wells.
(5) Satisfying outstanding long-term debt obligations of public water systems, community water systems, and state small water systems where the board determines that a system’s lack of access to capital markets renders this solution the most cost effective for removing a financial barrier to the system’s sustainable, long-term provision of drinking water.
(c) Identifying and providing outreach to persons who are eligible to receive assistance from the fund.
(d) Testing the drinking water quality of domestic wells serving low-income households, prioritizing those in high-risk areas identified pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 116772).
(e) Providing services under Section 116686.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 211. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 116771.

116771. (a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the fund:
(1) Provide for the deposit of any of the following moneys into the fund:
(A) Federal contributions.
(B) Voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, or bequests.
(C) Financial participation by a public agency in an activity authorized for funding from the fund.
(2) Enter into agreements for contributions to the fund from the federal government, local or state agencies, and private corporations or nonprofit organizations.
(3) Direct portions of the fund to a subset of eligible applicants as required or appropriate based on funding source and consistent with the annual fund expenditure plan.
(4) Direct moneys described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) towards a specific project, program, or study.
(5) Take additional action as may be appropriate for adequate administration and operation of the fund.
(b) The board may set appropriate requirements as a condition of funding, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) A system technical, managerial, or financial capacity audit.
(2) Improvements to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
(3) An evaluation of alternative treatment technologies.
(4) A consolidation or service extension feasibility study.
(5) Requirements for a domestic well with nitrate contamination where ongoing septic system failure may be causing or contributing to contamination of a drinking water source to have conducted an investigation and project to address the septic system failure, if adequate funding sources are identified and accessible.
(c) Actions taken to implement, interpret, or make specific this chapter, including, but not limited to, the adoption or development of any plan, handbook, or map, are not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 9. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water › ARTICLE 5 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 116771.5.

116771.5. (a) This chapter does not expand any obligation of the state to provide resources for the provisions of this article or to require the expenditure of additional resources beyond the amount of moneys deposited in the fund.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that participation in an activity authorized for funding from the fund or a contribution to the fund by a federal, state, or local agency serves a public purpose and does not constitute a gift of public funds within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 9. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.6 - Safe and Affordable Drinking Water › ARTICLE 6 - Information on High-Risk Areas › Section 116772.

116772. (a) (1) By January 1, 2021, the board, in consultation with local health officers and other relevant stakeholders, shall use available data to make available a map of aquifers that are at high risk of containing contaminants that exceed safe drinking water standards that are used or likely to be used as a source of drinking water for a state small water system or a domestic well. The board shall update the map annually based on new and relevant data.
(2) The board shall make the map of high-risk areas, as well as the data used to make the map, publicly accessible on its internet website in a manner that complies with the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code). The board shall notify local health officers and county planning agencies of high-risk areas within their jurisdictions.
(b) (1) By January 1, 2021, a local health officer or other relevant local agency shall provide to the board all results of, and data associated with, water quality testing performed by a laboratory that has accreditation or certification pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 for a state small water system or domestic well that was collected after January 1, 2014, and that is in the possession of the local health officer or other relevant local agency.
(2) By January 1, 2022, and by January 1 of each year thereafter, all results of, and data associated with, water quality testing performed by a laboratory that has accreditation or certification pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101 for a state small water system or domestic well that is submitted to a local health officer or other relevant local agency shall also be submitted directly to the board in electronic format.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 120, Sec. 9. (SB 200) Effective July 24, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.7 - Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 › Section 116773.

116773. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 115, Sec. 61. (AB 148) Effective July 22, 2021. Inoperative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 116773.8. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 116773.8.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.7 - Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 › Section 116773.2.

116773.2. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Community water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.
(b) “COVID-19 pandemic bill relief period” means the period from March 4, 2020, to December 31, 2022, inclusive, and includes any customer billing period that includes these dates.
(c) “Enterprise revenue” means revenues of the water or wastewater enterprise of the community water system or wastewater treatment provider.
(d) “Past-due bills” means customer water bills that are 60 days or more past due and includes both active and inactive accounts, and accounts that have payment plans or payment arrangements.
(e) “Proportional basis” means based on the percentage of the total statewide need for community water system reimbursement under this chapter, estimated by the state board, and the total assistance available for disbursement.
(f) “Small community water system” has the same meaning as defined in Section 116275.
(g) “State board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(h) “Wastewater treatment provider” means any of the following:
(1) A city, county, special district, or joint powers authority that provides wastewater collection, treatment, or disposal service through a publicly owned treatment works.
(2) Any privately owned facility used in the treatment or reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes, and regulated by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Sections 216 and 230.6 of, and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 701) of Part 1 of Division 1 of, the Public Utilities Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 51, Sec. 14. (SB 122) Effective July 10, 2023. Inoperative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 116773.8. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 116773.8.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.7 - Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 › Section 116773.5.

116773.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any assistance or relief authorized by, and provided by a community water system or a wastewater treatment provider to an individual pursuant to, this chapter shall be treated in the same manner as the federal earned income refund for the purpose of determining the individual’s eligibility to receive benefits under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, excluding benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or amounts of those benefits.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, any assistance or relief authorized by, and provided by a community water system or a wastewater treatment provider to an individual pursuant to, this chapter shall not be taken into account as income, and shall not be taken into account as resources for a period of 12 months from receipt, for purposes of determining the eligibility of that individual, or any other individual, for benefits or assistance or the amount or extent of benefits or assistance under any state or local program not covered in subdivision (a). With respect to a state or local program, this subdivision shall only be implemented to the extent that it does not conflict with federal law relating to that program, and that any required federal approval or waiver is first obtained for that program.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 3, Sec. 3. (SB 113) Effective February 9, 2022. Inoperative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 116773.8. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 116773.8.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.7 - Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 › Section 116773.6.

116773.6. (a) Actions by the state board to implement this chapter, including the adoption or development of any plan, handbook, guidelines, reporting and audit requirements, or forms, are exempt from Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(b) Actions by the state board to implement this chapter, including entering into contracts for services or equipment, are exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 10290) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. The state board may award a contract under this chapter on a noncompetitive bid basis as necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.
(c) The state board shall coordinate with the Department of Community Services and Development in allocating funding under this chapter to community water systems that are publicly owned utilities providing electric and water services.
(d) The state board may use its authority granted pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270) to implement the requirements of this chapter. For purposes of Article 7 (commencing with Section 116525), Article 8 (commencing with Section 116625), and Article 9 (commencing with Section 116650) of Chapter 4, a violation of any requirement imposed in connection with funding under this chapter or the associated program is a violation of Chapter 4.
(e) This chapter satisfies the requirement for subsequent legislation in Provision 2 of Item 3940-062-8506, Provision 3 of Item 3940-162-8506 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2021, and implementation of Item 3940-162-8506 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2023.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 51, Sec. 16. (SB 122) Effective July 10, 2023. Inoperative July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 116773.8. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 116773.8.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 4.7 - Water and Wastewater System Payments Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 › Section 116773.8.

116773.8. (a) This chapter shall become inoperative on July 1, 2026, and, as of January 1, 2027, is repealed.
(b) Notwithstanding the repeal of this chapter, any claim or cause of action based thereon that was commenced before January 1, 2027, whether or not reduced to a final judgment, or other action of an implementing agency undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be preserved, and any remedy that was or could have been ordered to redress a violation of this chapter as it read on June 30, 2026, may be ordered or maintained thereafter.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 51, Sec. 17. (SB 122) Effective July 10, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Chapter 4.7, commencing with Section 116773.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 1 - Water Softeners › Section 116775.

116775. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the utilization of the waters of the state by residential consumers for general domestic purposes, including drinking, cleaning, washing, and personal grooming and sanitation of the people is a right that should be interfered with only when necessary for specified health and safety purposes or to protect the quality of the waters of the state. The Legislature further finds that variation in water quality, and particularly in water hardness, throughout the state often requires that onsite water softening or conditioning be available to domestic consumers to ensure their right to a water supply that is effective and functional for domestic requirements of the residential household, but that residential water softening or conditioning appliances shall be available only as authorized in this article.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 969, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 1 - Water Softeners › Section 116780.

116780. (a)  Unless the context otherwise requires the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article.
(b)  “Clock control” means the system controlling the periodic automatic regeneration of a residential water softening or conditioning appliance that is based upon a predetermined and preset time schedule.
(c)  “Demand control” means the system controlling the periodic automatic regeneration of a residential water softening or conditioning appliance that is based either upon a sensor that detects imminent exhaustion of the active softening or conditioning material or upon the measurement of the volume of water passing through the appliance. A demand control system activates regeneration based upon the state of the equipment and its ability to continue the softening process.
(d)  “Fully manual regeneration” means the method of regeneration of a residential water softening or conditioning appliance in which operations are performed manually and in which dry salt is added directly to the ion-exchanger tank after sufficient water is removed to make room for the salt.
(e)  “Hardness” means the total of all dissolved calcium, magnesium, iron and other heavy metal salts, that interact with soaps and detergents in a manner that the efficiency of soaps and detergents for cleansing purposes is impaired. Hardness is expressed in grains per gallon or milligrams per liter as if all such salts were present as calcium carbonate.
(f)  “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, district, or any other political subdivision of the state.
(g)  “Manually initiated control” means the system controlling the periodic regeneration of a residential water softening or conditioning appliance in which all operations, including bypass of hard water and return to service, are performed automatically after manual initiation.
(h)  “Regeneration” means the phase of operation of a water softening or conditioning appliance whereby the capability of the appliance to remove hardness from water is renewed by the application of a brine solution of sodium or potassium chloride salt to the active softening or conditioning material contained therein followed by a subsequent rinsing of the active softening or conditioning material.
(i)  “Salt efficiency rating” means the efficiency of the use of sodium chloride salt in the regeneration of a water softening appliance, expressed in terms of hardness removal capacity of the appliance per pound of salt used in the regeneration process. The units of salt efficiency rating are grains of hardness removed per pound of salt used. One grain of hardness per gallon is approximately equivalent to 17.1 milligrams of hardness per liter.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 969, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 1 - Water Softeners › Section 116785.

116785. Except as provided in Section 116786, a residential water softening or conditioning appliance may be installed only if either of the following apply:
(a)  The regeneration of the appliance is performed at a nonresidential facility separate from the location of the residence where the appliance is used.
(b)  The regeneration of the appliance discharges to the community sewer system and all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1)  The appliance activates regeneration by demand control.
(2)  An appliance installed on or after January 1, 2000, shall be certified by a third party rating organization using industry standards to have a salt efficiency rating of no less than 3,350 grains of hardness removed per pound of salt used in regeneration. An appliance installed on or after January 1, 2002, shall be certified by a third party rating organization using industry standards to have a salt efficiency rating of no less than 4,000 grains of hardness removed per pound of salt used in regeneration.
(3)  The installation of the appliance is accompanied by the simultaneous installation of the following softened or conditioned water conservation devices on all fixtures using softened or conditioned water, unless the devices are already in place or are prohibited by local and state plumbing and building standards or unless the devices will adversely restrict the normal operation of the fixtures:
(A)  Faucet flow restrictors.
(B)  Shower head restrictors.
(C)  Toilet reservoir dams.
(D)  A piping system installed so that untreated (unsoftened or unconditioned) supply water is carried to hose bibs and sill cocks that serve water to the outside of the house, except that bypass valves may be installed on homes with slab foundations constructed prior to the date of installation; or condominiums constructed prior to the date of installation; or otherwise where a piping system is physically inhibited.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 969, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 1 - Water Softeners › Section 116790.

116790. Any water softening appliance in place at a residential dwelling prior to January 1, 1980, in those areas being served by sewage treatment facilities that have been limited with regard to salt loading pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 13000) of the Water Code and for which the appropriate regional water quality control board makes a finding, after adoption of waste discharge requirements and subject to a public hearing, that the control of residential salinity input is necessary to provide compliance with those limitations, may be continued in operation for a period no longer than four years after the regional water quality control board has made its findings. After the four-year period has elapsed, any water softening appliance at that site shall be set at a salt efficiency rating of no less than 2850 grains of hardness removed per pound of salt used in regeneration when regeneration is initiated with clock controls or manually-initiated controls, or shall have regenerations initiated with demand devices. Also, after the four-year period has elapsed, those water-saving devices in shower heads, on faucets, and in toilet reservoirs, as recited in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 116785, shall be installed unless already in place or prohibited by local and state plumbing and building standards. The salt efficiency rating of the water softening or conditioning appliance and the installation of water-saving devices shall be certified in accordance with Section 116795.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 1 - Water Softeners › Section 116795.

116795. The certification required by this article shall be provided by the new user of the appliance and shall be completed by a contractor having a valid Class C-55 water conditioning contractor’s license or Class C-36 plumbing contractor’s license and filed with the local agency responsible for issuing plumbing permits.
The certification form shall contain all of the following information:
(a)  Name and address of homeowner.
(b)  Manufacturer of the water softening or conditioning appliance, model number of the appliance, pounds of salt used per regeneration, and salt efficiency rating at the time of certification.
(c)  Manufacturer of the water-saving devices installed, model number, and number installed.
(d)  Name, address, and the specialty contractor’s license number of the C-55 and C-36 licensee making the certification.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 2 - Cross-Connection Control by Water Users › Section 116800.

116800. Local health officers may maintain programs for the control of cross-connections by water users, within the users’ premises, where public exposure to drinking water contaminated by backflow may occur. The programs may include inspections within water users premises for the purpose of identifying cross-connection hazards and determining appropriate backflow protection. Water users shall comply with all orders, instructions, regulations, and notices from the local health officer with respect to the installation, testing, and maintenance of backflow prevention devices. The local health officer may collect fees from those water users subject to inspection to offset the costs of implementing cross-connection control programs.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 2 - Cross-Connection Control by Water Users › Section 116805.

116805. (a)  Local health officers may maintain programs, in cooperation with water suppliers, to protect against backflow through service connections into the public water supply, and, with the consent of the water supplier, may collect fees from the water supplier to offset the costs of implementing these programs.
(b)  The fees authorized under this section and under Section 116800 shall be limited to the costs of administering these programs. At the discretion of the water supplier, the fees collected from the water supplier by the local health officer may be passed through to water users.
(c)  Programs authorized under this section and Section 116800 shall be conducted in accordance with backflow protection regulations adopted by the department.
(d)  Nothing in this article shall prevent a water supplier from directly charging those water users required to install backflow prevention devices for the costs of the programs authorized in this section and Section 116800.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 2 - Cross-Connection Control by Water Users › Section 116810.

116810. To ensure that testing and maintenance of backflow prevention devices are performed by persons qualified to do testing and maintenance, local health officers may maintain programs for certification of backflow prevention device testers. The local health officer may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of a tester, if, after a hearing before the local health officer or his or her designee, the local health officer or his or her designee finds that the tester has practiced fraud or deception or has displayed gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties as a certified backflow prevention device tester. The local health officer may collect fees from certified testers to offset the cost of the certification program provided pursuant to this section. The certification standards shall be consistent with standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 116407 and any other applicable backflow protection regulations.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 533, Sec. 3. (AB 1671) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 2 - Cross-Connection Control by Water Users › Section 116815.

116815. (a)  All pipes installed above or below the ground, on and after June 1, 1993, that are designed to carry recycled water, shall be colored purple or distinctively wrapped with purple tape.
(b)  Subdivision (a) shall apply only in areas served by a water supplier delivering water for municipal and industrial purposes, and in no event shall apply to any of the following:
(1)  Municipal or industrial facilities that have established a labeling or marking system for recycled water on their premises, as otherwise required by a local agency, that clearly distinguishes recycled water from potable water.
(2)  Water delivered for agricultural use.
(c)  For purposes of this section, “recycled water” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (n) of Section 13050 of the Water Code.
(Added by renumbering Section 4049.54 (as amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28) by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 188. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 2 - Cross-Connection Control by Water Users › Section 116820.

116820. Any person who violates any provision of this article, violates any order of the local health officer pursuant to this article, or knowingly files a false statement or report required by the local health officer pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days in the county jail or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of a violation of any provision of this article or of any order of the local health officer beyond the time stated for compliance of the order shall be a separate offense.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 3 - Water Treatment Devices › Section 116825.

116825. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern construction of this article:
(a) “Water treatment device” means any point of use or point of entry instrument or contrivance sold or offered for rental or lease for residential use, and designed to be added to the plumbing system, or used without being connected to the plumbing of a water supply intended for human consumption in order to improve the water supply by any means, including, but not limited to, filtration, distillation, adsorption, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, or other treatment. “Water treatment device” does not include any device that is regulated pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 111070) of Chapter 5 of Part 5.
(b) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
(c) “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, or association, or any employee or agent thereof.
(d) “Contaminants” means any health-related physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
(e) “Health or safety claim” means any claim that the water treatment device will remove or reduce a contaminant for which either of the following applies:
(1) A primary drinking water standard as defined in Section 116275, or a treatment requirement as authorized in subdivision (j) of Section 116365 and subdivision (d) of Section 116375, has been established.
(2) A national primary drinking water standard or treatment requirement has been established under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300g-1).
(f) “Manufacturer” means any of the following:
(1) A person that makes, converts, constructs, or produces water treatment devices for the purposes of sale, lease, or rental to individuals, corporations, associations, or other entities.
(2) A person that assembles water treatment devices or treatment components from components manufactured by another entity.
(3) A person that adds its own product name or product identification to water treatment devices or treatment components that have been manufactured or assembled by another entity.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 403, Sec. 2. (AB 119) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 3 - Water Treatment Devices › Section 116831.

116831. All regulations adopted pursuant to this article prior to January 1, 2014, are repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 403, Sec. 4. (AB 119) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 3 - Water Treatment Devices › Section 116835.

116835. (a) A water treatment device for which a health or safety claim is made shall not be sold or otherwise distributed unless the device is included on the list of water treatment devices published on the state board’s Internet Web site pursuant to Section 116845.
(b) After July 1, 2015, the exterior packaging of a water treatment device for which a health or safety claim is made, and that is offered for sale in a retail establishment in California, shall clearly identify the contaminant or contaminants that the device has been certified pursuant to subdivision (a) to remove or reduce. If a device has been certified to remove or reduce more than five contaminants, at least five contaminants shall be listed on the exterior packaging followed by a statement directing consumers to visit the manufacturer’s Internet Web site to obtain information regarding additional contaminants that the device is certified to remove or reduce.
(c) After July 1, 2015, the manufacturer of a water treatment device for which it makes a health or safety claim shall include with each water treatment device offered for sale in California a decal that may be affixed to the device by the consumer that states, at a minimum, the following:
“Please refer to the owner’s manual for proper maintenance and operation. If this device is not maintained and operated as specified in the owner’s manual, there is a risk of exposure to contaminants. For more information, visit the manufacturer’s Internet Web site at Manufacturer’s Internet Web site or the State Water Resources Control Board’s Internet Web site at www.swrcb.ca.gov.”
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 828, Sec. 2. (AB 2738) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 5 - Water Equipment and Control › ARTICLE 3 - Water Treatment Devices › Section 116836.

116836. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a certificate issued by the department shall not be valid unless the application for certification was filed on or before November 1, 2013.
(b) A currently valid certificate issued by the department on or before December 31, 2013, pursuant to this article, shall remain valid for five years following the date of initial issuance, provided that the manufacturer pays the annual fee established by Section 116850.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 403, Sec. 8. (AB 119) Effective January 1, 2014.)