California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 22 - State Policy for Water Quality Control › Section 2920 - Policy for Water Quality Control for Recycled Water (Recycled Water Policy)

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
On February 3, 2009, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  (State Water Board) adopted Resolution No. 2009-0011, which adopted the
				  Recycled Water Policy. In adopting the Recycled Water Policy, the State Water
				  Board intended to establish consistent and predictable requirements in order to
				  increase the use of recycled water in California. The regulatory provisions of
				  this policy establish mandates for the use of recycled water; require the
				  development by stakeholders and the adoption by Regional Water Quality Control
				  Boards of regional salt/nutrient management plans; establish requirements for
				  regulating incidental runoff from landscape irrigation with recycled water;
				  establish criteria and procedures for recycled water landscape irrigation
				  projects eligible for streamlined permitting; establish procedures for
				  permitting groundwater recharge projects; establish procedures for implementing
				  State Water Board Resolution No. 68-16, "Statement of Policy with Respect to
				  Maintaining High Quality of Waters in California" for recycled water projects;
				  require the establishment of a scientific advisory panel to advise the State
				  Water Board on regulation of constituents of emerging concern; and establish
				  actions and incentives to promote the use of recycled water.
On January 22, 2013, the State Water Resources Control Board
				  adopted Resolution No. 2013-0003, which approved an amendment to its Recycled
				  Water Policy. The amendment (1) provides a reduction of priority pollutant
				  monitoring of recycled water used for landscape irrigation and (2) establishes
				  monitoring requirements for constituents of emerging concern and surrogates for
				  recycled water used for groundwater recharge via subsurface and surface
				  application. These monitoring requirements are to be included in the monitoring
				  and reporting programs for water recycling facilities that use recycled water
				  for landscape irrigation or for groundwater recharge to augment municipal water
				  supply.
On December 11, 2018, the State Water Board adopted
				  Resolution No. 2018-0057, which approved an amendment to its Recycled Water
				  Policy. The amendment (1) removes statewide recycled water mandates, (2) sets
				  narrative goals for the production and use of recycled water, (3) establishes
				  treated wastewater and recycled water reporting requirements statewide, (4)
				  clarifies the process for recycled water project proponents to comply with
				  Water Code section
				  1211 for
				  wastewater change petitions, (5) updates requirements for salt and nutrient
				  management planning, (6) improves consistency in permitting of recycled water
				  projects by encouraging the use of statewide water reclamation requirements for
				  non-potable recycled water use, removing streamlined permitting criteria for
				  landscape irrigation recycled water projects, and adding permitting guidance
				  for reservoir water augmentation projects, (7) updates monitoring requirements
				  for constituents of emerging concern (CECs) in recycled water used for
				  groundwater recharge and reservoir water augmentation, and (8) incorporates
				  other substantive and non-substantive changes.
1. New section
				  filed 5-14-2009 summarizing State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No.
				  2009-011, adopted February 3, 2009; approved by OAL pursuant to Government Code
				  section
				  11353 on
				  5-14-2009 (Register 2009, No. 20).
2. New second paragraph filed
				  4-25-2013 summarizing State Water Resources Control Board Resolution No.
				  2013-0003, adopted by State Water Resources Control Board 1-22-2013; approved
				  by OAL on 4-25-2013 pursuant to Government Code section
				  11353;
				  operative 4-25-2013 (Register 2013, No. 17).
3. New third paragraph
				  summarizing amendments to Water Quality Control Policy for Recycled Water filed
				  4-8-2019; amendments approved by State Water Resources Control Board Resolution
				  No. 2018-0057 on 12-11-2018; amendments approved by OAL pursuant to Government
				  Code section
				  11353 on
				  4-8-2019 (Register 2019, No. 15).