Recycled Water Policy Amendment
Recycled Water Policy Amendment – adopted on January 22, 2013
Resolution No. 2013-0003: Adoption of Recycled Policy Amendment
Recycled Water Policy Amendment - The amendment: (1) provides a reduction of priority pollutants monitoring for recycled water used for landscape irrigation; and (2) establishes monitoring requirements for constituents of emerging concern (CECs) and surrogates in recycled use for groundwater recharge.
Recycled Water Policy Amendment with Table of Contents
Notice of Approval – The Recycled Water Policy Amendment was approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on April 25, 2013.
Background Information
In 2009, in accordance with the Recycled Water Policy, the State Water Board convened a science advisory panel (Panel) to provide guidance on future actions related to monitoring constituents of emerging concern (CECs) in recycled water. This Panel submitted a report titled: "Monitoring Strategies for Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Recycled Water – Recommendations of a Science Advisory Panel" (Panel Report). The Panel Report provided recommendations for monitoring specific CECs in recycled water used for groundwater recharge reuse. For recycled water used for landscape irrigation, the Panel did not recommend monitoring of CECs, but recommended monitoring of some surrogates. The State Water Board incorporated the Panel’s recommendations into a proposed amendment to the Recycled Water Policy.
In May 2012, a draft proposed amendment to the Recycled Water Policy was circulated for public review and comment. The amendment proposed to add monitoring requirements for CECs in recycled water. In June 2012, staff sent the draft amendment and Panel Report to scientific peer reviewers for review. Staff considered written comments submitted by the public and scientific peer reviewers and revised the proposed amendment accordingly.
Revisions to the proposed amendment were made available for public review and comment in September 2012. After comments on the September draft were received, staff prepared change sheets. The changed sheets were presented at a State Water Board hearing held on the proposed amendment on October 16, 2012. During the hearing, the State Water Board postponed consideration of adoption of the proposed amendment to a future board meeting.
At the January 22, 2013, board meeting, staff presented a revised proposed amendment, which incorporated the changes from the change sheets presented at the October 16, 2012, board meeting and included some additional changes. The State Water Board adopted the Recycled Water Policy Amendment through Resolution No. 2013-0003, with a minor change in Table 3 footnote in Attachment A. The minor change is shown in strike-out and underline in the revised Attachment A below.
The Office of Administrative Law approved the amendment on April 25, 2013. This is the effective date of the amendment.
Revised Attachment A in strike-out and underline.
Public Hearing Information - January 22, 2013
- Notice of Public Hearing - (posted 01/09/13)
- Revised Recycled Water Policy - Clean Copy - (posted 01/09/13)
- Revised Recycled Water Policy - Additional changes shown in strikeout/underline format. Changes from Change Sheet No. 2 are in the revision, but are not shown in underline/strikeout format. (posted 01/09/13)
- Revised Attachment A - Clean Copy - (posted 01/07/13)
- Revised Attachment A - Additional changes shown in strikeout/underline format. Changes from Change Sheet No. 1 are in the revision, but are not shown in strikeout/underline format. (posted 01/07/13)
- Responses to Comments on the May 2012 - (revised 04/26/13)
- Responses to Comments on the September 2012 - (revised 04/26/13)
Public Hearing Information - October 16, 2012
- Notice of Public Hearing - (posted 09/14/12)
- Comments Received - (posted 10/10/12)
- Revised Recycled Water Policy - September 2012 Draft – Clean Copy
- Revised Recycled Water Policy - Strikeout/underline version showing changes to the May 2012 Draft
- Change Sheet 2 for the Revised Recycled Water Policy (September 2012 Draft)
- Attachment A - September 2012 Draft - Clean Copy
- Attachment A - Strikeout/underline version showing changes to the May 2012 Draft
- Change Sheet 1 for Attachment A (September 2012 Draft)
Scientific Peer Review
- Peer Review Webpage - Response to peer review comments are towards the bottom of the webpage.
Previous Documents Issued in May 2012
- Public Notice of Opportunity to Comment
- Draft Recycled Water Policy - Clean copy
- Draft Recycled Water Policy - Strikeout/underline version (posted 5/9/12)
- Attachment A - Draft Amendment
Relevant Information
- Monitoring Strategies for Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Recycled Water – Recommendations of a Scientific Advisory Panel Report
- Recycled Water – Constituents of Emerging Concern Webpage
- Water Recycling Information
Questions or Comments?
- Please email Laura McLellan, Laura.McLellan@waterboards.ca.gov, or phone (916) 319-8288.