Three new laws about water conservation have been signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
SB 407 (Padilla) requires the owners of most residential and commercial properties built before 1994 to replace water inefficient plumbing fixtures with water conserving fixtures. Home owners have until 2017 to do the retrofits. Apartments and business owners have until 2019 to make the changes.
As part of the law, sellers would be required to disclose as part of real estate transfer disclosures if plumbing fixtures were in compliance with the law. Under the law, noncompliant plumbing fixtures are any toilet which uses more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush, any urinal using more than one gallon of water per flush, any showerhead having a flow capacity of more than 2.5 gallons per minute and and interior faucet which allows flows of more than 2.2 gallons per minute.
AB 1061 (Lieu) allows home owners who live in condos or other planned developments which are governed by the Davis-Sterling Act to plant drought tolerant plants regardless of landscaping guidelines put out by the HOA. This law allows saving water to take priority over HOA rules requiring grass and other thirsty plants.
AB 1366 (Feuer) regulates the salt water discharge from water softeners. Mixing salt and fresh water can be problematic, and it isn't any different when thousands of water softeners discharge saltwater into the local water treatment systems. Saltwater discharge requires additional chemicals and water to treat the discharge, increasing both water usage and treatment cost. The law now requires a permit to install self-regenerating water softeners, standards for new self-regenerating water softeners, and replacement of current equipment that does not meet the new standards.
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Posted by: Adam Hart | 11/05/2009 at 03:20 AM