Drought planning: resiliency measures.
- Exempts small water suppliers from water metering requirements if they cannot secure state funding or raise local rates.
- Requires small water suppliers to implement backup power systems by January 2024 to ensure continuous operations.
- Mandates water suppliers maintain membership in mutual aid organizations starting January 2023.
- Requires suppliers to establish backup water sources sufficient for daily demand by January 2027.
Senator Alvarado-Gil's drought planning legislation creates exemptions from water metering requirements for small water suppliers and schools facing financial constraints. The bill modifies existing law that requires water systems serving 15 to 2,999 connections to install meters and monitor leakage by 2032.
Under the proposed changes, water suppliers can receive exemptions from these requirements if they meet two conditions: they must either be seeking state funding, have been deemed ineligible, or face a lack of available state funding programs, and they must determine that raising local revenue through rate increases is not feasible. The exemptions apply specifically to the metering and leak monitoring mandates while leaving other drought resilience requirements unchanged, including groundwater monitoring, mutual aid participation, backup power supplies, and fire flow capacity standards.
The legislation maintains the existing implementation timeline through 2032 for water systems that do not qualify for exemptions. Small suppliers serving under 3,000 acre-feet annually and nontransient noncommunity water systems at schools must continue complying with all other drought planning measures outlined in current law.
 Anna CaballeroD Senator | Committee Member |  Not Contacted | |
 Tim GraysonD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Megan DahleR Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Kelly SeyartoR Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Marie Alvarado-GilD Senator | Bill Author | Not Contacted |
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Introduced By
Latest Voting History
| Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | PASS |
- Exempts small water suppliers from water metering requirements if they cannot secure state funding or raise local rates.
- Requires small water suppliers to implement backup power systems by January 2024 to ensure continuous operations.
- Mandates water suppliers maintain membership in mutual aid organizations starting January 2023.
- Requires suppliers to establish backup water sources sufficient for daily demand by January 2027.
Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.
Introduced By
Senator Alvarado-Gil's drought planning legislation creates exemptions from water metering requirements for small water suppliers and schools facing financial constraints. The bill modifies existing law that requires water systems serving 15 to 2,999 connections to install meters and monitor leakage by 2032.
Under the proposed changes, water suppliers can receive exemptions from these requirements if they meet two conditions: they must either be seeking state funding, have been deemed ineligible, or face a lack of available state funding programs, and they must determine that raising local revenue through rate increases is not feasible. The exemptions apply specifically to the metering and leak monitoring mandates while leaving other drought resilience requirements unchanged, including groundwater monitoring, mutual aid participation, backup power supplies, and fire flow capacity standards.
The legislation maintains the existing implementation timeline through 2032 for water systems that do not qualify for exemptions. Small suppliers serving under 3,000 acre-feet annually and nontransient noncommunity water systems at schools must continue complying with all other drought planning measures outlined in current law.
Latest Voting History
| Ayes | Noes | NVR | Total | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | PASS |
Anna CaballeroD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Tim GraysonD Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Megan DahleR Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Kelly SeyartoR Senator | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Marie Alvarado-GilD Senator | Bill Author | Not Contacted |