Maryland HB 539: Environment - Reuse of Water Diverted From Septic Systems

Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 539
M3 9lr1830

By: Delegate Cassilly
Introduced and read first time: February 4, 2019
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Environment – Reuse of Water Diverted From Septic Systems 2

FOR the purpose of authorizing a person to use water that is generated by certain activities 3
and collected for reuse, instead of discharged to an on–site water treatment system, 4
for certain purposes on the site on which the reusable diverted water originates and 5
in accordance with certain requirements; defining a certain term; and generally 6
relating to the reuse of water diverted from on–site sewage disposal systems. 7

BY adding to 8
Article – Environment 9
Section 9–1113 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2014 Replacement Volume and 2018 Supplement) 12

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14

Article – Environment 15

9–1113. 16

(A) IN THIS SECTION, “REUSABLE DIVERTED WATER” MEANS WATER THAT 17
IS: 18

(1) GENERATED BY: 19

(I) BACKWASHING AN ON–SITE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; 20
OR 21

(II) USING AN ICE MAKER; AND 22

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(2) COLLECTED FOR REUSE INSTEAD OF DISCHARGED TO AN ON–SITE 1
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. 2

(B) (1) SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, A PERSON 3
MAY USE REUSABLE DIVERTED WATER FOR BENEFICIAL PURPOSES, INCLUDING: 4

(I) GARDENING; 5

(II) COMPOSTING; 6

(III) LAWN WATERING; 7

(IV) IRRIGATION; AND 8

(V) FLUSHING OF A CONVENTIONAL TOILET OR URINAL. 9

(2) A PERSON MAY USE REUSABLE DIVERTED WATER ONLY: 10

(I) ON THE SITE ON WHICH THE REUSABLE DIVERTED WATER 11
ORIGINATES; AND 12

(II) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL 13
LAWS OR REGULATIONS, INCLUDING STATE AND LOCAL PLUMBING CODES. 14

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 15
October 1, 2019. 16