Drinking Water

9/12/2022 passed legislature, goes into effect [add!] This bill adds new sections to the Water Code of California directing the State Water Resources Control Board to “identify issues of [...]

September 13, 2022 Signed into law This legislation requires the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to collect data on consumers’ ability to afford utility bills, including water and sewer [...]

06/03/2022 Signed into law, partially goes into effect 1/1/2024, partially goes into effect 1/1/2025, and 1/1/2027 This bill restricts the sale of PFAS in a long list of consumer products, as [...]

9/23/2021, law passed This Act amends California’s Health and Safety Code to require the State Water Resources Control Board, before ordering consolidation or extension of service, to [...]

8/27/2021 signed by Governor, effective date 1/1/2022 The Act creates a low-income water assistance policy and program as well as the Lead Service Line Replacement Fund in the State Treasury to [...]

8/6/2021 Established a low-income water and sewer assistance payment program housed in the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, prioritizing low-income households with the highest [...]

7/22/2021 Passed with unanimous bipartisan support, the Clean Water for Delaware Act recommends increased funding for low-income and underserved communities and prioritizes green infrastructure [...]

07/15/2021 This Act is the first in the nation to comprehensively ban products containing PFAS. Beginning January 1, 2023, this Act established requirements for manufacturers who “intentionally” [...]

Signed on 07/13/2021 Prohibits the use of class B firefighting foam that contains an intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance. By October 1, 2021, the Commissioner of [...]

06/21/2021 Requires all community water systems and nontransient, noncommunity water systems to conduct monitoring for the level of all regulated PFAS contaminants and for additional PFAS that [...]