72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 3306
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3047
                   Ordered by the House May 9
             Including House Amendments dated May 9
 
Sponsored by Representative DINGFELDER, Senator RINGO
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
    { - Establishes state policy on - }   { + Directs Department
of Environmental Quality to foster and encourage + } wastewater
reuse { +  in urban areas + }.   { - Directs Department of
Environmental Quality to report to Seventy-third Legislative
Assembly - }   { + Directs department to report to interim
committee + } on wastewater reuse potential. Allows department to
seek federal funding for demonstration projects.
  Sunsets January 2,   { - 2006 - }  { +  2005 + }.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to wastewater reuse.
  Whereas the demand in the Willamette River Basin for potable
and nonpotable water will increase as population increases; and
  Whereas wastewater reuse is an important component of water
conservation efforts because the practice of using treated
wastewater for uses other than drinking helps ensure adequate
supplies of clean drinking water; and
  Whereas wastewater reuse can benefit fish and other aquatic
organisms by reducing the demand for water withdrawals for
out-of-stream uses, thereby augmenting in-stream flows; and
  Whereas wastewater reuse can be an economically and
environmentally beneficial alternative to other means of
wastewater treatment and disposal; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Department of Environmental Quality
shall foster and encourage wastewater reuse in urban areas as a
means of conserving potable water.
  (2) The Department of Environmental Quality shall work in
consultation with interested parties and state agencies to
examine the opportunities and barriers associated with wastewater
reuse in urban areas and shall submit a report to an interim
committee related to natural resources as appropriate, in the
manner provided by ORS 192.245, no later than December 31, 2004.
The report shall include:
  (a) An inventory of regulatory mechanisms that govern
wastewater issues at local, state and federal levels;
 
 
  (b) A list of issues, including regulatory barriers, scientific
concerns, issues of public perception and economic issues, that
could restrict wastewater reuse;
  (c) Readily available information on the current number, types
and locations of wastewater reuse activities in urban areas;
  (d) A list of existing and potential incentives for wastewater
reuse; and
  (e) Recommendations for legislative or other regulatory changes
that may be needed to implement wastewater reuse.
  (3) The Department of Environmental Quality may seek federal
funding to be used for one or more wastewater reuse demonstration
projects within urban areas in the Willamette River Basin that
seek to illustrate the economic, environmental and other values
of wastewater reuse.
  (4) As used in this section, 'wastewater reuse' means the
recycling of treated wastewater derived from domestic sources,
including municipal and individual systems, and industrial
sources. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + Section 1 of this 2003 Act is repealed on
January 2, 2005. + }
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