To clarify and provide new definitions related to reclaimed water and gray water. This bill gives the rule making authority to either the department of health or ecology for determining acceptable uses and collections of reclaimed water. The bill also provides additional clarification for the oversight, violations and penalties for the execution of this act. (See also Companion SB 5504).   Official Text and Analysis.

To require that the use of reclaimed water occur only if the use does not cause detriment or injury to existing water rights and that any person proposing to generate any type of reclaimed water obtain a permit from the lead agency prior to the distribution or use of that water. The permittee may then distribute and use the water, subject to the provisions in the permit. The substitute also requires that the permit requirements for the distribution and use of greywater be established in rules adopted by the DOH.