Recycled water: animals.

Existing law requires the State Water Resources Control Board to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each varying type of use of recycled water where the use involves the protection of public health. This bill would require, by December 31, 2016, the state board, in consultation with impacted state agencies, to determine whether the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for the purpose of providing water to animals, as defined, would not pose a significant risk to public and animal health. This bill would require the state board to establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for the use of recycled water for the purpose of providing water to animals if the state board determines that the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for this purpose would pose a significant risk to public or animal health. The bill would authorize the state board to approve the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water for this purpose if the state board determines that its use would not pose a significant risk to public or animal health but would prohibit the use of disinfected tertiary treated recycled water in the water supply for dairy animals that are currently producing dairy products for human consumption.