SB 1090 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Drinking water; maximum contaminant levels, water treatment or filtration systems.

Summary

Drinking water; maximum contaminant levels; water treatment or filtration systems; Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Program Fund established. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations to utilize point-of-use or point-of-entry drinking water treatment or filtration systems to remove or significantly reduce concentrations of contaminants of concern that meet or exceed any maximum contaminant level or health advisory for the same contaminant adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bill also establishes the Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Program Fund to allow the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water to test and treat contaminated drinking water through grants for the use of eligible treatment or filtration systems in private residential wells.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Last action Feb 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Education and Health Substitute · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill was amended from its original introduction to a substitute version by the Senate Committee on Education and Health. The primary substantive change involves reorganizing the bill structure and clarifying definitions, particularly around the 'Fund' and 'Program' subsections which were swapped in numbering. The core policy intent remains the same: establishing a grant program to help low-income homeowners with contaminated private wells afford water treatment systems for PFOA/PFOS and other contaminants.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on private residential wells in Virginia, but the administrative structure was modified. The original version included amendments to existing water supervision statutes (§ 32.1-169), while the substitute version focuses solely on establishing the new well water program (§ 32.1-248.5).

STRUCTURE

The bill was reorganized from an amendment to existing water supervision law into a standalone section focused only on the new well water program.

DEFINITION

The definitions for 'Fund' and 'Program' were swapped in subsection numbering (Fund moved from C to D, Program moved from B to C).

Clarified that 'low income' is defined by reference to § 2.2-234 and added 'or' language for the economic need definition.

Expanded the full names of certification organizations (NSF International, ANSI) in the definitions section.

REQUIREMENT

Added explicit mention of 'maintenance' costs for eligible treatment systems in the grant program scope.

TECHNICAL

Formatting and layout were significantly changed to match standard legislative substitute amendment format.

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Committee

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Health

upper

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors