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HOUSE BILL NO. 192 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled December 27, 2017 A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-248.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to use of rainwater and gray water; regulations. ---------- Patron-- Yancey ---------- Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 32.1-248.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 32.1-248.2. Use of rainwater and reuse of gray water; regulations.

A. The Department shall develop by January 1, 1999, guidelines adopt regulations regarding the use of gray water and rainwater. The guidelines regulations shall (i) describe the conditions under which gray water and rainwater may appropriately be used and for what purposes. The guidelines shall; (ii) include categories of used gray water, such as types of used household water and used water from businesses, which that are appropriate for reuse. The guidelines shall; and (iii) include a definition of gray water that does not include excludes used toilet water. The regulations shall also provide standards for the use of rainwater harvesting systems, including systems that (a) collect rainwater for use by commercial enterprises but do not provide water for human consumption and (b) collect and purify rainwater by using ultraviolet purification, a chlorine treatment, or another process, to supply potable water for residential use.

B. The Department, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall promote the use of rainwater and reuse of gray water as means to reduce fresh water consumption, ease demands on public treatment works and water supply systems, and promote conservation.

C. The Department, in conjunction with the Department of Environmental Quality, shall consider recognizing rainwater as an independent source of fresh water available for use by the residents of the Commonwealth.