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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.0316: DESALINATION OF MARINE SEAWATER FOR DRINKING WATER.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
- SUBTITLE A. SANITATION
- CHAPTER 341. MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES
- SUBCHAPTER C. SANITARY STANDARDS OF DRINKING WATER; PROTECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AND BODIES OF WATER
(a) This section applies only to a desalination facility that is intended to treat marine seawater for the purpose of producing water for the public drinking water supply. This section does not apply to a desalination facility used to produce nonpotable water.
(b) The commission shall adopt rules to:
(1) allow water treated by a desalination facility to be used as public drinking water; and
(2) ensure that water treated by a desalination facility meets the requirements of Section 341.031 and rules adopted under that section.
(c) A person may not begin construction of a desalination facility that treats marine seawater for the purpose of removing primary or secondary drinking water contaminants unless the commission approves the construction of the facility.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 2031), Sec. 12, eff. June 17, 2015.
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