Senate Bill S6960

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to water saving performance standards

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S6960 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8966
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-0314, En Con L (as proposed in S.354-A & A.2286)

2019-S6960 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to water saving performance standards and establishes certain threshold amounts.

2019-S6960 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6960 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6960
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to water
   saving performance standards
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, as amended by a chapter of the  laws  of  2019,
 amending  the  environmental  conservation  law relating to water saving
 performance standards, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 354-A
 and A. 2286, is amended to read as follows:
   2. The water  saving  performance  standards  for  sink  and  lavatory
 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
 ets,  including  tank-type  toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushome-
 ter-valve  toilets,  electromechanical  hydraulic  toilets,   dual-flush
 toilets  and  all  other  types  of  toilets  that use water shall be as
 follows:
   (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds
 per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed 1.5 gallons of water  per
 minute (or .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory faucets designed as meter-
 ing  faucets)  and provided that those faucet models installed in public
 buildings must be of a self-closing variety  and  must  be  designed  to
 limit  the  discharged flow rate of water to a maximum of .5 gallons per
 minute at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per square  inch  or
 must  be  of  the  metering type which limit the discharge of water to a
 maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
   (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of sixty pounds per
 square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed  2.2  gallons  of  water  per
 minute; and
   (c)  for  shower heads, at a constant water pressure of [sixty] EIGHTY
 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not  exceed  2.0  gallons  of
 water per minute; and
   (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
 not  exceed  an  average  of  0.5 gallons of water per flush (except for
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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