Authorizes the commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation, to examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the safety and condition of New York's water supplies and infrastucture.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4466
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 15, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT in relation to authorizing a study of the safety and condition of
New York's water supplies and infrastructure
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioner of health, in conjunction with the commis-
2 sioner of the department of environmental conservation, shall examine,
3 evaluate and make recommendations concerning the safety and condition of
4 New York's water supplies and infrastructure. Such study shall include,
5 but be not limited to, the following:
6 (a) the identification of technologies and partners to assist the
7 state in providing long term, sustainable, and cost effective, automated
8 monitoring of public water supply and private water cooling infrastruc-
9 ture for pathogens and selected contaminants on a statewide basis;
10 (b) identification of new or existing revenue sources to invest in
11 statewide water handling infrastructure;
12 (c) identification of sustainable and affordable funding models to
13 assist small public water systems in conducting water testing;
14 (d) recommendations for measures designed to spur private investment
15 in water infrastructure;
16 (e) recommendations for a statewide system to assist with the regular
17 assessment of the integrity and safety of municipal systems;
18 (f) recommendations for measures to spur municipal reinvestment in
19 water infrastructure and safety measures on an ongoing and sustainable
20 basis;
21 (g) any other such areas of study regarding water safety as the
22 commissioners deem appropriate for study;
23 (h) measures municipalities may take to consolidate and share services
24 in relation to water infrastructure;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) development of a strategic statewide water safety plan which
2 prioritizes infrastructure needs, maintenance, and expansion of existing
3 systems.
4 § 2. Within 12 months of the effective date of this act, the commis-
5 sioners of health and environmental conservation shall submit a report
6 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
7 the assembly, the chair of the senate standing committee on health, the
8 chair of the assembly standing committee on health, the chair of the
9 senate standing committee on environmental conservation, and the chair
10 of the assembly standing committee on environmental conservation, of the
11 commissioner's findings, conclusions, and recommendations for implemen-
12 tation of their findings.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.