Relates to water saving performance standards; aligns water saving performance standards with the WaterSense Program guidelines developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4591--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 21, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, ALCANTARA, AVELLA, BAILEY, FUNKE, HOYLMAN,
KAMINSKY, MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
-- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to
the Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate
Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 8 of section 15-0314 of the environ-
2 mental conservation law, as amended by chapter 161 of the laws of 2002,
3 are amended to read as follows:
4 2. The water saving performance standards for sink and lavatory
5 faucets, shower heads, drinking water fountains, urinals and water clos-
6 ets, including tank-type toilets, flushometer-tank toilets, flushome-
7 ter-valve toilets, electromechanical hydraulic toilets, dual-flush
8 toilets and all other types of toilets that use water shall be as
9 follows:
10 (a) for lavatory faucets, at a constant water pressure of [eighty]
11 sixty pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 1.5
12 gallons of water per minute (or .25 gallons per cycle for lavatory
13 faucets designed as metering faucets) and provided that those faucet
14 models installed in public buildings must be of a self-closing variety
15 and must be designed to limit the discharged flow rate of water to a
16 maximum of .5 gallons per minute at a constant water pressure of sixty
17 pounds per square inch or must be of the metering type which limit the
18 discharge of water to a maximum of .25 gallons per cycle; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) for sink faucets, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] sixty
2 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.2 gallons
3 of water per minute; and
4 (c) for shower heads, at a constant water pressure of [eighty] sixty
5 pounds per square inch, maximum flow shall not exceed [2.5] 2.0 gallons
6 of water per minute; and
7 (d) for urinals and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall
8 not exceed an average of [one gallon] 0.5 gallons of water per flush
9 (except for urinals designated and marketed exclusively for use in pris-
10 ons or mental health care facilities); and
11 (e) except for water closets and toilets designed and marketed exclu-
12 sively for use in prisons or mental health care facilities, (1) for
13 water closets and associated flush-valve, if any, maximum flow shall not
14 exceed an average of [one and six-tenths] 1.28 gallons of water per
15 flush; (2) for dual-flush tank-type water closets, the average of two
16 reduced flushes and one full flush shall not exceed an average of 1.28
17 gallons of water per flush; and (3) for dual-flush flushometer-valve
18 water closets, maximum flow shall not exceed an average of 1.28 gallons
19 of water per flush; and
20 (f) drinking water fountains must be of a self-closing variety.
21 3. Each shower head, sink or lavatory faucet, both box and product,
22 shall be marked and labeled, and each water closet or urinal, or each
23 component if the water closet or urinal is comprised of two or more
24 components, both box and product, shall be marked and labeled in accord-
25 ance with the latest revision of the standards designated American
26 National Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
27 (ANSI), and, as applicable, the following United States environmental
28 protection agency watersense program specification: tank-type toilets
29 (June 2, 2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals
30 (October 8, 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
31 8. The commissioner, to the extent practicable and appropriate, shall
32 utilize the latest revision of the standards designated American
33 National Standards, written under American National Standards Institute
34 (ANSI) procedures in determining requirements under this section, and,
35 as applicable, the following United States environmental protection
36 agency watersense program specification: tank-type toilets (June 2,
37 2014), lavatory faucets (October 1, 2007), flushing urinals (October 8,
38 2009), and flushometer-valve toilets (December 17, 2015).
39 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
