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Legislative Alert to Oppose AB 2046 (Jones)
AB 2046 would require that water supply assessments made by local agencies exclude, from any contemplated groundwater supplies, any “source” of groundwater that has not been determined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) or a local health officer to have been treated to the treatment standard applicable to the proposed use. It is important that you contact your legislators NOW and urge a “No” vote on AB 2046 (Jones) when it is heard on the Assembly Floor on May 27. The Assembly members need to know that this bill has a number of serious fundamental flaws.
Dear [ Decision Maker ] , (Your agency's name here) is writing to convey our opposition to AB 2046 (Jones) related to water supply assessments and groundwater. This bill would require water supply assessments provided by local agencies exclude, from any contemplated groundwater supplies, any "source" of groundwater that has not been determined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) or a local health officer to have been treated to the treatment standard applicable to the proposed use. AB 2046 would limit local agencies' ability to identify groundwater as a drinking water source if it does not meet public health standards. Cities and counties would not be able to include contaminated drinking water in their water supply assessments, and urban water suppliers would not be able to include such water in their urban water management plans. The trigger that would allow inclusion of any groundwater in such water supply estimates would be either compliance with public health standards or adequate treatment to allow such compliance. Water districts would have to treat the whole groundwater source in order to comply with this requirement of the bill. This simply is not feasible. This bill would affect future planning in urban development areas that may need to rely on currently contaminated groundwater at some point in the future. By limiting the source of water to only what has been treated, many projects including in-fill development projects could effectively cease to move forward. It is the aforementioned reasons that (Your water district's name here) respectfully urges you to vote "No" when the bill is heard on the Assembly Floor.
Sincerely, |
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