Tex. Health & Safety Code § 341.0316 · Subchapter C. SANITARY STANDARDS OF DRINKING WATER; PROTECTION OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES AND BODIES OF WATER
DESALINATION OF MARINE SEAWATER FOR DRINKING WATER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 2031), Sec. 12, eff. June 17, 2015.
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