CA AB1180

State Water Resources Control Board must adopt standards for backflow protection and cross-connection control by January 1, 2020, through a policy handbook that is not subject to Administrative Procedure Act requirements.

Policy handbook must include provisions allowing swivel or changeover devices to supply potable water to dual-plumbed systems during recycled water service interruptions, consistent with notification and backflow protection requirements.

Upon adoption of the policy handbook, existing backflow protection and cross-connection control regulations in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations (Articles 1 and 2, Group 4) become inoperative and are repealed 90 days later, unless the state board determines to retain specific regulations.

State Water Resources Control Board must update uniform statewide criteria for nonpotable recycled water uses by January 1, 2023, incorporating backflow protection provisions and swivel or changeover device provisions from the policy handbook into Chapter 3 of Division 4 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.

Update deadline for nonpotable recycled water criteria is mandatory only if the Legislature appropriates sufficient funds to cover the state board's costs.