KS HB2462

Secretary of Health and Environment must adopt rules and regulations by July 1, 2028, allowing direct and indirect potable reuse of treated wastewater for drinking water supplies

"Direct potable reuse" defined as using advanced treatment to produce finished drinking water from treated wastewater without passing through an environmental buffer

"Indirect potable reuse" defined as planned delivery of treated wastewater to an environmental buffer (ground or surface waters) to supplement drinking water supplies

Amends K.S.A. 65-162a and 65-171m to add new definitions and regulatory requirements for potable water reuse

State drinking water standards must remain at least as stringent as federal requirements under Public Law 93-523 (Safe Drinking Water Act)