Drinking Water Safety Proposal Passed

Liz Gullett

Sep 23, 2022

The Senate passed two bills this week providing safeguards to ensure safe drinking water in schools and child care centers. The bipartisan package directs schools and child care centers to develop a drinking water safety plan, install filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets, shut off or render permanently inoperable any water outlet that is not a filtered station or faucet, and post signage near each water outlet indicating whether it is intended for human consumption. The proposal also creates the School and Child Care Center Clean Drinking Water Fund within the Department of Treasury to assist with one-time acquisition and installation of filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets and costs associated with maintenance and water sampling and testing. The department may also award grants and conduct bulk purchases of required equipment to achieve cost savings. The two bills were referred to the House Regulatory Reform Committee for consideration.

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