Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.

A2016

ASSEMBLY, No. 2016

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Rodriguez, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson,
Katz, Collazos-Gill, Carter, Park, Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Speight,
Assemblyman Guardian, Assemblywomen Quijano and Bagolie

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires water supplier to notify affected
municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and
institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality
standards.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning notification of violations of drinking water
quality standards, and supplementing P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.).

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� The owner or operator of
a public water system shall immediately notify, by telephone and electronic
mail, the governing body of a municipality and the chief administrator of every
school district, charter school, nonpublic school, and institution of higher
education located within the municipality whenever the public water system incurs
a violation requiring a Tier 2 Public Notice required pursuant to the United
States Environmental Protection Agency's National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations at Part 141, subpart Q of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.�
The notification shall provide the name of any contaminant that exceeds a
drinking water quality standard, the maximum contaminant level or the action
level, as appropriate, for the contaminant, the level of the contaminant found
on each date, the dates when the tests were performed, the location of each
sample tested, and the location of each sample tested that exceeds a maximum
contaminant level or action level.� The owner or operator of the public water
system shall also provide information on suggested remedies that a customer may
take to address the violation.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the
owner or operator of a public water system to immediately notify, by telephone
and electronic mail, the governing body of a municipality and the chief
administrator of every school district, charter school, nonpublic school, and
institution of higher education located within the municipality whenever the
public water system incurs a violation requiring a Tier 2 Public Notice
required pursuant to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's
National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.� The notification would provide
the name of any contaminant that exceeds a drinking water quality standard, the
maximum contaminant level or the action level, as appropriate, for the
contaminant, the level of the contaminant found on each date, the dates when
the tests were performed, the location of each sample tested and the location
of each sample tested that exceeds a maximum contaminant level or action
level.� The bill also requires the owner or operator of the public water system
to provide information on suggested remedies that a customer may take to
address the violation.