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S10505 • 2025

Relates to requiring the use of a water demand calculator in new construction and substantial renovations and establishing an advisory board to monitor such usage

Relates to requiring the use of a water demand calculator in new construction and substantial renovations and establishing an advisory board to monitor such usage

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Sponsor
Brian Kavanagh
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Relates to requiring the use of a water demand calculator in new construction and substantial renovations and establishing an advisory board to monitor such usage

Relates to requiring the use of a water demand calculator in new construction and substantial renovations and establishing an advisory board to monitor such usage Provides that the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code shall address standards requiring the use of a water demand calculator to determine pipe and fixture sizing for use in new construction and substantial renovations of single-family and multi-unit residential buildings; directs the chairperson of the state fire prevention and building code council to appoint an advisory board to monitor the use of water demand calculators in new construction and substantial renovations and to monitor and keep records of cost savings resulting from the use of such water demand calculators.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to requiring the use of a water demand calculator in new construction and substantial renovations and establishing an advisory board to monitor such usage Provides that the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code shall address standards requiring the use of a water demand calculator to determine pipe and fixture sizing for use in new construction and substantial renovations of single-family and multi-unit residential buildings; directs the chairperson of the state fire prevention and building code council to appoint an advisory board to monitor the use of water demand calculators in new construction and substantial renovations and to monitor and keep records of cost savings resulting from the use of such water demand calculators.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Senate

    REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Official Summary Text

Relates to requiring the use of a water demand calculator in new construction and substantial renovations and establishing an advisory board to monitor such usage
Provides that the New York state uniform fire prevention and building code shall address standards requiring the use of a water demand calculator to determine pipe and fixture sizing for use in new construction and substantial renovations of single-family and multi-unit residential buildings; directs the chairperson of the state fire prevention and building code council to appoint an advisory board to monitor the use of water demand calculators in new construction and substantial renovations and to monitor and keep records of cost savings resulting from the use of such water demand calculators.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10505

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2026
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Housing, Construction  and
          Community Development

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the use of a
          water  demand  calculator  in  new  construction and substantial reno-
          vations and establishing an advisory board to monitor such usage

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Section 378 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 21 to read as follows:
     3    21.  A.  STANDARDS  FOR  THE  USE  OF A WATER DEMAND CALCULATOR IN NEW
     4  CONSTRUCTION AND SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS REQUIRING THAT:
     5    (I) ALL PLUMBING SYSTEM DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTS, AND BUILDERS SHALL  USE
     6  A  WATER  DEMAND CALCULATOR TO DETERMINE PIPE AND FIXTURE SIZING FOR USE
     7  IN ALL COVERED BUILDINGS;
     8    (II) CALCULATIONS FOR PIPE AND FIXTURE SIZING BASED ON A WATER  DEMAND
     9  CALCULATOR  SHALL BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF ANY CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLI-
    10  CATION FOR A COVERED BUILDING;
    11    (III) BUILDING PERMIT APPROVAL FOR COVERED BUILDINGS SHALL BE  CONTIN-
    12  GENT UPON VERIFIED USE OF A WATER DEMAND CALCULATOR; AND
    13    (IV)  FAILURE  TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL
    14  RESULT IN DESIGN REJECTION OR DELAYED PERMITS FOR COVERED BUILDINGS.
    15    B. THE COUNCIL SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO CERTIFY WATER DEMAND CALCULATORS
    16  DEEMED TECHNICALLY SOUND FOR USE IN COVERED BUILDINGS.
    17    C. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
    18  FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    19    (I)  "WATER  DEMAND  CALCULATOR"  SHALL MEAN AN ALGORITHM, SUCH AS THE
    20  UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE APPENDIX  M  WATER  DEMAND  CALCULATOR,  CERTIFIED
    21  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH B OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO BE USED TO ESTIMATE THE
    22  WATER DEMAND OF A BUILDING.
    23    (II) "COVERED BUILDING" SHALL MEAN ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION OR SUBSTANTIAL
    24  RENOVATION OF A SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
    25    (III) "SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION" SHALL MEAN A PROJECT THAT INVOLVES  THE
    26  FULL  REPLACEMENT  OF A PLUMBING SYSTEM, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO EXISTING

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13879-01-5
        S. 10505                            2

     1  PLUMBING SYSTEMS, AND RENOVATIONS OR CONVERSIONS THAT REQUIRE NEW PLUMB-
     2  ING LAYOUT PERMITS. "SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION" SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  STRUC-
     3  TURAL OR COSMETIC RENOVATIONS WHICH REQUIRE PERMITTING BUT ARE UNRELATED
     4  TO PLUMBING SYSTEMS.
     5    §  2.  Section  374  of  the  executive law is amended by adding a new
     6  subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     7    10. A. THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COUNCIL SHALL APPOINT AN ADVISORY  BOARD
     8  ON WATER DEMAND CALCULATOR USAGE IN COVERED BUILDINGS.
     9    B.  SUCH ADVISORY BOARD SHALL MONITOR THE USE OF WATER DEMAND CALCULA-
    10  TORS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS OF  COVERED  BUILD-
    11  INGS  PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION
    12  THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SHALL MONITOR AND  KEEP
    13  RECORDS  OF  COST  SAVINGS  RESULTING  FROM THE USE OF SUCH WATER DEMAND
    14  CALCULATORS IN COVERED BUILDINGS.
    15    C. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
    16  FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    17    (I)  "WATER  DEMAND  CALCULATOR"  SHALL MEAN AN ALGORITHM, SUCH AS THE
    18  UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE APPENDIX  M  WATER  DEMAND  CALCULATOR,  CERTIFIED
    19  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION THREE
    20  HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE TO BE USED TO ESTIMATE  THE  WATER
    21  DEMAND OF A BUILDING.
    22    (II) "COVERED BUILDING" SHALL MEAN ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION OR SUBSTANTIAL
    23  RENOVATION OF A SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
    24    (III)  "SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION" SHALL MEAN A PROJECT THAT INVOLVES THE
    25  FULL REPLACEMENT OF A PLUMBING SYSTEM, SIGNIFICANT CHANGES  TO  EXISTING
    26  PLUMBING SYSTEMS, AND RENOVATIONS OR CONVERSIONS THAT REQUIRE NEW PLUMB-
    27  ING  LAYOUT  PERMITS.  "SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATION" SHALL NOT INCLUDE STRUC-
    28  TURAL OR COSMETIC RENOVATIONS WHICH REQUIRE PERMITTING BUT ARE UNRELATED
    29  TO PLUMBING SYSTEMS.
    30    § 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    31  law.