Upcoming Regulations for Drinking Water

Proposed Regulations

• Disinfectant Residuals, Disinfection Byproducts, and Disinfection Byproduct Precursors (DPH-09-004):  The proposed regulations, the initial statement of reasons, accompanying documents, and CDPH contact information are available here.  The 45-day public comment period ended on January 16, 2012.  

Draft Regulations

In addition to drinking water-related regulations that are proposed or have completed the formal regulatory process, CDPH's Drinking Water Program has upcoming regulations.  The following draft regulations have been or eventually will be submitted to the Office of Regulations and Hearings for review (an early stage of the regulation adoption process).  For more information, please contact Mike McKibben.

• Groundwater Replenishment with Recycled Water:  Pursuant to Water Code Section 13562, CDPH is developing regulations for using recycled water to replenish groundwater basins. Follow this link for the November 21, 2011 draft regulations and other related materials. For more information, please contact Randy Barnard.

• Proposed Long-Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT1ESWTR) and LT2ESWTR (DPH-09-14) (PDF) (February 8, 2012 draft) - Except for the first eight pages, which relate to specific funding-related revisions, this version is the same as the September 27, 2011 draft.
• Cross Connection Control (PDF) (December 8, 2005 draft).  This draft is in the process of being revised.  A new version will be available at a later date.

Other Regulations

A maximum contaminant level (MCL) for chromium-6 will be proposed in the future; click here for more information.