§ 3120. Water conservation
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 27 Pa.C.S.A. Environmental ResourcesEffective: March 17, 2003
Effective: March 17, 2003
27 Pa.C.S.A. § 3120
§ 3120. Water conservation
(a) Technical assistance center.--The department shall establish and maintain a water resources technical assistance center to promote voluntary water conservation and to provide technical assistance on water resources uses issues, including methods for efficient water use, including reduction of unaccounted-for water loss and the replenishment and conservation of water resources. The center shall:
(b) Grant approval.--When approving funding pursuant to the act of March 1, 1988 (P.L. 82, No. 16),1 known as the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority Act, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority shall give special consideration to funding projects that:
(1) address unaccounted-for water loss or that implement water conservation practices by a public water supply agency whose unaccounted-for water loss rate exceeds 20%, provided that, as a condition for such assistance, the applicant shall agree to attempt to recover the true cost of service from ratepayers and adopt and implement a water system management program that conforms to minimum standards established by the department, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or any Compact Basin Commission for water metering, meter testing and replacement, leak detection, unaccounted-for water tracking and reporting and conservation education; or
Credits
2002, Dec. 16, P.L. 1776, No. 220, § 2, effective in 90 days.
Footnotes
35 P.S. § 751.1 et seq.
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Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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