A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for and promote the use of reclaimed water, as recommended by the environmental review commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 143‑213 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(31)	"Reclaimed water" means the water that remains after waste has been removed from wastewater consistent with the terms and conditions of a permit issued to the treatment works pursuant to G.S. 143‑215.1."
SECTION 1.(b)  Part 1 of Article 21 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 143‑214.15.  Reclaimed water.
(a)	The Commission shall establish a program to facilitate the use of reclaimed water. The Commission may adopt rules to govern the distribution and use of reclaimed water. The rules shall be designed to prevent the distribution and use of reclaimed water as potable water.
(b)	A reclaimed water distribution system is exempt from the provisions of G.S. 143‑215.1.
(c)	Reclaimed water may be discharged into a stormwater management system subject to the requirements of the federal Clean Water Act, G.S. 143‑214.7, and regulations and rules adopted to implement those laws."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.