SB 834 — AN ACT CONCERNING WATER QUALITY NOTIFICATION.

Senate General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

834449 January Session, 2021 LCOSubstitute Senate Bill No.

2797834 ReferredSenate, toApril 14, 2021 The Committee on PUBLICPublic HEALTHHealth Introducedreported by:through SEN.

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AN ACT CONCERNING WATER QUALITY NOTIFICATION.

(3) "Public well" means a water supply well that supplies a public watersSB834 system;/ File No.

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2797449 1 of 6 Raised Bill No.834 (4) "Semipublic well" means a water supplysystem; well that (A) does not meet the definition of a private well or public well, and (B) provides water for drinking and other domestic purposes;

(4) "Semipublic well" means a water supply well that (A) does not meet the definition of a private well or public well, and (B) provides water for drinking and other domestic purposes;

(d) Prior to the sale, exchange, purchase, transfer or rental of real property on which a residential well is located, the owner shall provide thesSB834 buyer/ orFile tenant notice that educational material concerning private LCO No.

2797449 2 ofsSB834 6File RaisedNo. Bill No.834 well testing is available on the Department of Public Health web site.

449 the buyer or tenant notice that educational material concerning private well testing is available on the Department of Public Health web site.

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2797449 3 ofsSB834 6File RaisedNo. Bill No.834 or semipublic well to be tested for arsenic, radium, uranium, radon or gross alpha emitters, when there are reasonable grounds to suspect that such contaminants are present in the groundwater.

449 (g) The local director of health may require a private residential well or semipublic well to be tested for arsenic, radium, uranium, radon or gross alpha emitters, when there are reasonable grounds to suspect that such contaminants are present in the groundwater.

For purposes of this subsection,sSB834 "reasonable/ grounds"File means (1) the presence of nitrate- LCO No.

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834449 subsection, "reasonable grounds" means (1) the presence of nitrate- nitrogen in the groundwater at a concentration greater than ten milligrams per liter, or (2) that the private residential well or semipublic well is located on land, or in proximity to land, associated with the past or present production, storage, use or disposal of organic chemicals as identified in any public record.

(k) The owner of any residential property for which water is supplied by a public well or wellcommercial forproperty semipublic use shall notify each tenant of any leased or rented dwelling unit located on such property and the lessee of such property whenever any testing of the publicwater wellsupply or well for semipublicsuch useproperty indicates that the water exceeds a maximum contaminant level applicable to public water supply systems for any contaminant listed in the Public Health Code or for any contaminant listed on the state drinking water action level list established pursuant to section 22a-471.

Not later than twenty-four hours after receiving notification of theresultsthe results of such testing, the owner shall forward a copy of such notification to each such tenant and lessee.

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2797OFA 6Fiscal ofNote 6State Impact:

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None Explanation The bill requires commercial and residential property owners to notify each tenant and the lessee of any rented property whenever the property’s water supply is tested and exceeds any maximum contaminantlevelinthePublicHealthCodeortheDepartmentofPublic Health’s state drinking water action level list.

The bill also requires the local health director to verify that the property owner has notified tenants of the test results.

Municipalities have the staff expertise to handle this requirement;

thus there is no fiscal impact.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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449 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 834 AN ACT CONCERNING WATER QUALITY NOTIFICATION.

SUMMARY This bill requires commercial and residential property owners to notify each tenant and the lessee of any rented property whenever the property’s water supply is tested and exceeds any maximum contaminantlevelinthePublicHealthCodeortheDepartmentofPublic Health’s (DPH) state drinking water action level list.

Under the bill, the property owner must forward a copy of the test result notification to each tenant and lessee within 24 hours after receiving it.

It also requires the local health director to take all reasonable steps to verify that the property owner does so.