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Bill would bar use of default household counts to reclassify small water systems
Summary
Substitute House Bill 16 15 would prohibit using a default occupancy number (2.5 persons per dwelling) to calculate average persons served when that default would bump a Group B public water system into Group A, a change sponsors say would avoid costly reclassification for small communities.
The Senate Agriculture Committee heard Substitute House Bill 16 15, which would prevent Department of Health planners and purveyors from using a default population number to reclassify a small public water system from Group B to Group A when that default causes the reclassification.
Elena Becker, committee staff, briefed members on the statutory difference between Group A and Group B water systems: Group A systems meet any of three criteria — 15 or more service connections, an average of at least…
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