SB 1234 (Aird) Water Testing and Treatment Program; Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program Fund; certification; permits.

Requires the Board of Health to promulgate regulations for use of drinking water treatment or filtration systems certified as compliant with National Sanitation Foundation and American National Standards Institute standards to remove or significantly reduce concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and other contaminants of concern. The bill requires any permit application for private well construction to include (i) an indication as to whether such permit is for new construction of a well, repair of an existing well, or modification of an existing well and (ii) if such permit is for new construction of a well that is intended to replace an existing well, an indication as to the reason such existing well will no longer be used. The bill establishes the Water Testing and Treatment Program and the Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program Fund to assist with the testing and treating of contaminated drinking water through grants for the use of eligible treatment and filtration systems in private residential wells. Such grants are contingent on applicants demonstrating (a) the severity of the drinking water contamination, (b) the lack of available public water alternatives, and (c) the economic need of the private residential well owner. https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1234

Referred to Education and Health; Subc Health

Reported from Education & Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Referred to House Health and Human Services

Passed House (54-Y 43-N)