HB 1814, §2 (2011) and HB 252, HB 1973, and SB 1086, §1 and §2 (2013): Water Shortage Reporting and Fire Flow
This rulemaking implements HB 1814 from the 82nd Regular Session, 2011, as well as HB 252, HB 1973, and SB 1086 from the 83rd Regular Session, 2013.
The rules require retail public utilities and the systems that provides the utility's wholesale water service to provide the commission a report on the status of their water supply once the supply is less than 180 days. The adopted rulemaking would also develop standards for municipalities to require a utility to maintain a sufficient water flow and pressure to fire hydrants in a residential area or an industrial district located in the municipality or the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction for purposes of emergency fire suppression.
Rules will go into effect September 11, 2014.
