SF 2377 (LSB 6721XS (5) 91)

SENATE FILE 2377

BY  PETERSEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to public accessibility to water sample data.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 455B.174, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  In accordance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act as defined in section 455B.291, post on the department’s internet site drinking water data accessible to the public in a searchable, user-friendly database that allows a person to search water sample data in this state at least by specific contaminant type, location, and public water supply system, and that allows for the filtering of water sample data by the date in which the water sampling occurred. The water sample data shall include the level of each tested possible contaminant, including nitrates, for all water sampling done by a public water supply system. The department’s internet site shall be in compliance with this subsection no later than six months after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to public accessibility to water sample data. The bill directs the director of the department of natural resources (department) to post water sample data on the department’s internet site. The database must allow users to search data by specific contaminant type, location, and public water supply system, and to filter results by the date the water sampling occurred. The bill requires the posted data to include the level of each tested possible contaminant, including nitrates, for all water sampling conducted by a public water supply system. The department’s internet site must be in compliance with the bill no later than six months after enactment.