House File 335 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to lead and copper testing in water supply
2systems serving child care facilities and schools, and
3making penalties applicable.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.105E  Lead and copper testing in
2child care facilities and schools.
   31.  For purposes of this section, “water supply system” means
4the infrastructure used to transmit water from a water utility,
5well source, or other source of water, whether publicly or
6privately owned, to an end user.
   72.  a.  Consistent with the requirements of 40 C.F.R. pt.
8141, subpt.I, the owner or operator of a water supply system
9shall collect samples at least annually at no fewer than twenty
10percent of the child care facilities, as defined in section
11237A.1, and no fewer than twenty percent of the school district
12attendance centers, as defined in section 279.71, that the
13water supply system serves and such samples shall be tested
14for the presence of lead and copper. The owner or operator of
15a water supply system shall ensure that samples are collected
16from every child care facility and every school district
17attendance center that the water supply system serves during
18each five-year period.
   19b.  The water supply system shall report respective results
20of test samples to the child care facility or school district
21attendance center that was tested. Upon reporting results,
22the water supply system shall provide information on actions
23that the child care facility or school district attendance
24center can take to reduce the presence of lead and copper in
25the drinking water. The water supply system shall also provide
26information on methods to communicate results to users of the
27child care facility or school district attendance center and
28to parents or guardians of children who attend the child care
29facility or school district attendance center.
   30c.  (1)  On or before August 1, 2022, and annually
31thereafter, each water supply system shall submit a report
32to the department of public health and the department of
33natural resources. The report shall include the results of all
34tests conducted on child care facilities and school district
35attendance centers by the water supply system between July 1 of
-1-1the prior year and June 30 of the reporting year.
   2(2)  On or before August 1, 2022, and annually thereafter,
3each water supply system shall submit a report to the local
4board that has jurisdiction over a child care facility or
5school district attendance center that the water supply system
6had tested during the reporting period. The report shall
7include the results of all tests conducted by the water supply
8system at child care facilities and school district attendance
9centers in the local board’s jurisdiction between July 1 of the
10prior year and June 30 of the reporting year.
   11d.  (1)  A water supply system shall compile a list of all
12child care facilities and school district attendance centers
13in the water supply system’s service area. The water supply
14system shall make the list available on the system’s internet
15site.
   16(2)  The water supply system shall annually contact each
17child care facility and school district attendance center in
18the water supply system’s service area to provide information
19about the health risks of lead and copper in drinking water,
20schedule sample collection if required under paragraph “a”,
21and provide the most recent guidance from the United States
22environmental protection agency on lead and copper reduction
23strategies. This subparagraph is repealed July 1, 2026.
24EXPLANATION
25The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
26the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   27This bill relates to testing for lead and copper in water
28supply systems serving child care facilities and schools.
   29Federal regulations currently require water supply systems
30to compile a pool of targeted sampling sites in the water
31supply system’s distribution system that “is sufficiently
32large to ensure that the water system can collect the number
33of lead and copper tap samples” as required depending on the
34size of the water supply system. Federal regulations provide
35procedures for additional monitoring and mitigation measures.
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   1The bill requires each water supply system, as defined in the
2bill, to collect samples annually from no fewer than 20 percent
3of the child care facilities and no fewer than 20 percent of
4the school district attendance centers that the water supply
5system serves. Such samples shall be tested for the presence
6of lead and copper. The bill requires the owner or operator
7of a water supply system to ensure that samples are collected
8from every child care facility and every school district
9attendance center that the water supply system serves during
10each five-year period.
   11The bill requires a water supply system to provide the
12respective results to the child care facility or school
13district attendance center that was tested and include
14information on actions to reduce the presence of lead and
15copper in the drinking water and methods to communicate results
16to users. The bill requires each water supply system to submit
17an annual report to the department of public health, the
18department of natural resources, and the local boards of health
19having jurisdiction over a location that was tested during the
20reporting period. The report shall include test results from
21July 1 of the preceding year through June 30 of the reporting
22year.
   23The bill requires each water supply system to compile a list
24of all child care facilities and school district attendance
25centers in the water supply system’s service area and make the
26list available on the system’s internet site. Until July 1,
272026, the water supply system shall annually contact each child
28care facility and school district attendance center in the
29water supply system’s service area to provide information about
30the health risks of lead and copper in drinking water, schedule
31sample collection when required by the bill, and provide the
32most recent guidance from the U.S.environmental protection
33agency on lead and copper reduction strategies.
   34By operation of law, a person who knowingly violates the
35provisions of the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A
-3-1simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more
2than 30 days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.
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