‘Drought-proof’ rules for using recycled water crux of local legislator’s bill

The use of recycled water could expand significantly in California under a new bill introduced this week by state Sen. Jerry McNerney.

McNerney, D-Pleasanton, said the proposed law would help “drought proof” the state by loosening the rules governing how businesses, homes and government agencies use treated wastewater for irrigation and other things, thereby saving precious drinking water for better uses.

“Instead of water wars pitting one region of the state against the other, North versus South, California must develop commonsense solutions that enable us to use the water we have more efficiently,” McNerney said in a news release Tuesday.

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