COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2117
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Title 44, chapter 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding article 26, to read:
ARTICLE 26. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR WATER SOFTENERS
44-1382. Residential water softeners; sale; installation; salinity
A. Beginning from and after January 31, 2016, for residential water softeners:
1. All regenerated ion exchange water softeners installed in this state shall be installed to operate at maximum levels of efficiency for their design.
2. The sale or installation of time-clock regenerated ion exchange water softeners is prohibited.
3. A person may not install an ion exchange water softener in this state that is connected to a water supply that has total dissolved solids of seven hundred fifty milligrams per liter or less unless the water softener meets the following salinity performance standards:
(a) The water softener removes at least four thousand grains of hardness per pound of salt used.
(b) The water softener uses a maximum of five gallons of water per one thousand grains of hardness removed.
B. This section does not prohibit a city, town or county from adopting and enforcing salinity and water efficiency standards for residential ion exchange water softeners that are more restrictive than those prescribed in this section."
Amend title to conform