[Second Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1400

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

Senator  LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Rodriguez, Assemblywoman Hall, Assemblyman Wimberly, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson, Katz, Collazos-Gill, Carter, Park, Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblyman Guardian, Assemblywomen McCann Stamato, Lampitt, Ramirez, Quijano, Bagolie, Senator Ruiz, Assemblymen Miller and Hutchison

SYNOPSIS

     Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended on January 12, 2026 by the General Assembly pursuant to the Governor's recommendations.

An Act concerning notification of violations of drinking water quality standards, and supplementing P.L.1977, c.224 (C.58:12A-1 et seq.).

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.    The owner or operator of a public water system shall immediately notify, by telephone and electronic mail, the governing body of a municipality and the chief administrator of every school district, charter school, ¹[and]¹ nonpublic school¹, and institution of higher education^{1 2}[located within the municipality] served by the public water system² whenever the public water system ¹[violates any drinking water quality standard for drinking water supplied by the public water system within the municipality] incurs a violation requiring a Tier 2 Public Notice required pursuant to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's National Primary Drinking Water Regulations at Part 141, subpart Q of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations¹.  The notification shall provide the name of any contaminant that exceeds a drinking water quality standard, the maximum contaminant level or the action level, as appropriate, for the contaminant, the level of the contaminant found on each date, the dates when the tests were performed, the location of each sample tested, and the location of each sample tested that exceeds a maximum contaminant level or action level ², in addition to any other requirements under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. s.300f et al.)².  The owner or operator of the public water system shall also provide information on suggested ²[remedies] measures² that a customer may take to ²[address] minimize the impact of² the violation.

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.