Chapter 21 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting after section 27A the following section:-
Section 27B. Effluent water shall not be used in any cooling tower in the commonwealth. For the purposes of this section a cooling tower shall be any heat rejection device which rejects waste heat into the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature. The division shall advise the department regarding the enforcement of this section and may prescribe further restrictions on the use of effluent water through rules and regulations.
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