Amendment #48 to H4912

Eliminate Wastewater Use In Heat Rejection Cooling Towers

Ms. DuBois of Brockton moves to amend the bill, as amended, by adding the following section:

Section X.

Chapter 21 of the General Laws 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.