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      By: Zaffirini, et al. S.B. No. 2497     (Guillen)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the installation of a treatment system by certain   public drinking water supply systems.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0365 to read as follows:           Sec.   341.0365.     TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN UNDERGROUND   SOURCES. The commission by order may require a public drinking   water supply system that serves fewer than 100 connections and   obtains its water supply from an underground source to install a   treatment system, which may include a filtration system, for that   source if the public water system:                 (1)     has repeatedly exceeded the maximum contaminant   level or secondary constituent level for one or more parameters   established by the commission;                 (2)     has been the subject of more than one   substantiated water quality complaint submitted to the commission,   not including a complaint submitted to the commission regarding   water quality issues associated with the distribution system that   are not related to water quality issues from the underground   source, during the preceding 12 months for which the commission has   determined a need to install additional treatment measures,   including requiring the public water system to install a filtration   system; and                 (3)     can install at a reasonable cost the treatment   system for that source to manage an exceedance of a secondary   constituent level, if applicable.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.