Law Mandates Water-conserving Plumbing Fixtures
The latest aspects of a state law (State Senate Bill 407 – SB 407) impacting single-family homes took effect January 1, 2017. It requires all owners of homes built on or before January 1, 1994, not just those selling, to install water-conserving plumbing fixtures (WCP). SB 407 also necessitates noncompliant plumbing fixtures in multifamily and commercial buildings to be replaced with water-conserving ones on or before January 1, 2019. San Francisco’s ordinance moved up the effective date for commercial properties to be in compliance to January 1, 2017.
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