RECYCLING OF FILTER BACKWASH.

SEC. 110. RECYCLING OF FILTER BACKWASH. Section 1412(b) (42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph (13): “(14) Recycling of filter backwash.— The Administrator shall promulgate a regulation to govern the recycling of filter backwash water within the treatment process of a public water system. The Administrator shall promulgate such regulation not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 unless such recycling has been addressed by the Administrator’s Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule prior to such date.”.