National Blue Ribbon Commission for Onsite Water Systems
Since launching San Francisco’s Onsite Water Reuse Program, the SFPUC has been leading a national effort to advance onsite water reuse. Chaired by the SFPUC, the National Blue Ribbon Commission (NBRC) was formed in 2016 to advance best management practices to support the use of onsite water systems within individual buildings or at the local scale. Led by the SFPUC’s vision and leadership, the NBRC was established to craft model state policy and develop resources for the safe implementation of onsite systems. The NBRC represents 15 states, the District of Columbia, the city of Vancouver, and the city of Toronto, and is a coalition of public health agencies and water and wastewater utilities. The NBRC has made significant research contributions and continue to advance policies and regulations for onsite water reuse.
Learn more about the commission’s goals, principles, research, and policies in the National Blue Ribbon Commission fact sheet.
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Program Guidance
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Tools for Developing Regulations, Ordinances, and Rules
- A Guidebook for Developing and Implementing Regulations for Onsite Non-potable Water Systems
- Model State Regulation for Onsite Non-potable Water Programs
- Model Local Ordinance for Onsite Non-potable Water Programs
- Model Program Rules for Onsite Non-potable Water Programs
- Technical Appendix: A Guidebook for Developing and Implementing Regulations for ONWS
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Public Health Guidance
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Additional Resources
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Commissioners
- Paula Kehoe (Chair), San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
- Anita Anderson, Minnesota Department of Health
- Julienne Bautista, District of Colombia Department of Energy & Environment
- Scott Berry, U.S. Water Alliance
- Carrie Bohan, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
- Michael Broussard, New Mexico Environment Department
- Alan Cohn, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
- Anthony Creech, Virginia Department of Health
- Stephen Deem, Washington State Department of Health (retired)
- Mamdouh El-Aarag, Washington State Department of Health
- Samir Elmir, Florida Department of Health Miami-Dade
- Jay Garland, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
- Brian Good, Denver Water
- Kim Gupta, Portland Water Bureau
- Chris Hilton, Seattle Public Utilities
- Gary Hirschtick, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Andy Hur, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
- Michael Jahne, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
- Katherine Jashinski, Austin Water
- Andrew Jones, Washington State Office of Environmental Health and Safety
- Jocelyn Jones, Washington Department of Health
- Tiffani Kavalec, Ohio EPA
- John Kmiec, Tucson Water
- Ernst Lau, Honolulu Board of Water Supply
- Lusi Mkhitaryan, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Sharon Nappier, US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water
- Tressa Nicholas, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
- Taylor Nokhoudian, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
- Doug Obana, San Francisco Department of Public Health
- Fatima Ochante, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
- Martin Page, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
- Bill Platten, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Chris Radziminski, City of Vancouver
- Nancy Rice, Minnesota Department of Health
- Matt Ries, DC Water
- Yvette Rincon, City of Sacramento, CA
- Sherly Rosilela, California State Water Resources Control Board
- Grace Silver, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
- Robert Stefani, Austin Water
- Barry Usagawa, Honolulu Board of Water Supply
- Sunny Wang, City of Santa Monica, CA
- Emily Wong, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Emily Zegers, City of TorontoHarry Zhang, Water Research Foundation
Contact Information:
Paula Kehoe, Chair, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Pkehoe@sfwater.org