SECTION .0200 – LOCATION OF SOURCES OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES

 

15A NCAC 18C .0201       SURFACE SUPPLIES FOR PUBLIC WATER

SYSTEMS

(a)  A surface supply may be used for a community or a

non-transient, non-community water system with disinfection and without filtration

if it complies with the provisions of this Section and Rule .2005 of this

Subchapter.

(b)  Such water supply shall be derived from uninhabited

wooded areas.

(c)  The entire watershed shall be either owned or

controlled by the person supplying the water or be under the control of the

federal or state government; however, no such new water supply shall be created

except where the water system owner shall own in its entirety the watershed

from which the water will be obtained.

(d)  The water after disinfection shall be of potable

quality as determined by bacteriological and chemical tests performed by a

certified laboratory.  The presence of contaminants shall not exceed the limits

set forth in Section .1500 of this Subchapter.

(e)  The water source shall have a WS‑I classification

as established by the Environmental Management Commission and shall meet the

quality standards for that classification, codified in 15A NCAC 02B.  Copies

are available for public inspection as set forth in Rule .0102 of this

Subchapter.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 130A‑315; 130A‑318;

P.L. 93‑523;

Eff. January 1, 1977;

Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2014; July 1, 1994; February 1,

1987; September 1, 1979;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without

substantive public interest Eff. November 23, 2015.