PLANNING, SITING, TREATMENT AND APPROVAL
Effective Date: December 30, 1992
The provisions of sections 5-1.20 through 5-1.33 of this Subpart shall apply to all public water systems, provided the systems serve 15 or more service connections or serve 25 or more persons.
Effective Date: July 3, 1991
5-1.21 Siting requirements. Before a person shall enter a financial commitment for or initiate construction of a public water system, such person shall notify the State and to the extent practicable, avoid locating part or all of the public water system at a site which:
(a) is subject to a significant risk from earthquake, floods, fires or other disasters; or
(b) except for intake structures, is within the floodplain of a 100-year flood or is lower than any recorded high tide.
Effective Date: May 27, 1998
5-1.22 Approval of plans and completed works.
(a) No supplier of water shall make, install or construct, or allow to be made, installed or constructed, a public water system or any addition or deletion to or modification of a public water system until the plans and specifications have been submitted to and approved by the State. Materials used in the design, construction and repair of a public water system shall be lead free. For this Subpart, lead free shall mean solder or flux which contains no more than 0.2 percent lead and pipes, pipe fittings or any appurtenances which contain no more than eight percent lead.
Effective Date: November 23, 2005
(b) Recommended Standards for Water Works, (See Appendix 5-A, infra) 2003 edition, published by the Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Managers and available from Health Research Inc., P.O. Box 7126, Albany, NY 12224, Standards for Water Wells (See appendix 5-B, infra) and Special Requirements for Wells Serving Public Water Systems, (See appendix 5-D, infra), all available for public inspection at the Bureau of Water Supply Protection of the Department of Health, Flanigan Square, 547 River Street Troy, NY 12180, shall, in their entirety, be the basis on which all plans and specifications for public water systems will be approved. The department may allow deviations from these standards in accordance with procedures and criteria established by the commissioner.
(c) The State may approve such plans or may require such modification which is deemed necessary to protect public health or safety. Application for plan approval shall be made on a form prescribed by the department.
(d) A supplier of water shall receive the approval of the State before placing into service any public water system constructed under the requirements of this section.
Effective Date: March 11, 1992
(a) The supplier of water shall not take, use, or cause to be taken for use water from any emergency source or stop or alter disinfection or other treatment processes without first having notified by telephone or telegram, and received the approval of, the State. On receipt of such notification, the State shall advise the supplier of water and interested local officials of the approved action or proposed action by the supplier of water to protect the public health during the emergency.
(b) The supplier of water must make State notification when he determines that the delivery of water is interrupted to a minimum of 25 individuals or 15 service connections, or to a minimum of one percent of the total number of individuals served or service connections, whichever is larger, for a period of four hours or more.
(c) A printed copy of this section shall be conspicuously posted in the office used by the supplier of water.
Effective Date: July 3, 1991
5-1.24 Approval of fluoridation of public water system.
Fluorine compounds shall not be added to a public water system until a written application has been submitted to, and written approval is granted by, the State.
Effective Date: March 11, 1992
5-1.25 Disinfection of facilities.
No spring basin, collecting basin, well, infiltration gallery, water main, pumping station, standpipe or reservoir shall be placed in service following cleaning or repairs until it has been disinfected in a manner approved by the state.
Effective Date: July 3, 1991
No repair to the public water system shall be made until the trench has been dewatered to a point below the mains, valves or other structures. Every effort shall be made to prevent the entrance of foreign material and seepage into the public water system.
Effective Date: July 3, 1991
5-1.27 Adequacy of distribution system.
The public water system shall be maintained and operated by the supplier of water to assure a minimum working pressure of 20 pounds per square inch at ground level at all points in the distribution system. Measurement of pressure may be obtained from representative points of use.
Effective Date: July 3, 1991
All blowoff drains or discharge pipes connected to the public water system should be terminated at points where these structures will not be subject to flooding or otherwise subject to contamination.
Effective Date: July 3, 1991
Pumping equipment of a public water system, for water which is not subject to later treatment, shall be installed and operated to prevent contamination of the public water system. Whenever priming is necessary, such pump shall be primed with water meeting the requirements of sections 5-1.51 and 5-1.52 of this Subpart.