| (A) Surface water systems that serve no more than 1,000
connections must use at least one operator who holds a Class "B" or
higher surface water license. Part-time operators may be used to meet
the requirements of this subparagraph if the operator is completely
familiar with the design and operation of the plant and spends at
least four consecutive hours at the plant at least once every 14 days
and the system also uses an operator who holds a Class "C" or higher
surface water license. Effective January 1, 2007, the public water
system must use at least one operator who has completed the Surface
Water Production I course and the Surface Water Production II course.
(B) Surface water systems that serve more than 1,000
connections must use at least two operators; one of the required operators
must hold a Class "B" or higher surface water license and the other
required operator must hold a Class "C" or higher surface water license.
Each of the required operators must work at least 32 hours per month
at the public water system's production, treatment, or distribution
facilities. Effective January 1, 2007, the public water system must
use at least two operators who have completed the Surface Water Production
I course and the Surface Water Production II course.
(C) Each surface water treatment plant must have at
least one Class "C" or higher surface water operator on duty at the
plant when it is in operation or the plant must be provided with continuous
turbidity and disinfectant residual monitors with automatic plant
shutdown and alarms to summon operators so as to ensure that the water
produced continues to meet the commission's drinking water standards
during periods when the plant is not staffed.
(D) Public water systems shall not allow Class "D"
operators to adjust or modify the treatment processes at surface water
treatment plant unless an operator who holds a Class "C" or higher
surface license is present at the plant and has issued specific instructions
regarding the proposed adjustment.
(f) Operating records and reports. All public water
systems must maintain a record of water works operation and maintenance
activities and submit periodic operating reports.
(1) The public water system's operating records must
be organized, and copies must be kept on file or stored electronically.
(2) The public water system's operating records must
be accessible for review during inspections and be available to the
executive director upon request.
(3) All public water systems shall maintain a record
of operations.
(A) The following records shall be retained for at
least two years:
(i) the amount of chemicals used:
(I) Systems that treat surface water or groundwater
under the direct influence of surface water shall maintain a record
of the amount of each chemical used each day.
(II) Systems that serve 250 or more connections or
serve 750 or more people shall maintain a record of the amount of
each chemical used each day.
(III) Systems that serve fewer than 250 connections,
serve fewer than 750 people, and use only groundwater or purchased
treated water shall maintain a record of the amount of each chemical
used each week;
(ii) the volume of water treated and distributed:
(I) Systems that treat surface water or groundwater
under the direct influence of surface water shall maintain a record
of the amount of water treated and distributed each day.
(II) Systems that serve 250 or more connections or
serve 750 or more people shall maintain a record of the amount of
water distributed each day.
(III) Systems that serve fewer than 250 connections,
serve fewer than 750 people, and use only groundwater or purchase
treated water shall maintain a record of the amount of water distributed
each week.
(IV) Systems that serve 250 or more connections or
serve 750 or more people and also add chemicals or provide pathogen
or chemical removal shall maintain a record of the amount of water
treated each day.
(V) Systems that serve fewer than 250 connections,
serve fewer than 750 people, use only groundwater or purchase treated
water, and also add chemicals or provide pathogen or chemical removal
shall maintain a record of the amount of water treated each week;
(iii) the date, location, and nature of water quality,
pressure, or outage complaints received by the system and the results
of any subsequent complaint investigation;
(iv) the dates that dead-end mains were flushed;
(v) the dates that storage tanks and other facilities
were cleaned;
(vi) the maintenance records for water system equipment
and facilities. For systems using reverse osmosis or nanofiltration,
maintain records of each clean-in-place process including the date,
duration, and procedure used for each event;
(vii) for systems that do not employ full-time operators
to meet the requirements of subsection (e) of this section, a daily
record or a monthly summary of the work performed and the number of
hours worked by each of the part-time operators used to meet the requirements
of subsection (e) of this section; and
(viii) the owner or manager of a public water system
that is operated by a volunteer to meet the requirements of subsection
(e) of this section, shall maintain a record of each volunteer operator
indicating the name of the volunteer, contact information for the
volunteer, and the time period for which the volunteer is responsible
for operating the public water system. These requirements apply to
full-time and part-time licensed volunteer operators. Part-time licensed
volunteer operators are excluded from the requirements of clause (vii)
of this subparagraph.
(B) The following records shall be retained for at
least three years:
(i) copies of notices of violation and any resulting
corrective actions. The records of the actions taken to correct violations
of primary drinking water regulations must be retained for at least
three years after the last action taken with respect to the particular
violation involved;
(ii) copies of any public notice issued by the water
system;
(iii) the disinfectant residual monitoring results
from the distribution system;
(iv) the calibration records for laboratory equipment,
flow meters, rate-of-flow controllers, on-line turbidimeters, and
on-line disinfectant residual analyzers;
(v) the records of backflow prevention device programs;
(vi) the raw surface water monitoring results and source
water monitoring plans required by §290.111 of this title (relating
to Surface Water Treatment) must be retained for three years after
bin classification required by §290.111 of this title;
(vii) notification to the executive director that a
system will provide 5.5-log Cryptosporidium treatment
in lieu of raw surface water monitoring;
(viii) except for those specified in subparagraphs
(C)(iv) and (E)(i) of this paragraph, the results of all surface water
treatment monitoring that are used to demonstrate log inactivation
or removal;
(ix) free and total chlorine, monochloramine, ammonia,
nitrite, and nitrate monitoring results if chloramines are used in
the water system; and
(x) the records of treatment effectiveness monitoring
for systems using reverse osmosis or nanofiltration membranes. Treatment
effectiveness monitoring includes the parameters for determining when
maintenance is required. Examples of parameters to be monitored include
conductivity (or total dissolved solids) on each membrane unit, pressure
differential across a membrane vessel, flow, flux, and water temperature.
At a minimum, systems using reverse osmosis or nanofiltration membranes
must monitor the conductivity (or total dissolved solids) of the feed
and permeate water once per day.
(C) The following records shall be retained for a period
of five years after they are no longer in effect:
(i) the records concerning a variance or exemption
granted to the system;
(ii) Concentration Time (CT) studies for surface water
treatment plants;
(iii) the Recycling Practices Report form and other
records pertaining to site-specific recycle practices for treatment
plants that recycle; and
(iv) the turbidity monitoring results and exception
reports for individual filters as required by §290.111 of this
title.
(D) The following records shall be retained for at
least five years:
(i) the results of microbiological analyses;
(ii) the results of inspections (as required in subsection
(m)(1) of this section) for all water storage and pressure maintenance
facilities;
(iii) the results of inspections (as required by subsection
(m)(2) of this section) for all pressure filters;
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