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1 Table of Contents Page i of iii Effective April 1, 2016 OREGON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION CHAPTER 333, DIVISION 61 PUBLIC water SYSTEMS Table of Contents OAR 333-061-0005 Purpose .. 1 OAR 333-061-0010 Scope .. 1 OAR 333-061-0015 Adoption By 2 OAR 333-061-0020 Definitions .. 2 OAR 333-061-0025 Responsibilities of water Suppliers .. 21 OAR 333-061-0030 Maximum Contaminant Levels and Action Levels .. 23 OAR 333-061-0031 Maximum Residual Disinfectant Levels .. 30 OAR 333-061-0032 Treatment Requirements and Performance Standards .. 30 (1) General Requirements for water Systems Using Surface water or GWUDI .. 30 (2) Surface water or GWUDI Without Filtration .. 33 (3) Disinfection When Using Surface water or GWUDI Without Filtration .. 36 (4) Surface water or GWUDI With Filtration .. 37 (5) Disinfection When Using Surface water or GWUDI With Filtration.

2 41 (6) Groundwater Sources .. 41 (7) Monitoring for Groundwater Sources With 4-log Treatment of Viruses .. 44 (8) Determination of Groundwater Under the Direct Influence of Surface water .. 46 (9) Alternative Filtration Credit Through Bank Filtration .. 50 (10) Disinfection Byproduct Control Requirements .. 50 (11) water Treatment Plant Recycled 55 (12) Uncovered Finished water Storage Facilities .. 56 (13) General Microbial Toolbox Components for Cryptosporidium Treatment .. 56 (14) Source Components for Cryptosporidium Treatment .. 58 (15) Pre-Filtration Treatment Components for Cryptosporidium Treatment .. 61 (16) Treatment Performance Components for Cryptosporidium Treatment .. 63 (17) Additional Filtration Components for Cryptosporidium Treatment .. 64 (18) Inactivation Components for Cryptosporidium Treatment .. 65 OAR 333-061-0034 Treatment and Performance Standards for Corrosion Control.

3 65 (1) General Requirements .. 65 (2) Corrosion Control Treatment Steps .. 66 (3) Corrosion Control Treatment Requirements .. 70 (4) Source water Treatment .. 73 (5) Consumer Notice and Public Education .. 75 OAR 333-061-0036 Sampling and Analytical Requirements .. 81 (1) General .. 81 (2) Inorganic 86 Table of Contents Page ii of iii Effective April 1, 2016 (3) Organic Chemicals .. 110 (4) Disinfectant Residuals, Byproducts and Byproduct Precursors .. 120 (5) Surface water Treatment .. 142 (6) Coliform Bacteria and Microbiological Contaminants .. 165 (7) Radionuclides .. 179 (8) Secondary Contaminants .. 184 (9) Disinfectant Residual Monitoring In The Distribution System .. 184 OAR 333-061-0040 Reporting and Record Keeping .. 185 (1) Reporting .. 185 (2) Record Maintenance by water 204 OAR 333-061-0042 Public Notice.

4 207 OAR 333-061-0043 Consumer Confidence Reports .. 219 (1) Delivery Deadlines .. 219 (2) Content of the Reports .. 219 (3) Detected Contaminants .. 220 (4) Additional HEALTH Information .. 246 (5) Special Requirements for Groundwater Systems .. 249 (6) Report Delivery and Recordkeeping .. 250 OAR 333-061-0045 Variances .. 251 OAR 333-061-0046 Permits .. 255 OAR 333-061-0050 Construction Standards .. 257 (1) General .. 257 (2) Groundwater Source Facilities .. 258 (3) Surface water and GWUDI Source Facilities .. 262 (4) water Treatment Facilities .. 263 (5) Facilities for Disinfection and Disinfectant Residual Maintenance .. 274 (6) Finished water Storage Facilities .. 277 (7) Pumping Facilities .. 279 (8) Distribution Systems .. 279 (9) Crossings of Sanitary Sewers or water Lines .. 281 (10) Disinfection of New or Repaired 282 OAR 333-061-0055 Waivers from Construction Standards.

5 284 OAR 333-061-0057 Voluntary Drinking water Protection Program .. 285 OAR 333-061-0060 Plan Submission and Review .. 288 OAR 333-061-0061 Capacity Requirements for Public water Systems .. 293 OAR 333-061-0062 Land Use Coordination .. 296 OAR 333-061-0063 Safe Drinking water Revolving Loan Fund Environmental Review .. 297 OAR 333-061-0064 Emergency Response Plan Requirements .. 300 OAR 333-061-0065 Operations and Maintenance .. 302 OAR 333-061-0070 Cross Connection Control .. 305 OAR 333-061-0071 Backflow Prevention Assembly Installation and Operation .. 311 Table of Contents Page iii of iii Effective April 1, 2016 OAR 333-061-0072 Backflow Assembly Tester OAR 333-061-0073 Cross Connection Specialist OAR 333-061-0074 Cross Connection Training and Instructor Requirements .. 321 OAR 333-061-0075 Sanitary Surveys of OAR 333-061-0076 Sanitary Surveys.

6 326 OAR 333-061-0077 Composite Correction & Comprehensive Performance Evaluations .. 329 OAR 333-061-0078 Coliform OAR 333-061-0080 Role of Counties .. 333 OAR 333-061-0085 Supplemental Fluoridation .. 333 OAR 333-061-0087 Product Acceptability Criteria .. 334 OAR 333-061-0090 Civil Penalties .. 335 OAR 333-061-0095 Severability .. 336 OAR 333-061-0097 Adverse HEALTH Effects Language .. 336 OAR 333-061-0098 References .. 347 OAR 333-061-0210 Scope of Operator Certification RULES .. 348 OAR 333-061-0220 water Treatment Plant water Distribution System Classification .. 348 OAR 333-061-0225 General Requirements for water Suppliers and water Systems .. 351 OAR 333-061-0228 Certification for Small water System Operators .. 352 OAR 333-061-0230 Contracting For 353 OAR 333-061-0232 General Requirements for water System Operators.

7 353 OAR 333-061-0235 Operator Certification Requirements .. 354 OAR 333-061-0245 Application for Certification .. 356 OAR 333-061-0250 Examination for Certification .. 357 OAR 333-061-0260 Certification Renewal .. 357 OAR 333-061-0265 Fees .. 358 OAR 333-061-0270 Refusal, Suspension, or Revocation of Certification .. 359 OAR 333-061-0272 Suspension of Certification .. 359 OAR 333-061-0305 Purpose of Domestic Well Testing RULES .. 360 OAR 333-061-0310 Scope of Domestic Well Testing RULES .. 360 OAR 333-061-0324 Area of Public HEALTH Concern .. 360 OAR 333-061-0325 Domestic Well Tests .. 361 OAR 333-061-0330 Domestic Well Sample Analysis .. 362 OAR 333-061-0335 Domestic Well Sample Collection .. 362 OAR 333-061-0005 Page 1 of 362 Effective April 1, 2016 OREGON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION CHAPTER 333 DIVISION 61 PUBLIC water SYSTEMS 333-061-0005 Purpose The purpose of these RULES is to provide a basis for implementing the OREGON Drinking water Quality Act of 1981, enacted to assure safe drinking water at all water systems which serve the public, and to promote coordination between the programs for supervising water systems which are conducted by the Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency.

8 Stat. Auth.: ORS Stats. Implemented: ORS & 333-061-0010 Scope (1) These RULES apply to all public water systems providing piped water for human consumption as defined by the Act. (2) These RULES also apply to all public water systems providing water for human consumption through constructed conveyances other than pipes after Aug. 5, 1998 to at least 15 service connections or that regularly serves at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days of the year. A water system which meets any of the following service connection exclusion criteria and thereby reduces the number of service connections to fewer than 15 and serving fewer than 25 individuals is not a Public water System: (a) water provided by the supplier to the connection is not used for human consumption; (b) Alternative water ( bottled water , hauled water , or other source) meeting State and Federal water quality standards, as prescribed in OAR 333-061-0030 or 21 CFR 165, is provided by the supplier to the connection for drinking and cooking; (c) Treated water meeting State standards, as prescribed in OAR 333-061-0030, applied centrally or at point-of-entry is provided by the supplier, pass-through entity or user to the connection for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene.

9 (3) These RULES do not apply to: (a) A public water system that: OAR 333-061-0015 Page 2 of 362 Effective April 1, 2016 (A) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any source or treatment facilities installed to comply with the maximum contaminant levels covered by these RULES ; and (B) Obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which these RULES apply; and (C) Does not sell water directly to any person; and (D) Is not a carrier which conveys passengers in interstate commerce. (b) An irrigation district in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that provides primarily agricultural service through a piped water system to at least 15 service connections or serving at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days of the year with only incidental residential or similar use, and where all of the connections comply with the alternative or treated water exclusions prescribed in subsections (2)(b) or (c) of this rule.

10 (c) A public water system that distributes water through submeters if that water system: (A) Receives all of its water from, but is not owned by, another public water system; and (B) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and where all such facilities and all submeters are located on a single parcel of property, and the water system does not have any source or treatment facilities installed to comply with the maximum contaminant levels covered by these RULES . Stat. Auth.: ORS Stats. Implemented: ORS 333-061-0015 Adoption by Reference All standards, listings and publications referred to in these RULES are, by those references, made a part of these RULES as though fully set forth. Copies are available from the Authority. Stat. Auth.: ORS Stats. Implemented: ORS 333-061-0020 Definitions As used in these RULES , unless the context indicates otherwise: (1) "Act" means the OREGON Drinking water Quality Act of 1981 (ORS as amended).