Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-560 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE › Section 62-560.620 - Bottled Water, Point-of-Use, and Point-of-Entry Devices

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The Department shall require a public
				water system to use bottled water, point-of-use devices, point-of-entry
				devices, or other means as a condition of granting a variance or an exemption
				from the maximum contaminant levels and maximum residual disinfectant levels
				listed in subsections
				 62-550.310(1), (2), (3), (4), (5)(a) and
				(6), F.A.C., to avoid an unreasonable risk to
				health. The Department shall require a public water system to use bottled
				water, point-of-use devices, point-of-entry devices, or other means as a
				condition of granting an exemption from the treatment technique requirements
				listed in subsections
				 62-550.315(1) and
				(4), F.A.C., or an exemption from the surface
				water filtration requirements in Part VI of Chapter 62-555, F.A.C., to avoid an
				unreasonable risk to health. The Department shall require a public water system
				to use bottled water and point-of-use devices or other means, but not
				point-of-entry devices, as a condition for granting an exemption from corrosion
				control treatment requirements for lead and copper in Rule
				 62-550.800, F.A.C., to avoid an
				unreasonable risk to health. The Department shall require a public water system
				to use point-of-entry devices as a condition for granting an exemption from the
				source water treatment and lead service line replacement requirements for lead
				and copper in Rule 62-550.800, F.A.C., to avoid an unreasonable risk to
				health.
(2) A public water system
				that uses bottled water as a condition for receiving a variance or an exemption
				under Rule  62-560.510 or
				 62-560.520, F.A.C., shall
				receive certification from the bottled water company that the bottled water has
				been taken from an approved source as defined in the April 1, 2000, edition of
				21 C.F.R.
				129.3(a); has been monitored
				by the bottled water company in accordance with the April 1, 2000, edition of
				21 C.F.R.
				129.80(g)(1) through (3);
				and does not exceed any maximum contaminant levels or quality limits as set out
				in the April 1, 2000, edition of
				21 C.F.R.
				165.110(b). All of the
				aforementioned federal regulations are incorporated herein by reference. The
				authorized representative of the public water system shall provide such
				certification to the Department once during the first three-month period that
				the public water system supplies bottled water and annually thereafter for as
				long as bottled water is being supplied. The public water system shall provide
				sufficient quantities of bottled water to every person supplied by the public
				water system via door-to-door bottled water delivery.
(3) Public water systems that use
				point-of-entry or point-of-use devices as a condition for obtaining a variance
				or an exemption under Rule
				 62-560.510 or 62-560.520,
				F.A.C., shall meet the following requirements:
(a) The public water system shall operate and
				maintain the point-of-use or point-of-entry treatment system. The supplier of
				water shall make a showing to the Department that buildings connected to the
				system have sufficient point-of-use or point-of-entry devices that are properly
				installed, maintained, and monitored such that all consumers will be
				protected.
(b) Before point-of-use
				or point-of-entry devices are installed, the authorized representative of the
				public water system shall certify that the system will sample from a
				representative tap served by one of the devices once during the first
				three-month period after the devices are installed and annually thereafter for
				each contaminant or disinfectant residual for which the variance or exemption
				was received.
(c) The
				microbiological safety of the water shall be maintained at all times. The
				public water system shall revise the microbiological sampling plan required by
				subsection  62-550.518(1),
				F.A.C., to include taps now served by the point-of-use or point-of-entry
				devices.
(d) The Department shall
				require that the public water system provides adequate certification of
				performance, field testing, and, if not included in the certification process,
				an engineering design review of the point-of-use or point-of-entry device. A
				device carrying a National Sanitation Foundation certification shall be
				considered adequate for the performance requirements of this
				paragraph.
(e) The design and
				application of point-of-use and point-of-entry devices shall consider the
				potential for increasing concentrations of heterotrophic bacteria in water
				treated with activated carbon. It may be necessary to use frequent backwashing,
				disinfection after treatment, and heterotrophic plate count monitoring to
				ensure that the microbiological safety of the water is not
				compromised.
(f) As part of meeting
				the requirement to use a point-of-entry device as a condition for being granted
				an exemption from the source water treatment or lead service line replacement
				requirements in Rule  62-550.800, F.A.C., the
				authorized representative of the public water system shall certify that use of
				the device will not cause increased corrosion of lead and copper bearing
				materials located between the device and the tap that could increase
				contaminant levels at the tap.