Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-550 - DRINKING WATER STANDARDS, MONITORING, AND REPORTING › Section 62-550.540 - Monitoring of Consecutive Public Water Systems

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Consecutive
				systems shall conduct asbestos monitoring in their distribution systems in
				accordance with Rule  62-550.511, F.A.C.; shall
				conduct microbiological monitoring in their distribution systems in accordance
				with Rules  62-550.518 and
				 62-550.830, F.A.C.; shall comply
				with the lead and copper control requirements in Rule
				 62-550.800, F.A.C.; and shall
				conduct residual disinfectant monitoring at a remote point in their
				distribution systems in accordance with subsection
				 62-555.350(6),
				F.A.C., to verify that the minimum residual disinfectant concentration required
				by subsection  62-555.350(6),
				F.A.C., is being maintained throughout their distribution systems. In
				accordance with subparagraph
				 62-550.817(1)(b) 
				2., F.A.C., consecutive systems that receive any finished water originating
				from a subpart H system shall comply with the distribution system residual
				disinfectant monitoring requirements in
				40 CFR
				141.74(c)(3) as adopted in
				subsection  62-550.817(2),
				F.A.C. Consecutive systems that add a chemical disinfectant to the water shall
				conduct residual disinfectant monitoring in accordance with subsection
				 62-550.514(1) 
				and Rule  62-550.821, F.A.C., and shall
				conduct disinfection byproduct monitoring in accordance with subsection
				 62-550.514(2) 
				and Rule 62-550.821, F.A.C. This subsection shall be effective on July 7,
				2015.
(2) If you are a consecutive
				system that does not add a disinfectant but delivers water that has been
				treated with a primary or residual disinfectant other than ultraviolet light,
				you must comply with monitoring requirements for chlorine and chloramines in
				40 C.F.R. §
										141.132(c)(1) (which is
				incorporated by reference in Rule 62-550.821, F.A.C.) beginning April 1, 2009.
				(40 C.F.R. §
										141.624 (July 1, 2011))
(3) The regulations in  40 C.F.R. Part 141, Subpart V (which is incorporated by reference in Rule
				 62-550.822, F.A.C.), establish
				monitoring requirements for achieving compliance with maximum contaminant
				levels based on locational running annual averages for total trihalomethanes
				and haloacetic acids (five). You are subject to these requirements if your
				system is a community water system or a non-transient non-community water
				system that uses a primary or residual disinfectant other than ultraviolet
				light or delivers water that has been treated with a primary or residual
				disinfectant other than ultraviolet light. (40 C.F.R. §
										141.620(a) and (b) (July 1,
				2011))
(4) Consecutive systems that
				treat or retreat a wholesale system's finished water in a manner that could
				cause violation of any applicable primary or secondary standard in Part III of
				this chapter shall conduct additional monitoring or comply with additional
				requirements (i.e., monitoring or requirements in addition to the monitoring
				and requirements specified in subsection (1) above) when notified in writing by
				the Department to do so. Such additional monitoring or requirements shall be
				for the standard(s) in question and shall be consistent with the monitoring or
				requirements specified in this chapter for the standard(s) in
				question.
(5) Consecutive systems
				that have their own source(s) of raw water or that receive raw water from one
				or more other water systems shall monitor such water in accordance with Rules
				 62-550.500,
				 62-550.512,
				 62-550.513,
				 62-550.515,
				 62-550.516,
				 62-550.517,
				 62-550.519,
				 62-550.520, and
				 62-550.521, F.A.C.; the source
				water asbestos monitoring requirements under Rule
				 62-550.511, F.A.C.; and the raw
				water microbiological monitoring requirements under Rule 62-550.518, F.A.C.;
				and shall comply with any primary or secondary treatment technique requirements
				applicable to such water.
(6) Upon
				written approval by the Department, consecutive systems that receive all of
				their finished water from a single wholesale system may consolidate their
				monitoring requirements with those of the wholesale system or those of another
				interconnected consecutive system that receives all of its finished water from
				the same wholesale system. To obtain the Department's approval, consolidating
				systems shall submit to the appropriate Department of Environmental Protection
				District Office or appropriate Approved County Health Department the following:
(a) Documentation that interconnection of the
				systems justifies treating them as a single system for monitoring
				purposes;
(b) Written asbestos,
				residual disinfectant and disinfection byproducts, microbiological, or lead and
				copper sampling/monitoring plans, as applicable, for the consolidated system;
				and
(c) A written agreement between
				the systems establishing the following:
1. The
				one system that shall be solely accountable to the Department for compliance
				with applicable monitoring requirements and associated maximum contaminant
				levels, maximum or minimum residual disinfectant levels, treatment technique
				requirements, reporting requirements, public notification requirements, and
				recordkeeping requirements for the consolidated system; and
2. Each system's responsibilities to the
				other for providing treatment, taking corrective action, monitoring, reporting,
				notifying the public, and keeping records.