Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 615 - LOCAL HEALTH PROTECTION GRANT CODE › Subpart C - PROGRAM STANDARDS › Section 615.320 - Potable Water Supply

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) To protect
				the people within its jurisdiction from contracting waterborne diseases and to
				prevent disease transmission, the local health department shall establish a
				program to assure provision of safe, potable supplies of water for drinking,
				culinary, and sanitary purposes. The focus of this potable water supply program
				shall be closed loop wells and non-community semi-private and private water
				supplies.
b) The local health
				department shall provide the following activities to ensure an effective
				potable water supply program:
1) The potable
				water supply program shall be conducted in accordance with a local ordinance
				that incorporates by reference the Water Well Construction Code and the
				Illinois Water Well Pump Installation Code and includes enforcement authority,
				or in accordance with a written agreement with the Department that designates
				the local health department as an agent of the Department.
2) The local health department shall maintain
				current listings of names and addresses of all non-community public water
				supplies regulated by the local health department within its jurisdiction, and
				the Department shall be notified, on forms provided by the Department, within
				30 days after the date that the local health department becomes aware of any
				address or ownership changes.
3) A
				routine water-sampling program shall be established and maintained for all
				non-community public water supplies in accordance with the Drinking Water
				Systems Code.
4) All non-community
				public water supplies that have been originally surveyed shall be inspected and
				sampled at least every two years. A copy of all completed inspection reports
				indicating results of samples collected at the time of inspection and results
				of all samples collected since the last inspection, along with Department data
				forms, shall be forwarded to the Department within 14 days after completion of
				an inspection.
5) The owner of any
				non-community public water supply that is not in compliance with the
				construction, location, and operational (including sampling) requirements of
				the Drinking Water Systems Code shall be notified of the violations and ordered
				to correct them within a specified time. At the end of this time, the water
				supply shall be reinspected to ensure that all violations have been corrected.
				If they have not been corrected, enforcement action shall commence.
6) All requests for inspection or sampling
				pertaining to any existing semi-private or private water supply under the local
				health department's jurisdiction shall be evaluated regarding the public health
				significance of the requests. Inspections regarding requests determined to have
				a valid public health purpose shall be conducted within seven working days
				after requests are received, and a written report shall be made, as follows:
A) Semi-private water supplies shall be
				inspected and sampled upon request of the owner or occupant. The owner and
				occupant shall be informed of the results of the inspection and any sample
				analyses. If the water supply is not in compliance with the Public Area
				Sanitary Practice Code, the owner shall be notified of the violations and
				ordered to correct them within a specified time. At the end of this time, the
				water supply shall be reinspected to ensure that all violations have been
				corrected. If all violations have not been corrected, the local health
				department shall begin enforcement action.
B) Existing private water supplies shall be
				inspected and sampled upon request of the owner, who shall be informed of the
				results of the inspection, interpretation of sample analyses, and recommended
				measures to correct all problems or violations of the Water Well Construction
				Code, Surface Source Water Treatment Code or the Illinois Water Well Pump
				Installation Code.
7) A
				permit shall be issued prior to the construction, modification or sealing of
				any closed loop well system or water well, after review and determination that
				the application and proposed construction are in compliance with the Water Well
				Construction Code or local ordinance. The local health department shall issue a
				permit to construct a well to serve a non-community public water system. Copies
				of the plans, the water well permit, and the water well construction log shall
				be submitted to the Department. The Department administers the permit program
				for all other aspects of the non-community system, as required in the Drinking
				Water Systems Code.
8) Inspection
				of Closed Loop Wells or Water Wells
A) The
				local health department shall inspect all new closed loop well systems and
				shall inspect all water wells for which a permit has been issued.
B) At the time of construction, the local
				health department shall annually inspect at least one well constructed in the
				jurisdiction, by each licensed contractor who installs three or more wells in
				that jurisdiction during the calendar year, to assure that proper materials and
				construction methods are being used in accordance with the Water Well
				Construction Code and the Illinois Water Well and Pump Installation Code. The
				inspection of a water well shall include observation of the critical aspects of
				construction and shall include, at a minimum, inspection of grouting and
				setting of the casing. The inspection for a closed loop well system shall
				include observation of the critical aspects of construction, including, at a
				minimum, inspecting the grouting and documenting the setback distances. If a
				local health department's staff has direct oversight of another local health
				department's jurisdiction, the Department will consider both jurisdictions to
				be one jurisdiction.
C) A sample
				shall be collected from all new potable water wells, unless the local health
				department ensures that the homeowner or his or her agent will collect and
				submit a sample to a certified laboratory. The owner shall be informed of the
				results of the inspection, interpretation of sample analyses, and recommended
				measures to correct all problems or violations of the Water Well Construction
				Code, the Surface Source Water Treatment Code, or the Illinois Water Well Pump
				Installation Code. All violations shall be corrected or enforcement action
				shall be initiated. If the water sample contains any coliform bacteria or a
				nitrate concentration of 10 or more milligrams per liter as nitrogen, the local
				health department shall suggest additional sampling or other measures in
				writing to the homeowner to remedy the problem.
9) Information concerning water sampling;
				design, construction and operation of water supplies; and hazards of
				cross-connections shall be provided to the public upon request. Education may
				be in the form of oral presentations or may include distributing materials
				provided by the Department or by the local health department concerning these
				topics.
10) Written variances
				issued for all private, semi-private, and non-community public water supplies
				and closed loop wells shall be in accordance with variance requirements of the
				applicable rules of the Department, and a copy of the variance that includes
				the rationale for any variance shall be submitted to the Department on a
				quarterly basis.
11) Sealing of
				Abandoned Water Wells and Closed Loop Wells
A)
				Property owners shall be advised of the requirements under 77 Ill. Adm. Code
				920.120 (Water
				Well Construction Code - Abandoned Wells) and the need for proper sealing of
				abandoned wells. When a new well is being constructed to replace an existing
				well, the licensed well driller may provide this advice to the property
				owner.
B) A representative of the
				local health department shall be present at the site at the time that a well is
				being sealed by a homeowner. A local health department representative shall
				annually be present at the site during at least one well sealing performed by
				each licensed well driller sealing wells in his/her jurisdiction during the
				calendar year to assure that proper materials and methods are used to seal
				abandoned wells in accordance with the Water Well Construction Code. A
				representative of the local health department shall observe the critical
				elements of the well sealing, which shall include placement of the sealing
				material and removal of the pumps and upper casing, and shall assure that
				proper materials and placement methods are used. In the case of a closed loop
				well, the critical elements shall include placement of the sealing grout to
				assure that proper materials and methods are used. If a local health
				department's staff has direct oversight of another local health department's
				jurisdiction, the Department will consider both jurisdictions to be one
				jurisdiction.
C) If a water well or
				closed loop well is sealed without the local health department being notified
				in advance, a warning letter shall be sent to the homeowner, registered closed
				loop well contractor or licensed well driller. The water well shall be
				inspected to ensure that the water well was sealed. Second offense violations
				shall result in enforcement action or shall be referred to the Department for
				license suspension.
12)
				Within 30 days after the local health department receives the water well
				construction report, the well permit application and construction report shall
				be submitted to the Illinois State Water Survey. Well sealing forms should also
				be submitted to the Survey within 30 days after they are received by the local
				health department.
13) Any person
				who has drilled a water well or closed loop well within the jurisdiction of the
				local health department without being properly licensed or registered in
				accordance with the Illinois Water Well Contractors Licensing Act or the Water
				Well Construction Code shall be referred to the Department. The local health
				department shall also provide the Department with a copy of correspondence to
				any closed loop well contractor, well driller or pump installer concerning
				violations of the Water Well Construction Code and the Illinois Water Well Pump
				Installation Code.