Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 007 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Division 04 - Environmental Health Services › Rule 007.04.00-001 - Rules and Regulations for Semi-Public Water Supplies

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION I.
AUTHORITY
These Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Semi-Public Water
				Supplies are duly adopted and promulgated by the Arkansas State Board of Health
				pursuant to the authority expressly conferred by the Laws of the State of
				Arkansas including, without limitation, Act 96 of 1913, as amended (Ark. Code
				Ann. §
									20-7-109
				).
SECTION II.
PURPOSE
These Rules and Regulations are adopted for the purpose of
				ensuring that all persons in the State of Arkansas receiving water from a
				semi-public water supply are provided with ample quantities of safe, potable
				water.
SECTION III.
DEFINITION
A semi-public water supply shall for the purpose of these
				Regulations be defined as any water supply used or made available to the public
				for drinking or in connection with the manufacturing, processing, or handling
				of ice, food or drink. This definition does not include single family
				residences, water vending machines, bottled water dispensers or distribution
				systems that distribute regulated, tested and approved water purchased from
				regulated systems. NOTE: Owners of water systems serving a population equal to
				or exceeding 25 people or 15 connections, 60 days a year are considered a
				public water supply and must comply with the Arkansas Department of Health
				Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Public Water Supplies. Semi-public water
				supply owners anticipating substantial growth should be aware of the Arkansas
				Department of Health public water regulations.
SECTION IV.
RESPONSIBILITY
Any person, firm, corporation, school, organization or
				governmental agency owning or operating a semi-public water supply shall be
				held responsible for the compliance with these Regulations and shall submit to
				the State Department of Health at least one sample of water for bacteriological
				analysis every year, one sample of water for nitrate analysis every five years,
				and other types of analyses and monitoring frequencies set as needed whenever
				requested by the Arkansas Department of Health.
SECTION V.
QUALITY
The quality of water made available must conform to the
				chemical and bacteriological drinking water standards as established by the
				Arkansas Department of Health for appropriate public water systems.
SECTION VI.
GROUND WATER
			 SUPPLIES
A.
Location.
Every ground water supply such as a well, or infiltration system and
			 appurtenances thereto must be located on a site having good surface drainage,
			 at a higher elevation than, and at a safe distance from any barnyard, privy,
			 cesspool, soil pipe, any pipe through which sewage may back up or overflow or
			 from any other possible source of pollution and in such a manner as to prevent
			 the contamination of the water by either the underground seepage or channels,
			 lakes or surface drainage. Hie horizontal distance from and possible source of
			 contamination such as privies, septic tanks, sub-surface pits, seepage pits,
			 sub-surface sewage disposal fields and barnyards, shall be no less than 100
			 feet. This distance shall be used only where conditions indicate them to be
			 safe, and greater distances shall be required where local conditions
			 necessitate. No well head, well casing or well pump shall be located in any
			 pit, room or space extending below ground directly over the well.
B.
Protection.
(1)
Wells.
Every well must have
			 a durable, watertight casing extending a sufficient depth to exclude
			 sub-surface contamination, as determined by the Arkansas Department of Health.
			 In no case shall the casing terminate less than ten feet below the ground
			 surface, or deeper as dictated by the Arkansas Department of Health. Every well
			 must be protected at the surface by a watertight slab or platform extending a
			 minimum of two feet in all directions from the well and sloped to provide
			 drainage away from the well. The casing or curb should extend at least six (6)
			 inches above the graded-up land surface at the well. The annular space between
			 the excavation line and the casing or curb should be grouted with cement. The
			 use of pitless adapters is prohibited.
(2)
Well Cover and Seals.
Every
			 well must be provided with an overlapping, water-tight cover at the top of the
			 casing or pipe sleeve to prevent contaminated water or other deleterious
			 material from entering through the opening at the top of the well casing or
			 pipe sleeve. Every cover, pump, platform or pump room floor must be watertight
			 and elevated above the adjacent land area.
(3)
Pumps.
Pumps must be
			 suitable design so as to exclude contamination from the water chamber of the
			 pump head. Use of a bucket lift or ordinary lift pump with a slotted top which
			 is open to contamination or requires priming is prohibited.
C.
Maintenance.
No
			 owner or occupant of any establishment or premises shall maintain any well,
			 spring, or other source of water used for drinking and domestic purposes to
			 which the public has or may have access, and which is polluted or so situated
			 or constructed that in any manner that may cause such water to be detrimental
			 to public health.
D.
Restricted Wellhead Protection Zone.
The owners of water supplies
			 utilizing a well source shall effectively control a restricted wellhead
			 protection zone around the well at a minimum of 100 feet in radius. Deviation
			 may be approved by the Arkansas Department of Health on a case-by-case basis:
			 Provided, it can be shown through scientific data that the ground water can be
			 protected.