Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 314 CMR - DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL › Title 314 CMR 20.00 - Reclaimed Water Permit Program And Standards › Section 20.06 - Requirements for the Use, Sale, Distribution or Offering for Use, Sale or Distribution of Reclaimed Water

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) No person may
			 use, sell, distribute or offer for use, sale, or distribution reclaimed water
			 produced by a reclaimed water system operated by another party without a
			 permit, unless said use, sale and distribution and/or offering for use, sale,
			 or distribution complies with
			 314 CMR 20.00, a Reuse
			 Management Plan approved by the Department, and a Service and Use Agreement
			 approved by the Department.
(2)
			 Except as otherwise determined by the Department when approving a Reuse
			 Management Plan, reclaimed water may be beneficially used only for the
			 following purposes: irrigation, a source of water for recreational use,
			 industrial or commercial cooling or air conditioning, toilet and urinal
			 flushing, agricultural use, the creation of wetlands, commercial laundries,
			 carwashes, industrial boiler feed, silviculture, snowmaking, fire protection,
			 dust control, soil compaction, street cleaning, and aquifer recharge. Reclaimed
			 water may be used for irrigation by means of a subsurface soil absorption
			 system approved by the Department pursuant to
			 314 CMR 5.00 or by discharging
			 reclaimed water to the ground within 100 feet of a well used for irrigation in
			 accordance with a permit issued by the Department pursuant to
			 314 CMR 5.00. Reclaimed water
			 may be used for aquifer recharge by discharging reclaimed water to the ground
			 within the Zone II or Interim Wellhead Protection Area of a public water system
			 or a Private Water Supply Area. in accordance with a permit issued by the
			 Department pursuant to
			 314 CMR 5.00.
(3) Reclaimed water shall not be used or
			 distributed within the Zone I of a public water supply well, the Zone A of a
			 surface water source for a public water system, or within 100 feet of a private
			 water supply well.
(4) Reclaimed
			 water shall not be used or distributed in a manner that will cause or
			 contribute to violations of the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards,
			 or impair the use of the ground water as an actual or potential source of
			 potable water..
(5) Reclaimed water
			 shall not be used or distributed in a manner that causes the water quality of
			 any public source of potable water or private source of water used for
			 drinking, domestic or culinary purposes to violate the standards set forth in
			 the Drinking Water Regulations of Massachusetts,
			 310 CMR
			 22.00.
(6)
			 Any person who uses or distributes reclaimed water shall comply with all
			 applicable requirements of the Massachusetts Uniform Plumbing Code,
			 248
			 CMR 10.00.
(7) The Department may request any person to
			 provide information as the Department may reasonably require to determine
			 whether that person is subject to M.G.L. c. 21, §§ 26 through 53 or
			 314 CMR 20.00. Any person who
			 uses, sells, or distributes reclaimed water or offers reclaimed water for use,
			 sale or distribution shall allow the Department to inspect any area where
			 reclaimed water has been or is being used, sold, distributed or offered for
			 use, sale, or distribution, for the purpose of assessing compliance with
			 314 CMR 20.00.