Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 4 - PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS › Section 179-4-012 - SPECIAL NOTICE FOR REPEATED FAILURE TO CONDUCT MONITORING OF THE SOURCE WATER FOR CRYPTOSPORIDUM AND FOR FAILURE TO DETERMINE BIN CLASSIFICATION OR MEAN CRYPTOSPORIDIUM LEVEL

Current through June 17, 2024
012.01 When the
				special notice for repeated failure to monitor is to be given
The owner or operator of a community or non-community water
				  system that is required to monitor source water under 179 NAC
				  25-004 must notify persons served by
				  the water system that monitoring has not been completed as specified no later
				  than 30 days after the system has failed to collect any three months of
				  monitoring as specified in 179 NAC 25-004.03. The notice must be repeated as
				  specified in 179 NAC 4-005.02.
012.02 When the special notice for failure to
				determine bin classification or mean Cryptosporidium level is to be given
The owner or operator of a community or non-community water
				  system that is required to determine a bin classification under 179 NAC
				  25-013, or to determine mean
Cryptosporidium
level under 179 NAC
				  25-015, must notify persons served by
				  the water system that the determination has not been made as required no later
				  than 30 days after the system has failed to report the determination as
				  specified in 179 NAC 25-013.05 or 25-015.01, respectively. The notice must be
				  repeated as specified in 179 NAC 4-005.02. The notice is not required if the
				  system is complying with a Department-approved schedule to address the
				  violation.
012.03 Form and
				manner of the special notice
The form and manner of the public notice must follow the
				  requirements for a Tier 2 public notice prescribed in 179 NAC 4-005.03. The
				  public notice must be presented as required in 179 NAC 4-007.03.
012.04 Mandatory language that
				must be contained in the special notice
The notice must contain the following language, including the
				  language necessary to fill in the blanks.
1. The special notice for repeated failure to
				conduct monitoring must contain the following language:
We are required to monitor the source of your drinking water
				  for
Cryptosporidium
. Results of the monitoring are to be used
				  to determine whether water treatment at the (treatment plant name) is
				  sufficient to adequately remove
Cryptosporidium
from your
				  drinking water. We are required to complete this monitoring and make this
				  determination by (required bin determination date). We "did not monitor or
				  test" or "did not complete all monitoring or testing" on schedule and,
				  therefore, we may not be able to determine by the required date what treatment
				  modifications, if any, must be made to ensure adequate
Cryptosporidium
removal. Missing this deadline may, in turn, jeopardize our ability to
				  have the required treatment modifications, if any, completed by the deadline
				  required, (date).
For more information, please call (name of water system
				  contact) or (name of water system) at (phone number.)
2. The special notice for failure to
				determine bin classification or mean
Cryptosporidium
level
				must contain the following language:
We are required to monitor the source of your drinking water
				  for
Cryptosporidium
in order to determine by (date) whether
				  water treatment at the (treatment plant name) is sufficient to adequately
				  remove
Cryptosporidium
from your drinking water. We have not
				  made this determination by the required date. Our failure to do this may
				  jeopardize our ability to have the required treatment modifications, if any,
				  completed by the required deadline of (date). For more information, please call
				  (name of water system contact) of (name of water system) at (phone
				  number).
3. Each special
				notice must also include a description of what the system is doing to correct
				the violation and when the system expects to return to compliance or resolve
				the situation.