North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality › Article 33.1-17 - Public Water Supply Systems › Chapter 33.1-17-01 - Public Water Supply Systems in North Dakota › Section 33.1-17-01-14 - Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Reporting
				requirements for systems.
Except when a shorter reporting period is
				specified, the system shall report to the department the result of any test,
				measurement, or analysis required within the first ten days following the month
				in which the results are received or the first ten days following the end of
				the required monitoring period as stipulated by the department, whichever of
				these is shorter.
The system shall notify the department within forty-eight
				  hours of the failure to comply with any primary drinking water regulations
				  including failure to comply with monitoring requirements, except that failure
				  to comply with the maximum contaminant levels for total coliform bacteria must
				  be reported to the department no later than the end of the next business day
				  after the system learns of the violation.
Community water systems required to comply with title 40 Code
				  of Federal Regulations part 141, subpart G shall report the results of all
				  analyses to the department within thirty days of the system's receipt of the
				  results. Subpart H systems shall comply with the reporting requirements for
				  filtration and disinfection treatment set forth under title 40 Code of Federal
				  Regulations part 141, subparts H, P, T, and W. Community and nontransient
				  noncommunity water systems shall comply with the reporting requirements for
				  lead and copper set forth under title 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 141,
				  subpart I. Community, nontransient noncommunity, and transient noncommunity
				  water systems using chlorine dioxide shall comply with the applicable reporting
				  requirements for disinfectants, disinfection byproducts, and disinfection
				  byproduct precursors set forth under title 40 Code of Federal Regulations part
				  141, subparts L, U, and V.Community, nontransient noncommunity, and transient
				  noncommunity water systems shall comply with the applicable reporting
				  requirements for total coliform bacteria set forth under title 40 Code of
				  Federal Regulations part 141, subpart Y.
The system is not required to report analytical results to
				  the department in cases when the department performed the analysis.
Within ten days of completing the public notification
				  requirements set forth under title 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 141,
				  subpart Q for the initial public notice and any repeat notices, public water
				  systems must submit to the department a certification that the system has fully
				  complied with the public notification regulations. The public water system must
				  include with this certification a representative copy of each type of notice
				  distributed, published, posted, and made available to persons served by the
				  system and to the media.
The system shall submit to the department, within the time
				  stated in the request, copies of any records required to be maintained by the
				  department or copies of any documents then in existence which the department is
				  entitled to inspect under the provisions of state law.
2.
Reporting requirements for the
				department.
The department shall comply with the applicable reporting
				requirements set forth under title 40 Code of Federal Regulations part
				142.15.
3.
Recordkeeping
				requirements for systems.
Subpart H systems shall comply with the
				recordkeeping requirements for filtration and disinfection treatment set forth
				under title 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 141, subparts H, P, T, and W.
				Community and nontransient noncommunity water systems shall comply with the
				recordkeeping requirements for lead and copper set forth under title 40 Code of
				Federal Regulations part 141, subpart I. Community, nontransient noncommunity,
				and transient noncommunity water systems using chlorine dioxide shall comply
				with the applicable recordkeeping requirements for disinfectants, disinfection
				byproducts, and disinfection byproduct precursors set forth under title 40 Code
				of Federal Regulations part 141, subparts L, U, and V. Community, nontransient
				noncommunity, and transient noncommunity water systems shall comply with the
				applicable recordkeeping requirements for total coliform bacteria set forth
				under title 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 141, subpart Y. Community water
				systems shall retain copies of consumer confidence reports for no less than
				three years.
All public water systems shall retain on their premises or at
				  a convenient location near their premises, the following additional records to
				  document compliance with the remaining provisions of this chapter:
a. Bacteriological and chemical analyses.
				Records of bacteriological analyses and turbidity analyses shall be kept for
				not less than five years. Records of chemical analyses shall be kept for not
				less than ten years. Actual laboratory reports may be kept, or data may be
				transferred to tabular summaries, provided that the following information is
				included:
(1) The date, place, and time of
				sampling and the name of the person who collected the sample;
(2) Identification of the sample as to
				whether it was a routine distribution system sample, check sample, or raw or
				other special purpose sample;
(3)
				Date of analysis;
(4) Laboratory
				and person responsible for performing analysis;
(5) The analytical technique or method used;
				and
(6) The result of the
				analysis.