Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 61 - DRINKING WATER › Section 333-061-0087 - Product Acceptability Criteria

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Any pipe, solder, or flux used in the
			 installation or repair of a public water system or any plumbing in a
			 residential or nonresidential facility providing water for human consumption
			 must be lead free as defined in OAR 333-061-0020  except for leaded joints
			 necessary for the repair of cast iron pipes.
(2) No solder containing more than 0.20
			 percent lead shall be sold in Oregon unless the solder contains a warning
			 label, prominently displayed, which states, "Contains Lead. Oregon Law
			 prohibits the use of this solder in making up joints and fittings in any
			 private or public potable water supply system or any individual water user's
			 line". Solder to be used in making up joints and fittings in any private or
			 public potable water supply system or any individual water user's line shall
			 meet ASTM Specification B32-76.
(3)
			 Plumbing piping shall not be used for electrical grounding in any new
			 construction.
(4) No lead pipe,
			 lead goosenecks or similar appurtenances shall be used in the construction of
			 any public water system and every water supplier must certify to the Authority
			 that lead pipe, goosenecks or similar appurtenances do not exist within its
			 water system. A water supplier that identifies the existence of lead components
			 within its water system must submit a compliance schedule, acceptable to the
			 Authority, for the removal of all lead components as described in this
			 section.
(5) Materials and products
			 which come into contact with drinking water supplied by public water systems or
			 which come into contact with drinking water treatment chemicals used at public
			 water systems must be certified to NSF Standard 61: Drinking Water System
			 Components - Health Effects or equivalent. These materials and products include
			 but are not limited to process media, protective materials, joining and sealing
			 materials, pipes and related products, and mechanical devices used in
			 treatment, transmission, and distribution systems.
(6) Products added to public water systems
			 for treatment, purposes including but not limited to disinfection, oxidation,
			 filtration, scale control, corrosion control, pH adjustment, softening,
			 precipitation, sequestering, fluoridation, coagulation, flocculation, and water
			 well treatment shall meet the requirements of NSF Standard 60: Drinking Water
			 Treatment Chemicals - Health Effects or equivalent.
(7) Point-of-use reverse osmosis drinking
			 water treatment systems, materials or components used in these systems designed
			 to be used for the reduction of specific contaminants from public water
			 supplies shall meet the requirements of NSF Standard 58: Reverse Osmosis
			 Drinking Water Treatment Systems or equivalent.
(8) Point-of-use and point-of-entry drinking
			 water treatment units, other than reverse osmosis units, designed to be used
			 for the reduction of specific contaminants from public water supplies shall
			 meet the requirements of NSF Standard 53: Drinking Water Treatment Units -
			 Health Effects or equivalent.
Publications: Publications referenced are available from the
				  agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  448.131
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  448.131