Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart C - Protection of Natural Resources › Article II - Water Resources › Chapter 109 - SAFE DRINKING WATER › Subchapter F - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS › Section 109.606 - Chemicals, materials and equipment

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Chemicals, materials or equipment which
						come in contact with the water or may affect the quality of the water may not
						be used unless the chemicals, materials or equipment are acceptable to the
						Department.
(b) Chemicals used by a
						public water supplier which come in contact with the water or may affect the
						quality of the water and which are certified for conformance with ANSI/NSF
						Standard 60 (Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals-Health Effects-NSF) or meet the
						food grade standards of the
United States Pharmacopeia
are
						deemed acceptable to the Department.
(c) Materials or equipment used in the
						construction or modification of a public water system, including waterline
						extensions, mechanical devices and drinking water treatment equipment, which
						come into contact with the water or may affect the quality of the water and
						which are certified for conformance with ANSI/NSF Standard 61 (Drinking Water
						System Components-Health Effects-NSF) are deemed acceptable to the
						Department.
(d) Drinking water
						treatment equipment used in the construction or modification of a public water
						system which comes into contact with the water or may affect the quality of the
						water and which is certified for inactivation, reduction or removal performance
						in conformance with PDWEP is deemed acceptable to the Department.
(e) Acceptable certification under subsection
						(b), (c) or (d) related to ANSI/NSF Standards 60 and 61 or PDWEP includes that
						performed by NSF International or other certification organization acceptable
						to the Department. To be acceptable to the Department, a certification
						organization shall be accredited by ANSI as a third party certification
						organization and meet the following requirements. The organization shall:
(1) Demonstrate it is independent of
						manufacturers using the certification organization's services.
(2) Require that a registered mark or seal be
						placed upon each product certified under ANSI/NSF Standard 60 or 61 or PDWEP,
						as applicable.
(3) Maintain an
						ongoing quality assurance and quality control program that includes, at a
						minimum, the following:
(i) Periodic announced
						and unannounced factory follow-ups and audits at sufficient frequency and in
						sufficient detail to assure the product evaluated is the same as the product
						being manufactured.
(ii)
						Maintenance of or accessibility to a laboratory certified by the Department
						meeting the minimum laboratory certification criteria for drinking water
						analysis.
(iii) Maintenance of
						staff toxicologists or accessibility to toxicologists to perform the
						toxicological review and evaluation portions of the product
						assessments.
(iv) Maintenance of
						procedures for notification and recall of the use of the registered mark or
						seal for previously certified products which do not meet the certification
						requirements of ANSI/NSF Standards 60 and 61 or PDWEP.
(v) For equipment that is claimed to remove
						or reduce a specific contaminant, the name of the organization that meets the
						accreditation standards of the ANSI and that has certified the device to verify
						its inactivation, reduction or removal performance for that contaminant, the
						name of the testing protocol or standard used to test the device, a statement
						from the testing laboratory giving the date of the test, a summary of the
						results and the date, if any, by which the device shall be retested for
						verification of the removal or reduction performance to remain
						effective.
(4) Require
						appropriate product reevaluation depending upon the results of the factory
						follow-ups and audits and changes in the standards themselves.
(5) Perform certification evaluations for any
						manufacturer or applicant.
(6)
						Evaluate and certify an appropriately broad range of products-additives, direct
						additives or indirect additives.
(7) Maintain and publish a listing of
						certified products and distribute the listing to State regulatory agencies and
						others, as appropriate, at least annually.