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 D - PUBLIC NOTIFICATION › Section 109.418 - Special notice for failure to conduct source water Cryptosporidium monitoring or failure to determine bin classification

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Special notice for repeated
						failure to conduct monitoring of the source water for
Cryptosporidium
and for failure to determine bin classification or
Cryptosporidium
level.
The owner or operator of a community or
						noncommunity water system that is required to monitor source water under §
												109.1202 (relating to monitoring
						requirements) shall 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 3 months of monitoring as specified in §
												109.1202(c). The
						notice shall be repeated as specified in §
												109.409(b)(3) 
						(relating to Tier 2 public notice-categories, timing and delivery of
						notice).
(b)
Delivery of
						the special notice for failure to determine bin classification or
Cryptosporidium
level
. The owner or operator of a community or
						noncommunity water system that is required to determine a bin classification
						under §
												109.1203 (relating to bin
						classification and treatment technique requirements), or to determine
Cryptosporidium
level under §
												109.1203(i) and
						(j), shall 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
						§
												109.1206(h)
						(relating to reporting and recordkeeping requirements) or §
												109.1203(i) and
						(j), initial round and second round,
						respectively. The notice shall be repeated as specified in §
												109.409(b)(3).
						The notice is not required if the system is complying with a
						Department-approved schedule to address the violation.
(c)
Form and manner of the special
						notice.
(1) The form and manner of
						the public notice must follow the requirements for a Tier 2 public notice
						prescribed in §
													109.409(c). The
						public notice shall be presented as required in §
													109.411(d)
						(relating to content of a public notice).
(2) The notice must contain the following
						language, including the language necessary to fill in the blanks.
(i) 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) of (name of water system) at (phone number)."
(ii) The special notice for failure to
						determine bin classification or
Cryptosporidium
level must
						contain the following language:
"We are required to monitor the source of your drinking
						  water for
Cryptosporidium
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.