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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-032 - Duties of a certified operator in responsible charge

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(1) A certified operator designated by the
				purveyor to be in responsible charge as required in WAC
				246-292-020 shall perform or
				manage the public water system's daily operational and maintenance activities
				in this chapter, chapter 246-290 WAC, and according to acceptable public health
				practices and water industry standards.
(2) A certified operator in responsible
				charge or designee must be available on-site or able to be contacted
				immediately by telephone or other electronic communication twenty-four hours
				per day, every day, and able to initiate appropriate action within two hours of
				contact. Appropriate action may include, but is not limited to:
(a) Making necessary repairs or resolving
				problems; or
(b) Directing staff or
				contractors to make necessary repairs or resolve problems.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-033 - Duties of a CCS

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(1) A CCS
				designated by a purveyor as required in WAC
				246-292-050(4) 
				shall develop, implement, and maintain a cross-connection control program that
				meets the requirements in WAC
				246-290-490.
(2) A CCS shall perform the following duties:
(a) Assess the degree of hazard posed by the
				consumer's water system to the public water system, as required in WAC
				246-290-490(4)(a)(i);
(b) Determine the appropriate method of
				backflow protection to prevent contamination of the public water system by the
				consumer's water system, as required in WAC
				246-290-490(4)(a)(ii);
(c) Inspect backflow preventer installations
				to verify that the protection provided is appropriate for the assessed degree
				of hazard, as required in WAC
				246-290-490(7)(a)(i);
(d) Investigate and respond to backflow
				incidents known to have contaminated or suspected of contaminating the public
				water system, as required in WAC
				246-290-490(3)(h);
(e) Develop and maintain the purveyor's
				cross-connection control records, as required in WAC
				246-290-490(3), (4), and
				(8);
(f) Complete and sign the purveyor's
				cross-connection control related reports and make the reports available to the
				department upon request, as required in WAC
				246-290-490(8) 
				including:
(i) The cross-connection control
				annual summary reports; and
(ii)
				Backflow incident reports after an incident has occurred that contaminated the
				public water system;
(g)
				Take corrective action as required in WAC
				246-290-490(2)(h)
				when a consumer fails to comply with the purveyor's cross-connection control
				requirements regarding the installation, inspection, field testing,
				maintenance, or repair of a backflow preventer that protects the public water
				system; and
(h) Review inspection
				and field test reports for backflow preventers that protect the public water
				system and take follow-up action to resolve incomplete, erroneous, or
				fraudulent reports as required in WAC
				246-290-490(3)(g).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-034 - Duties of a BAT

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(1) A BAT shall
				inspect, field test, maintain, and repair backflow prevention assemblies,
				backflow prevention devices, and air gaps that protect the public water system
				and report the results as required in WAC
				246-290-490(7).
(2) A BAT must be equipped with and capable
				of using a field test kit, all tools, and other equipment needed to inspect and
				field test backflow prevention assemblies, and to inspect air gaps and
				AVBs.
(3) When conducting
				inspections and field tests of back-flow preventers, a BAT shall:
(a) Use procedures that:
(i) Meet the requirements in WAC
				246-290-490(7)(d);
				and
(ii) Are consistent with the
				field test procedures used on the BAT's most recently passed practical
				exam;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-036 - Backflow preventer inspection and field test report content

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(1) A BAT shall
				complete a backflow preventer inspection and field test report as required in
				WAC 246-292-034(3)(c).
(2) The completed backflow preventer
				inspection and field test report must contain facility and hazard information
				including:
(a) Facility name;
(b) Service address;
(c) Name and contact information of the
				facility owner or owner's representative; and
(d) Description of downstream hazards or
				premises, such as the categories identified in WAC
				246-290-490, Table 9, if known to
				the BAT.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-040 - Classification of public water systems

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The department shall classify water treatment plants and
				  distribution systems.
(1) Water
				treatment plants.
(a) Water treatment plants
				are classified according to the point system in the ABC "
Purification
				Plant Criteria
" publication (October 2007) and are in Table 1.
Table 1 Water Treatment Plant
				  Classification
Total Points Assigned
Water Treatment Plant Classification
Less than 31
Class 1
31 to 55
Class 2
56 to 75
Class 3
More than 75
Class 4
(b)
				The scope of water treatment plant processes include, but are not limited to:
(i) Water filtration;
(ii) Ion exchange;
(iii) Electrodialysis;
(iv) Reverse osmosis; or
(v) Inorganic contaminant removal.
(c) The scope of a water treatment
				plant does not include unit processes installed for:
(i) In-line fluoridation;
(ii) In-line chlorination; or
(iii) Chemical addition to inhibit
				corrosion.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-050 - Public water system minimum operator certification requirements

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(1) A purveyor of a
				public water system shall designate at least one certified operator in
				responsible charge of a water treatment plant according to the minimum operator
				certification levels in Table 3.
Table 3
Water Treatment Plant Classification for the
				  Minimum
Level of Certified Operators in Responsible
				  Charge
Water Treatment Plant Classification
Minimum Operator Certification Level
Class 1
WTPO 1
Class 2
WTPO 2
Class 3
WTPO 3
Class 4
WTPO 4
(2)
				A purveyor of a public water system shall designate at least one certified
				operator in responsible charge of a distribution system according to the
				minimum operator certification levels in Table 4 for:
(a) A community or nontransient noncommunity
				water system;
(b) A transient
				noncommunity water system, if the system has a groundwater source that requires
				4-log treatment as required in WAC
				246-290-451 or
				246-290-453; or
(c) A transient noncommunity water system
				that is violating or has violated requirements in chapter 246-290 WAC, and the
				violations may create, or have created an imminent or significant risk to human
				health. Violations include, but are not limited to:
(i) Repeated violations of monitoring or
				reporting requirements;
(ii)
				Failure to address an exceedance of permissible levels of regulated
				contaminants;
(iii) Failure to
				comply with treatment technique standards or requirements;
(iv) Failure to comply with waterworks
				operator certification requirements;
(v) Failure to submit to a sanitary survey;
				or
(vi) Failure to comply with Tier
				1 public notification requirements.
Table 4 Distribution System Classification for the
				  Minimum Level of Certified Operators in Responsible Charge
Distribution System Classification
Minimum Operator Certification Level
Class S
WDS
Class 1
WDM 1
Class 2
WDM 2
Class 3
WDM 3
Class 4
WDM 4
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-055 - Minimum requirements for contract operators

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(1) A contract operator must:
(a) Be certified, at a minimum, as a CCS and
				a WDM 1;
(b) Be certified at a
				level determined by the highest classification of the water treatment plant or
				distribution system operated as required in WAC
				246-292-050 in Tables 3 and
				4;
(c) For each public water system
				under contract with the operator:
(i) Be
				available on-site or able to be contacted immediately by telephone or other
				electronic communication twenty-four hours per day, every day; and
(ii) Be able to initiate appropriate action
				within two hours of contact, as required for certified operators in responsible
				charge under WAC
				246-292-032(2),
				for every public water system that the contract operator is under
				contract;
(d) Submit one
				copy of each public water system operations contract to the department within
				thirty days of the effective date of the contract. An operations contract must
				include the following:
(i) Contract operator
				name and certification number;
(ii)
				List of the duties that must be performed;
(iii) Duration of the contract
				term;
(iv) Signature of the public
				water system representative;
(v)
				Signature of the contract operator; and
(vi) Effective date of the
				contract.
(e) Notify the
				department within thirty days when starting operation of a public water system,
				or ending operation of a public water system.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-070 - Application and examination

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(1) To
				become certified as a CCS, WDS, WDM, or WTPO, an applicant shall:
(a) Submit to the department a completed
				application on a form provided by the department, and include:
(i) An application fee, as specified in WAC
				246-292-995;
(ii) A completed "Waterworks Operator
				Information" form;
(iii) Affidavits
				of employment that documents experience;
(iv) Transcripts of education and training,
				if applicable; and
(v) Other
				supporting documentation, as required in this chapter.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-075 - Reciprocity

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(1) The department
				may issue a certification for a WDS, WDM, or WTPO without examination to an
				applicant who has a valid, unrestricted certificate from another state or
				province if:
(a) The education, operating
				experience, and professional growth requirements from the other state or
				provincial certification program are substantially equivalent standards as the
				certification requirements in this chapter; and
(b) An applicant passed the ABC validated
				examination or an equivalent examination as determined by the department, with
				an equivalent Washington passing score of at least seventy percent.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-080 - Public water system temporary operator certification

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(1) The department may issue a non-renewable
				temporary certification to an individual to fill a vacated position for a
				certified operator in responsible charge, or for a position reclassified in WAC
				246-292-086, for a public water
				system that is required to have a certified operator. The purveyor of the
				public water system and the operator may jointly submit to the department an
				application for a temporary certification without the operator taking an
				examination if:
(a) The operator meets, or
				will meet before the end of the temporary certification period, the minimum
				education and operating experience requirements of the water treatment plant or
				distribution system classification as required in WAC
				246-292-050 for the temporary
				position; and
(b) The operator
				submits all of the following:
(i) A letter
				requesting temporary certification for the vacated certified operator in
				responsible charge position;
(ii)
				A temporary certification application on a form provided by the department
				signed by the operator and the purveyor for department review and
				approval;
(iii) Affidavits of
				employment and other supporting information to document experience and
				demonstrate that the applicant will meet the requirements to become certified
				for the position by the end of the temporary certification period;
				and
(iv) A temporary certification
				application fee as specified in WAC
				246-292-995(4).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-085 - Legacy certification

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(1) A
				certified operator who received a legacy certification prior to January 1,
				2001, remains subject to the following:
(a) A
				legacy operator certification is valid only for the designated public water
				system and is not transferable to another operator or public water
				system;
(b) An operator with a
				legacy certification shall meet all renewal requirements in WAC
				246-292-090; and
(c) If an operator with a legacy
				certification fails to renew the certificate as required in WAC
				246-292-090, the operator shall
				no longer be certified. If the certificate expires, the operator must apply for
				a new certification and meet all the requirements of a new applicant as
				required in WAC 246-292-060 and
				246-292-070.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-086 - Certified BTO

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(1) The department
				shall:
(a) Reclassify a certified BTO that
				has twelve months or more of operating experience in a water treatment plant to
				a WTPO 1. To document operating experience in a water treatment plant, a BTO
				shall submit the following to the department for review and approval:
(i) Completed "Waterworks Operator
				Information" form provided by the department; and
(ii) Affidavits of employment that document
				water treatment plant experience.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-090 - Renewal of certificates

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(1)
				Certificates are valid until December 31st each year, except that an initial
				certificate issued after October 1st will be valid through the following
				calendar year.
(2) To renew a
				certificate, a certified operator shall submit to the department:
(a) The annual renewal fee as specified in
				WAC 246-292-995;
(b) The original annual renewal notice, and
				if applicable;
(c) Updated
				information on the renewal notice, including water system name and
				identification number for any change in the specific public water systems
				operated by the certified operator; and
(d) Completed professional growth
				documentation as required in WAC
				246-292-095(3).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-095 - Professional growth

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(1) A BTO, CCS,
				WDS, WDM, or WTPO shall demonstrate professional growth during each
				professional growth reporting period of at least three years, and complete the
				requirements by December 31st, as follows:
(a) Accumulate a minimum of three CEU or
				college credits meeting the definition of relevant water system training in WAC
				246-292-010;
(b) Advance as a WDM or WTPO by examination
				to a higher level classification; or
(c) Achieve certification by examination in a
				different classification as follows:
(i) A
				BTO obtains a CCS, WDM, or WTPO certification;
(ii) A CCS obtains a WDS, WDM, or WTPO
				certification;
(iii) A WDM obtains
				a CCS or WTPO certification;
(iv) A
				WDS obtains a CCS, WDM, or WTPO certification; or
(v) A WTPO obtains a CCS or WDM
				certification.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-100 - Revocation and suspension

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(1) The
				department may suspend an operator's certificate for up to one year or revoke
				an operator's certificate for up to five years if the operator:
(a) Obtains a certificate by fraud or
				deceit;
(b) Performs an act of
				fraud, deceit, or gross negligence when:
(i)
				Operating or maintaining a public water system;
(ii) Inspecting, testing, maintaining, or
				repairing backflow assemblies, devices, or air gaps intended to protect a
				public water system from contamination; or
(iii) Developing or implementing a
				cross-connection control program.
(c) Intentionally violates the requirements
				of this chapter or department statutes, rules, or orders as authorized in
				chapter 246-290 WAC,
				RCW
				70A.120.110, or
				70A.125.040.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-105 - Certification denial

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(1) The department
				may deny an application for certification if the applicant:
(a) Fails to meet any of the requirements of
				this chapter or falsifies information;
(b) At the time of application, and for any
				period of time during the prospective period of certification, the applicant:
(i) Has a waterworks operator certificate
				revoked, suspended, or restricted by another state or province with
				substantially equivalent standards as the requirements in this
				chapter;
(ii) Has a waterworks
				operator certificate revoked, suspended, or restricted by the department;
				or
(iii) Has a wastewater operator
				certificate in chapter 173-230 WAC revoked, suspended, or restricted by the
				department of ecology.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-110 - Enforcement

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(1) When a public
				water system or operator fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter,
				the department may initiate appropriate enforcement actions as authorized in
				chapters 70A.120 and 70A.125 RCW.
(2) The department's enforcement actions
				against a public water system or operator may include one or more of the
				following:
(a) Issuing an informal letter
				directing appropriate corrective measures;
(b) Issuing a notice of violation requiring
				appropriate corrective measures;
(c) Issuing a compliance schedule of specific
				actions needed to achieve compliance;
(d) Issuing an order requiring specific
				actions or ceasing unacceptable activities within a designated time
				period;
(e) Imposing civil
				penalties for up to:
(i) Five thousand dollars
				per day per violation; or
(ii) Ten
				thousand dollars per day per violation in the case of a violation that the
				department has determined to be a public health emergency;
(f) Revoking or suspending a certification in
				accordance with WAC
				246-292-100; and
(g) Other legal action by the attorney
				general or local prosecutor.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-292 - Waterworks operator certification › Section 246-292-995 - Certified operator and public water system certification fees

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(1) Table 8
				specifies certified operator fees:
Table 8 Certified Operator Fees
Operator Classification
Application Fee By Examination
Application Fee By Reciprocity
Annual Renewal Fee
Late Fee (Assessed for failure to submit the fee
						  within the time period specified on the renewal form)
WTPO
$87.00
$177.00
$42 (Regardless of the number of
						  classifications held by the operator)
$35 (Regardless of the number of
						  classifications held by the operator)
WDM
$87.00
$177.00
WDS
$87.00
$177.00
CCS
$51.00
Not applicable
BAT
$51.00
Not applicable
BTO
Not applicable
Not applicable
(2)
				A public water system shall pay the fee in Table 9 in combination with the
				system's annual operating permit fee as required in chapter 246-294
				WAC.
(3) A public water system that
				fails to submit the required annual fees by the deadline specified on the
				renewal form shall pay the late fee as specified in Table 9.
Table 9 Public Water System Annual Certification
				  Fees
Public Water System Size* (Number of Service
						  Connections on WFI form)
Public Water System Certification Fee
Late Fee
Less than 601
$132.00
$35.00
601 through 6,000
$403.00
$40.30
6,001 through 20,000
$536.00
$53.60
More than 20,000
$809.00
$80.90
* Approved SMAs shall pay a fee based on total services in
				  all public water systems owned by the SMA.
(4) An individual applying for a temporary
				certification shall pay a fee of eighty-seven dollars to the department as
				required in WAC
				246-292-080.
(5) Fees are not refundable or
				transferable.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
				  is repealed:
WAC
				  246-292-160 Water works
				  certification fees.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Section 246-293-001 - Purpose

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This chapter is promulgated pursuant to the authority granted
				  in the Public Water System Coordination Act of 1977, chapter 70A.100 RCW, for
				  the purpose of implementing a program relating to public water system
				  coordination within the state of Washington, for evaluation and determination
				  of critical water supply service areas, and assistance for orderly and
				  efficient public water system planning.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-293-001, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter 70.116 RCW. 78-07-048 (Order 1309), § 248-56-100, filed
					 6/28/78.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-110 - Definitions

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(1) "Public water
				  system" - Any system or water supply intended or used for human consumption or
				  other domestic uses including, but not limited to, source, treatment, storage,
				  transmission and distribution facilities where water is furnished to any
				  community, number of individuals or is made available to the public for human
				  consumption or domestic use. This definition shall exclude any water system
				  serving one single family residence, water systems existing prior to September
				  21, 1977 which are owner operated and serve less than ten single family
				  residences, and water systems serving no more than one industrial
				  plant.
(2) "Purveyor" - Any agency
				  or subdivision of the state or any municipality, firm, company, mutual or
				  cooperative association, institution, partnership, person, or any other entity
				  that owns or operates a public water system for wholesale or retail service (or
				  their authorized agent).
(3)
				  "Municipality" - Any county, city, town, or any other entity having its own
				  incorporated government for local affairs including, but not limited to,
				  metropolitan municipal corporation, public utility district, water district,
				  irrigation district, sewer district, and/or port district.
(4) "Inadequate water quality" - An excess of
				  maximum contaminant levels established by the state board of health (chapter
				  248-54 WAC).
(5) "Unreliable
				  service" - Low pressure or quantity problems, and/or frequent service
				  interruption inconsistent with state board of health requirements (chapter
				  248-54 WAC).
(6) "Lack of
				  coordinated planning" - Failure to resolve existing or potential areawide
				  problems related to:
(a) Insufficient control
				  over development of new public water systems.
(b) Adjacent or nearby public water systems
				  constructed according to incompatible design standards.
(c) No future service area agreements, or
				  conflicts in existing or future service areas.
(d) Adjacent public water systems which could
				  benefit from emergency interties or joint-use facilities.
(e) Water system plans which have not been
				  updated in accordance with chapter 248-54 WAC.
(f) Inconsistencies between neighboring water
				  system plans, or failure to consider adopted county or city land use plans or
				  policies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-120 - Preliminary assessment - Requirement

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In areas where public water systems are suspected of having
					 problems related to inadequate water quality, unreliable service, or lack of
					 coordinated planning, a preliminary assessment shall be undertaken to determine
					 if the geographical area should be designated a critical water supply service
					 area. (See WAC 248-56-200 for definitions.)
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order
						121), recodified as § 246-293-120, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.
						Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.116 RCW. 78-07-048 (Order 1309), §
						248-56-300, filed 6/28/78.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-130 - Preliminary assessment - Procedures

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(1)
				  The preliminary assessment shall be conducted under the authority of the county
				  legislative authority(ies) and the department with assistance from affected
				  state and local agencies and water purveyors.
(2) Notice that a preliminary assessment is
				  being undertaken shall be made to all affected parties, those who have
				  demonstrated an interest, and the local news media.
(3) The preliminary assessment shall be
				  presented in report form, as short and factual as possible, and shall consider
				  at least the following topics as they relate to public water systems in the
				  potential critical water supply service area:
(a) Existing water systems, including:
(i) History of water quality, reliability and
				  service,
(ii) General firefighting
				  capability of the utilities, and
(iii) Identification of major facilities
				  which need to be expanded, altered, or replaced.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-140 - Declaration of critical water supply service area

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(1) Based upon review of the preliminary
				  assessment, if findings indicate that a geographical area does have problems
				  related to inadequate water quality, unreliable service, or lack of coordinated
				  planning, the county legislative authority(ies) or the department shall declare
				  that area a critical water supply service area.
(2) The declaration shall be in the format of
				  a legislative enactment signed by the county legislative authority(ies), or
				  administrative declaration signed by the secretary of the department or his
				  designee.
(3) The declaring agency
				  shall file its declaration with the other agency(ies) and notify in writing the
				  appropriate local planning agencies, affected water purveyors, and the local
				  news media within ten days.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order
						121), recodified as § 246-293-140, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.
						Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.116 RCW. 78-07-048 (Order 1309), §
						248-56-400, filed 6/28/78.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-150 - Water utility coordinating committee - Establishment

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(1) Within thirty
				  days following the declaration of a critical water supply service area, a water
				  utility coordinating committee composed of not less than three voting members
				  shall be appointed by the declaring authority.
(2) The water utility coordinating committee
				  shall consist of one representative from each of the following:
(a) County legislative authority within the
				  declared area;
(b) County planning
				  agency having jurisdiction within the declared area;
(c) Health agency having jurisdiction within
				  the declared area under chapters 70.08, 70.05, 43.20 RCW; and
(d) Water purveyor with over fifty services
				  within the declared area.
(Other interested persons may be appointed as nonvoting
					 members of the committee by the authority declaring the critical water supply
					 service area if determined appropriate.)
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-160 - Water utility coordinating committee - Purpose

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(1) The initial purpose of the water utility
				  coordinating committee shall be to recommend external critical water supply
				  service area boundaries to the county legislative authority(ies) within six
				  months of appointment of the committee. (See WAC 248-56-600.)
(2) Following establishment of external
				  critical water supply service area boundaries, the water utility coordinating
				  committee shall be responsible for development of the coordinated water system
				  plan. (See WAC 248-56-740.)
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order
						121), recodified as § 246-293-160, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.
						Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.116 RCW. 78-07-048 (Order 1309), §
						248-56-510, filed 6/28/78.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-170 - Establishment of external critical water supply service area boundaries - Procedures

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(1) Proposed
				  boundaries shall be documented by a written report which includes:
(a) A map and narrative description of the
				  recommended boundary.
(b) A
				  narrative statement outlining the reasons for the recommended boundary
				  location, the criteria used and relative importance of each.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-180 - Establishment of external critical water supply service area boundaries - Criteria

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(1) The water
				  utility coordinating committee, in recommending, and county legislative
				  authority(ies), in determining the location of external critical water supply
				  service area boundaries shall consider factors including, but not limited to:
(a) Existing land use,
(b) Projected land use and permitted
				  densities as documented in adopted county or city plans, ordinances and/or
				  growth policies for at least ten years into the future,
(c) Other planning activities or boundaries
				  which may affect land use or water system planning,
(d) Physical factors limiting provision of
				  water service,
(e) Existing
				  political boundaries, including boundary agreements in effect and attitudes
				  towards expanding those boundaries,
(f) Future service areas of existing
				  utilities,
(g) Hydraulic factors,
				  including potential pressure zones or elevations,
(h) Economic ability of the public water
				  systems to meet minimum service requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-190 - Establishment of critical water supply service area boundaries - Effect

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(1) No new public
				  water system shall be approved within a critical water supply service area
				  subsequent to establishment of external boundaries unless specifically
				  authorized by the department. Authorization shall be based upon compliance with
				  the following:
(a) If unanticipated demand
				  for water supply occurs within a purveyor's future service area, the following
				  shall apply in the listed sequence:
(i) The
				  existing purveyor shall provide service in a timely and reasonable manner
				  consistent with state board of health regulations; or
(ii) A new public water system may be
				  developed on a temporary basis. Before authorization, a legal agreement will be
				  required which includes a schedule for the existing purveyor to assume
				  management and/or connect the new public water system to the existing system;
				  or
(iii) A new public water system
				  may be developed. Before authorization, a revised service area agreement
				  establishing the new purveyor's future service area will be required.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-200 - Alteration of external critical water supply service area boundaries

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(1) After
				  establishment of external critical water supply service area boundaries, those
				  boundaries may not be altered until the coordinated water system plan is
				  completed.
(2) Alteration of
				  external critical water supply service area boundaries may be initiated by the
				  department or county legislative authority(ies) in accordance with the
				  procedures and criteria identified in WAC 248-56-600 and 248-56-610. In
				  addition:
(a) The department or county
				  legislative authority(ies), whichever initiates alteration of external
				  boundaries, shall prepare a brief report documenting the need for such
				  alteration, and
(b) The department
				  or county legislative authority(ies), whichever initiates preparation of the
				  report, shall reconvene the water utility coordinating committee and present
				  the report to the committee, together with instructions for committee
				  action.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-210 - Update of external critical water supply service area boundaries

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External critical water supply service area boundaries
					 shall be reviewed by the water utility coordinating committee and the county
					 legislative authority(ies) at least once every five years, as part of the
					 update of the coordinated water system plan. (See WAC
					 248-56-760.)
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order
						121), recodified as § 246-293-210, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.
						Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.116 RCW. 78-07-048 (Order 1309), §
						248-56-640, filed 6/28/78.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-220 - Coordinated water system plan - Requirement

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(1) A coordinated water system plan shall be
				  required for the entire area within the external critical water supply service
				  area boundaries.
(2) In critical
				  water supply service areas where more than one water system exists, a
				  coordinated water system plan shall consist of either:
(a) A compilation of water system plans
				  approved pursuant to WAC 248-54-580, together with supplementary provisions
				  addressing water purveyor concerns relating to the entire critical water supply
				  service area (fulfilling requirements of WAC 248-56-710 and 248-56-720
				  respectively), or
(b) A single plan
				  covering all affected public water systems and areawide concerns within the
				  external critical water supply service area boundaries (fulfilling requirements
				  of both WAC 248-56-710 and 248-56-720).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-230 - Coordinated water system plan - Water system plan

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(1) Each purveyor within the external
				  critical water supply service area boundaries shall be responsible for
				  completion of a water system plan for the purveyor's future service area,
				  including provisions of WAC 248-56-730, if such a plan has not already been
				  approved, with the following exception:
(a)
				  Nonmunicipally owned public water systems shall be exempt from the planning
				  requirements (except for the establishment of service area boundaries pursuant
				  to WAC 248-56-730) if they:
(i) Were in
				  existence as of September 21, 1977; and
(ii) Have no plans for water service beyond
				  their existing service area; and
(iii) Meet minimum state board of health
				  requirements (chapter 248-54 WAC).
Note:
If the county legislative authority permits a
								  change in development that will increase the demand for water service of such a
								  system beyond the existing system's ability to provide minimum water service,
								  the purveyor shall develop a water system plan in accordance with this
								  section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-240 - Coordinated water system plan - Supplementary provisions

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(1) All water purveyors within the external
				  critical water supply service area boundaries (with the exception of the
				  systems specifically exempted in WAC 248-56-710(1)) shall be notified and asked
				  to participate in the development of the supplementary provisions.
(2) The supplementary provisions shall
				  address areawide water system concerns relating to the entire critical water
				  supply service area. The content of the supplementary provisions shall comply
				  with guidelines* which may be obtained from the department.
The supplementary provisions shall include, but not be
					 limited to:
(a) Assessment of related,
				  adopted plans,
(b) Identification
				  of future service areas and service area agreements (WAC 248-56-730
				  ),
(c) Minimum areawide water
				  system design standards, including fireflow performance standards,
(d) Procedures for authorizing new water
				  systems in the critical water supply service area,
(e) Assessment of potential joint-use or
				  shared water system facilities and/or management programs.
*Copies of DSHS guidelines entitled, "Plan
								  contents guidelines" may be obtained without charge from the Department of
								  Social and Health Services, Water Supply and Waste Section, Mail Stop LD-11,
								  Olympia, Washington 98504.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-250 - Service area agreements - Requirement

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(1) The service area boundaries of public
				  water systems within the critical water supply service area shall be determined
				  by written agreement among the respective existing purveyors and approved by
				  the appropriate legislative authority(ies).
(2) Future service area agreements shall be
				  incorporated into the coordinated water system plan as provided for in the
				  guidelines identified in WAC 248-56-720.
(3) Future service area boundaries of public
				  water systems shall be determined by existing purveyors. Criteria used in the
				  establishment of future service areas should include, but not be limited to:
				  Topography, readiness and ability to provide water, local franchise areas,
				  legal water system boundaries, city limits, future population, land use
				  projections, and sewer service areas.
(4) All future service areas shall not be
				  inconsistent with adopted land use plans, ordinances, and growth policies of
				  cities, towns, and counties, located within the future service area
				  boundaries.
(5) Failure of the
				  legislative authority(ies) to file with the department objections to service
				  area agreements within 60 days of receipt of the agreement shall indicate
				  automatic approval.
(6) If no
				  service area boundary agreement has been established after a conscientious
				  effort by the purveyors within one year of establishment of the external
				  critical water supply service area boundaries, or if the legislative
				  authority(ies) has filed with the department objections in writing, the
				  department shall hold a public hearing.
(7) If a public hearing is required for the
				  establishment of service areas the following procedures shall apply:
(a) The department shall provide notice of
				  the hearing by certified mail to:
(i) Each
				  purveyor providing service in the critical water supply service area,
(ii) Each county legislative authority having
				  jurisdiction in the area, and
(iii)
				  The public pursuant to chapter 65.16 RCW.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-260 - Coordinated water system plan - Procedures (water utility coordinating committee)

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(1) Following
				  establishment of external critical water supply service area boundaries, the
				  water utility coordinating committee shall be responsible for the development
				  of a coordinated water system plan.
(2) No later than two months after
				  establishment of the external critical water supply service area boundary the
				  water utility coordinating committee shall meet for the purpose of formulating
				  arrangements for:
(a) Preparation of the
				  coordinated water system plan, and
(b) Public involvement.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-270 - Coordinated water system plan - Effect

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(1) All purveyors constructing or proposing
				  to construct public water system facilities within the area covered by the
				  coordinated water system plan shall comply with the plan.
(2) At any time after two years of
				  establishment of the external critical water supply service area boundaries,
				  the department may deny proposals to establish or to expand any public water
				  system within a critical water supply service area for which there is not an
				  approved coordinated water system plan. (Individual retail or direct service
				  connections shall not be considered an expansion.) (See WAC 248-56-620 for
				  provisions pertaining to new public water systems in the interim two
				  years.)
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order
						121), recodified as § 246-293-270, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.
						Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.116 RCW. 78-07-048 (Order 1309), §
						248-56-750, filed 6/28/78.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 246-293 - Water System Coordination Act › Part I - PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS › Section 246-293-280 - Coordinated water system plan - Update

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(1) The coordinated water system plan shall
				  be reviewed and updated by the water utility coordinating committee at a
				  minimum of every five years or sooner, if the water utility coordinating
				  committee feels it is necessary, in accordance with both the provisions of WAC
				  248-54-580 and this section.
(2)
				  Changes in the coordinated water system plan shall be accomplished in
				  accordance with procedures for developing a coordinated water system plan (WAC
				  248-56-740). If no changes are necessary, the water utility coordinating
				  committee shall submit to the department a statement verifying that the
				  coordinated water system plan is still current.
(3) If the external critical water supply
				  service area boundaries are altered by the county legislative authority(ies)
				  pursuant to WAC 248-54-630, the coordinated water system plan shall be updated
				  as provided for in WAC 248-56-630.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order
						121), recodified as § 246-293-280, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91.
						Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.116 RCW. 78-07-048 (Order 1309), §
						248-56-760, filed 6/28/78.