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Colorado Department Public Health & Environment. Sean Lieske Drinking Water Compliance Team Leader Compliance Assurance & Data Management Unit Water Quality Control Division 303-692-3505. EPA Promulgates Regulation. States Required to have Primacy. Regulation becomes effective.
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Colorado Department Public Health & Environment Sean Lieske Drinking Water Compliance Team Leader Compliance Assurance & Data Management Unit Water Quality Control Division 303-692-3505
EPA Promulgates Regulation States Required to have Primacy Regulation becomes effective State Rule Adoption Process 2005 2006 2007 2008 Regulation Promulgation
State Rule Adoption Process Authority:CRS 25-1.5-201 - 208 Limitation:§25-1.5-202(2) stipulates that our regulations can be no more stringent than the federal standards promulgated pursuant to the “Safe Drinking Water Act” Colorado Board of Health Water Quality Control Commission
Rule Making Hearing at BOH Regulation becomes effective Comment Period Nov Dec Jan Feb March State Rule Adoption Process State Board of Health Process Request for Rule Making to BOH Water Quality Control Commission Process?
Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulations • New Regulations - • Stage 2 Disinfection Byproduct Rule • Promulgated by EPA - January 2006 • Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule • Promulgated by EPA – January 2006 • Groundwater Rule • Promulgated by EPA - ?
Non-Community Water System: serves at least 25 or more people for more than 60 days per year Community Water System: at least 15 service connections or serves 25 or more persons per year Non- Transient Non-Community Water System: at least 25 of the same persons for 6 months or more each year Transient Non-Community Water System: serves at least 25 different persons for 60 days or more each year Public Water System Public Water System: Has at least 15 service connections or serves 25 or more persons for at least 60 days per year
Consecutive Water System (State) Means a public water system that receives, through purchase or other means, treated water from one or more supply systems and distributes only that water through a distribution system that it owns. These systems may provide disinfection but no other treatment. Types of Public Water Systems
Consecutive Water System (EPA) A public water system that receives some or all of its finished water from one or more wholesale systems. Delivery may be through a direct connection or through the distribution system of one or more consecutive systems. Types of Public Water Systems
Consecutive Systems Wholesale System 100,000 Consecutive System 10,000 Consecutive System 50,000 Treatment Plant System A System B System C R i v e r Treatment Plant River Combined Distribution System Schedule based on population of: 100,000 100,000 100,000
Combined Distribution System Example All 3 systems must comply based on the schedule of System B (Schedule 2) System A System serving 12,000 System C System serving 500 Sells water to. . . Who treats and sells water to. . . System B System serving 60,000