Indiana Administrative Code
Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Rule 2 - Drinking Water Standards
Section 2-13 - Reporting requirements; test results and failure to comply

Universal Citation: 327 IN Admin Code 2-13

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 13-13-5; IC 13-14-8-2; IC 13-14-8-7; IC 13-14-13; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-3-2; IC 13-18-16-8; IC 13-18-16-9

Affected: IC 13-18-2; IC 13-18-16

Sec. 13.

(a) The supplier of water or the certified laboratory performing the analysis shall meet the reporting requirements in:

(1) this section;

(2) 327 IAC 8-2.3;

(3) 327 IAC 8-2.4;

(4) 327 IAC 8-2.5; and

(5) 327 IAC 8-2.6.

(b) Except where a shorter period is specified in a rule listed under subsection (a), the results of any test measurement or analysis must be reported to the commissioner within the shorter of the following periods of time:

(1) The first ten (10) days following the month in which the result is received.

(2) The first ten (10) days following the end of the required monitoring period as stipulated by the commissioner.

(c) Except where a different reporting period is specified in this rule, all drinking water results must be reported to the commissioner within twenty-four (24) hours of completion of laboratory analysis if there is an indication of one (1) or more of the following:

(1) Positive total coliform results.

(2) Nitrate results that exceed five (5) milligrams per liter (mg/l).

(3) The failure to comply with any MCL.

The report must be made by telephone or one (1) of the methods specified in subsection (f)(2). If notification is made by telephone, the results must also be reported to the commissioner using one (1) of the methods specified in subsection (f) within forty-eight (48) hours of the telephone notification. If the supplier of water cannot provide the results under this subsection, the supplier of water shall make arrangements with the certified laboratory performing the analysis to submit the results directly to the commissioner using the methods specified in subsection (f).

(d) The supplier of water is not required to report analytical results to the commissioner when the Indiana state department of health drinking water laboratory performs the analysis and reports the results to the commissioner.

(e) The supplier of water, within ten (10) days of completing the public notification required by 327 IAC 8-2.1-7 through 327 IAC 8-2.1-17, for the initial public notice and any repeat notices, shall submit to the commissioner a certification that it has fully complied with the public notification regulations. The PWS must include with this certification a representative copy of each type of notice:

(1) distributed;

(2) published;

(3) posted; or

(4) made available to the:
(A) persons served by the PWS; or

(B) media.

(f) The information required under this section must meet the following:

(1) Be on forms:
(A) provided by the commissioner; and

(B) in a format specified by the commissioner.

(2) Be submitted in one (1) of the following manners:
(A) Mail.

(B) Facsimile.

(C) Electronic mail.

(D) Direct electronic submittal.

(E) Hand delivery.

(F) Other means determined by the commissioner to provide the degree of:
(i) confidentiality;

(ii) reliability;

(iii) convenience; and

(iv) security;

appropriate to the information to be submitted.

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