Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 8 - Public Water Supply
Section 401 KAR 8:200 - Microbiological monitoring
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 224.10-110, 40 C.F.R. 141.21, 141.52, 141.63, 141.851 - 861
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 224.10-110(2) requires the cabinet to enforce administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary for the regulation and control of the purification of water for public and semipublic use. This administrative regulation establishes a schedule and method for sampling drinking water to test for bacteriological contaminants, establishes maximum contaminant levels for bacteria, and establishes requirements if tests show maximum contaminant levels have been exceeded.
Section 1. A "public water system" as defined by 40 C.F.R. 141.2 ", shall meet the requirements established in 40 C.F.R. 141.21, 141.52, and 141.63.
Section 2. Beginning January 1, 2016, a public water system shall comply with the requirements established in 40 C.F.R. 141.851 through 141.861, except that a sample site plan required by 40 C.F.R. 141.853 shall be submitted to the cabinet no later than December 31, 2015. A semipublic water system shall take a minimum of one (1) total coliform bacteria sample each month the system is in operation.
Section 3. Population served shall be determined by the appropriate method established in this section.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 224.10-100(28), 224.10-110(2), 40 C.F.R. 141.21, 42 U.S.C. 300f-300j-26