Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 22.00 - Drinking Water
Section 22.01 - Purpose

Universal Citation: 310 MA Code of Regs 310.22

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(1)310 CMR 22.00 is intended to promote the public health and general welfare by preventing the pollution and securing the sanitary protection of all such waters used as sources of water supply and ensuring that public water systems in Massachusetts provide to the users thereof water that is safe, fit and pure to drink.

(2)310 CMR 22.00 sets forth those standards and requirements of general application and future effect which shall be used to implement, interpret and enforce M.G.L. c. 40, §§ 15B, 38, 39B, 39C, 40, 41, and 41A; M.G.L. c. 111, §§ 2C, 5E, 5F, 5G, 17, 143, 159, 160, 160A, 160B, 162 and 165; M.G.L. c. 114, §§ 35 and 36; M.G.L. c. 140, §§ 32B and 32H; and M.G.L. c. 165, §§ 4B and 6.

The Department affirms its authority to determine compliance or initiate enforcement actions related to 310 CMR 22.00 based upon analytical results and other information compiled by its sanctioned representatives and agencies.

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