Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) The department hereby adopts and
incorporates by reference ARM
17.38.207, stating maximum
microbiological contaminant levels for public water supply systems, and the
following circulars establishing construction, operation, and maintenance
standards for spring, surface water, wells and cisterns:
(a) Circular WQB-1 entitled "Montana
Department of Health and Environmental Sciences Standards for Water Works"
(1992 Edition);
(b) Circular WQB-3
entitled "Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences Standards for
Small Water Systems" (1992 Edition);
(c) Circular #17 entitled "Cisterns for Water
Supplies." Copies of ARM
17.38.207 and circulars WQB-1,
WQB-3 and #17 may be obtained from the Water Quality Bureau (WQB), Department
of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Metcalf Building, 1520 East 6th Avenue, P.O.
Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620-0901.
(2) A retirement home must provide an
adequate and potable supply of water. The retirement home must:
(a) connect to a public water supply system
approved by the department of environmental quality; or
(b) if the retirement home is not utilized by
more than 25 persons daily at least 60 days out of the calendar year, including
guests, staff, and residents, and an adequate public water supply system is not
accessible, utilize a nonpublic system whose construction and operation meet
those standards established in one of the following circulars:
(i) Circular WQB-1 entitled "Montana
Department of Health and Environmental Sciences Standards for Water Works"
(1992 Edition);
(ii) Circular WQB-3
entitled "Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences Standards for
Small Water Systems" (1992 Edition);
(iii) Circular #17 entitled "Cisterns for
Water Supplies."
(3) If a nonpublic water supply system is
used in accordance with (2) (b), a retirement home must:
(a) submit a water sample at least quarterly
to a laboratory licensed by the department of environmental quality to perform
microbiological analysis of water supplies in order to determine that the water
does not exceed the maximum microbiological contaminant levels stated in ARM
17.38.207.
(4) A
retirement home must replace or repair the water supply system serving it
whenever the water supply:
(a) contains
microbiological contaminants in excess of the maximum levels contained in ARM
17.38.207; or
(b) does not have the
capacity to provide adequate water for drinking, cooking, personal hygiene,
laundry, and water-carried waste disposal.
(5) Handsinks and bathing facilities must be
provided with water at a temperature of at least 100 ° F and not more than
120 ° F.
(6) Ice must be:
(a) obtained from a licensed supplier if it
is not made from the retirement home's water supply;
(b) manufactured, stored, handled,
transported and served in a manner which is approved by the department or local
health authority as preventing contamination of the ice.
(7) Where open bin ice storage is provided,
an ice scoop must be readily available for use by residents or the management
and stored either inside the bin or in a closed container protected from
contamination.
(8) Ice storage bins
may not be connected directly to any trap, drain, receptacle sink or sewer
which discharges waste or to any other source of contamination. A minimum of a
four inches air gap is required between the ice storage bin drain and any waste
discharge.
Sec.
50-5-103,
MCA; IMP, Sec.
50-5-103
and
50-5-214,
MCA;
