Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Chapter 1 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING FLUORIDATION OF WATER SUPPLIES
Section 179-1-003 - OPERATION
Current through March 20, 2024
003.01 The operation of the fluoridation program shall be such that the fluoride ion content of the water available to users, as prescribed by the State Department of Health, shall be in the range of 0.8 to 1.5 parts per million, the recommended optimal level being 1.0 to 1.3 parts per million. No fluoride compound need be added to the water supply if the fluoride ion content of the water available to users is already by nature at least 0.7 parts per million.
003.02 Records of all operations shall be kept, and a copy of each month's records sent to the State Department of Health at the close of each month. These records shall include:
Record sheets are available on request from the State Department of Health.
003.03 Samples representing water supplied to the water users shall be submitted to the Division of Laboratories of the State Department of Health or to another laboratory approved by the State Department of Health at least once each month for fluoride analysis. In the event the laboratory making analysis is other than the State Department of Health Laboratory, copies of the results of all such analyses shall be furnished the Department at the close of each month.
