Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Chapter 10 - LICENSURE OF WATER OPERATORS
Section 179-10-004 - CLASSIFICATION OF SYSTEMS
Universal Citation: 179 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 10 ยง 004
Current through September 17, 2024
Public water systems are classified as follows. If a system meets the qualifications for more than one classification, the highest classification applies.
1. Class I - All community water systems and non-transient, non-community water systems
a. That use any treatment technology
involving filtration to remove harmful materials from the raw water source or
to improve the aesthetic quality of delivered water, and which serve a
population in excess of 15,000 persons; and
b. All other community and non-transient
non-community water systems that have a distribution system and that serve a
population in excess of 50,000 persons.
2. Class II - All community water systems and non-transient, non-community water systems
a.
That use any treatment technology involving filtration to remove harmful
materials from the raw water source or to improve the aesthetic quality of the
delivered water, and which serve between 2,000 and 15,000 persons;
and
b. All other community and
non-transient non-community water systems that have a distribution system and
that serve a population between 15,000 and 50,000.
3. Class III - All community water systems and non-transient, non-community water systems
a. That use any treatment technology
involving filtration to remove harmful materials from the raw water source or
to improve the aesthetic quality of the delivered water, and which serve fewer
than 2,000 persons; and
b. All
other community and non-transient non-community water systems that have a
distribution system and that serve between 2,000 and 15,000 persons;
and
c. All community water systems
which purchase water from one or more systems for the purpose of supplementing
or providing service to more than 15,000 persons.
4. Class IV - All community water systems and non-transient, non-community water systems
a.
That do not use a treatment technology involving filtration and which serve
fewer than 2,000 persons; and
b.
All other community water systems which purchase water from one or more systems
for the purpose of supplementing or providing service to fewer than 15,000
persons.
5. Class V - All other public water systems (transient, non-community systems).
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