Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Chapter 19 - LONG TERM 1 (LT 1) ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT (for Systems Serving Fewer Than 10,000 People)
Section 179-19-003 - GENERAL

Universal Citation: 179 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 19 ยง 003

Current through March 20, 2024

These regulations establish or extend treatment technique requirements in lieu of maximum contaminant levels for the following contaminants: Giardia lamblia, viruses, heterotrophic plate count bacteria, Legionella, Cryptosporidium and turbidity. The treatment technique requirements consist of installing and properly operating water treatment processes which reliably achieve:

1. At least 99% (2 log) removal of Cryptosporidium between a point where the raw water is not subject to recontamination by surface water runoff and a point downstream before or at the first customer for filtered systems, or Cryptosporidium control under the watershed control plan for unfiltered systems; and

2. Compliance with the profiling and benchmark requirements in 179 NAC 19-007.01 through 19-008.05.

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