Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Chapter 24 - STAGE 2 DISINFECTANTS AND DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS (DBPs)
Section 179-24-006 - REDUCED MONITORING
Current through September 17, 2024
006.01 A system may reduce monitoring to the level specified in the following table any time the LRAA is < 0.040 mg/L for TTHMs and < 0.030 mg/L for HAA5 at all monitoring locations. A system may only use data collected under the provisions of this chapter or 179 NAC 16 to qualify for reduced monitoring. In addition, the source water annual average total organic carbon (TOC) level, before any treatment, must be <= 4.0 mg/L at each treatment plant treating surface water or ground water under the direct influence of surface water, based on monitoring conducted under either 179 NAC 16-005.02 item 1.c. or 16-005.04.
| Source water type | Population size category | Monitoring frequency1 | Distribution system monitoring location per monitoring period |
| Surface water or GWUDI: | <500 | -- | Monitoring may not be reduced. |
| 500-3,300 | per year | 1 TTHM and 1 HAA5 sample: one at the location and during the quarter with the highest TTHM single measurement, one at the location and during the quarter with the highest HAA5 single measurement; 1 dual sample set per year if the highest TTHM and HAA5 measurements occurred at the same location and quarter. | |
| 3, 301-9,999 | per year | 2 dual sample sets: one at the location and during the quarter with the highest TTHM single measurement, one at the location and during the quarter with the highest HAA5 single measurement. | |
| 10, 000-49,999 | per quarter | 2 dual sample sets at the locations with the highest TTHM and highest HAA5 LRAAs. | |
| 50, 000-249,999 | per quarter | 4 dual sample sets - at the locations with the two highest TTHM and two highest HAA5 LRAAs. | |
| 250, 000-999,999 | per quarter | 6 dual sample sets - at the locations with the three highest TTHM and three highest HAA5 LRAAs. | |
| 1,000, 000-4,999,999 | per quarter | 8 dual sample sets - at the locations with the four highest TTHM and four highest HAA5 LRAAs. | |
| >5,000,000 | per quarter | 10 dual sample sets - at the locations with the five highest TTHM and five highest HAA5 LRAAs. | |
| Ground Water: | <500 | every third year | 1 TTHM and 1 HAA5 sample: one at the location and during the quarter with the highest TTHM single measurement, one at the location and during the quarter with the highest HAA5 single measurement; 1 dual sample set per year if the highest TTHM and HAA5 measurements occurred at the same location and quarter. |
| 500-9,999 | per year | 1 TTHM and 1 HAA5 sample: one at the location and during the quarter with the highest TTHM single measurement, one at the location and during the quarter with the highest HAA5 single measurement; 1 dual sample set per year if the highest TTHM and HAA5 measurements occurred at the same location and quarter. | |
| 10, 000-99,999 | per year | 2 dual sample sets: one at the location and during the quarter with the highest TTHM single measurement, one at the location and during the quarter with the highest HAA5 single measurement. | |
| 100, 000-499,999 | per quarter | 2 dual sample sets: at the locations with the highest TTHM and highest HAA5 LRAAs. | |
| >500,000 | per quarter | 4 dual sample sets at the locations with the two highest TTHM and two highest HAA5 LRAAs. |
1 Systems on quarterly monitoring must take dual sample sets every 90 days.
006.02 A system may remain on reduced monitoring as long as the TTHM LRAA <= 0.040 mg/L and the HAA5 LRAA <= 0.030 mg/L at each monitoring location (for systems with quarterly reduced monitoring) or each TTHM sample <= 0.060 mg/L and each HAA5 sample <= 0.045 mg/L (for systems with annual or less frequent monitoring). In addition, the source water annual average TOC level, before any treatment, must be <= 4.0 mg/L at each treatment plant treating surface water or ground water under the direct influence of surface water, based on monitoring conducted under either 179 NAC 16-005.02 item 1.c or 179 NAC 16-005.04.
006.03 If the LRAA based on quarterly monitoring at any monitoring location exceeds either 0.040 mg/L for TTHM or 0.030 mg/L for HAA5 or if the annual (or less frequent) sample at any location exceeds either 0.060 mg/L for TTHM or 0.045 mg/L for HAA5, or if the source water annual average TOC level, before any treatment, is > 4.0 mg/L at any treatment plant treating surface water or ground water under the direct influence of surface water, the system must resume routine monitoring under 179 NAC 24-004 or begin increased monitoring if 179 NAC 24-008 applies.
006.04 The Department may return a system to routine monitoring at the Department's discretion.
