New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 10 - SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
Subchapter 9 - SURFACE WATER TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 7:10-9.5 - Surface water treatment plant reporting requirements

1. For treatment plants with a capacity of less than 10 MGD, the "Bureau of Safe Drinking Water Surface Water Treatment Plant Survey," which includes a process schematic drawing of the treatment plant, and detailed information on contact basins, filters and disinfectant, shall be submitted to the address noted in 7:10-9.4(f) by March 30, 1997. For treatment plants with a capacity of less than 10 MGD that do not meet the filtration and disinfection treatment requirements established under the National Regulations, 40 CFR 141.73, as determined by the Department based on information submitted in the Survey, the supplier of water may have the plant evaluated pursuant to (a)2 below in order to demonstrate compliance with this subchapter.

2. For existing treatment plants with a capacity greater than or equal to 10 MGD, the tracer study evaluation report prepared as recommended in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's "Guidance Manual for Compliance with the Filtration and Disinfection Requirements for Public Water Systems Using Surface Water Sources" (dated March 1991) as amended and supplemented, shall be submitted to the address noted in 7:10-9.4(f) by June 30, 1997. The tracer study evaluation must be performed by either a New Jersey licensed professional engineer who is familiar with water filtration and disinfection treatment design or the water treatment system operator licensed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:10A.

3. For new water treatment plants with a capacity greater than or equal to 10 MGD, the tracer study evaluation report shall be submitted within one year of commencement of operation of the plant.