New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 9E - PRIVATE WELL TESTING ACT RULES
Subchapter 2 - SAMPLING AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS
Section 7:9E-2.3 - Sample location
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:9E-2.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) Water sampling locations for compliance with this chapter shall be as follows:
1. If there is no water treatment system, as
defined at N.J.A.C. 7:9E-1.2, in use on the
subject property, samples shall be collected from a primary cold water,
non-aerated spigot or tap that draws from, or feeds water to, the potable water
system of the subject property.
2.
Where a water treatment system is in use on the subject property, the sample
shall be collected as follows:
i. The water
treatment system shall be disconnected or otherwise disabled prior to the
collection of the water sample; or
ii. The sample shall be collected at a
location prior to the water treatment system.
(b) In the case of new well construction and installation where there is no spigot or tap on the subject property, the sample may be collected directly at the well head (raw water sample) as set forth in the Safe Drinking Water Act rules at N.J.A.C. 7:10-12.30.
(c) In addition to the requirements set forth at (a) and (b) above, before a water sample for lead analysis under this chapter is collected, water shall be flushed through the plumbing system for at least two minutes (until the water changes temperature), in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:18.
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