Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4901:1 - Utilities
Chapter 4901:1-15 - Waterworks Companies and Sewage Disposal System Companies
Section 4901:1-15-12 - Emergency operations
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Each waterworks company and/or sewage disposal system company shall make every reasonable effort to have on site, within twenty-four hours of a failure of any system component that would prohibit the company from providing service to any of its customers, necessary back-up equipment to keep its system in operation. The company shall maintain a current inventory record and a list of sources of back-up equipment.
(B) Each waterworks company and/or sewage disposal system company shall have posted both in its plant(s) and office(s) a list of procedures to be followed in the event of a failure of its system as described in paragraph (A) of this rule. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of key operating personnel and contractors shall be posted in a conspicuous area. This list shall be updated at least annually .
(C) Each waterworks company and/or sewage disposal system company shall make every effort to avoid service outages. When an outage occurs, service shall be restored as quickly as possible, consistent with safe procedures.
(D) In the event of an unplanned service outage affecting one hundred customers or ten per cent of the system's customers, whichever number is smaller, and expected to last over four hours, or a major operational event, each waterworks company shall promptly notify the commission's director of the service monitoring and enforcement department or the director's designee. The notification, either in hard copy or via the internet electronically, shall include, but not be limited to, the system affected, outage location, estimated number of customers affected, the steps taken to notify the affected customers, action taken or to be taken to restore service, and the approximate time when service will be restored. The company shall update the commission's director of the service monitoring and enforcement department of the situation and indicate the approximate length of time it will take to restore service and any boil advisory information.
(E) In the event of a sewerage back-up in a collection main, or a major operational event, each sewage disposal system company shall promptly notify the commission's director of the service monitoring and enforcement department . The notification shall include, but not be limited to the system affected, back-up location, estimated number of customers affected, action taken or to be taken to eliminate the back up, and the approximate length of time when the back-up will be eliminated. The required notification shall be provided either in hard copy or electronically via the internet.
