South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-58.16 - Ground Water Rule
Section 61-58.16.H - Reporting and Recordkeeping For Ground Water Systems
Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 61-58.16.H
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
(1) Reporting. In addition to the requirements of R.61-58.6.B, a ground water system regulated under R.61-58.16 must provide the following information to the Department:
(a)
A ground water system conducting compliance monitoring under R.61-58.16.F(2)
must notify the Department any time the system fails to meet any
Department-specified requirements including, but not limited to, minimum
residual disinfectant concentration, membrane operating criteria or membrane
integrity, and alternative treatment operating criteria, if operation in
accordance with the criteria or requirements is not restored within four hours.
The ground water system must notify the Department as soon as possible, but in
no case later than the end of the next business day.
(b) After completing any corrective action
under R.61-58.16.F(1),
a ground water system must notify the Department within 30 days of completion
of the corrective action.
(c) If a
ground water system subject to the requirements of R.61-58.16.E(1)
does not conduct source water monitoring under R.61-58.16.E(1)(e)(ii),
the system must provide documentation to the Department within 30 days of the
total coliform positive sample that it met the Department criteria.
(2) Recordkeeping. In addition to the requirements of R.61-58.6.D, a ground water system regulated under R.61-58.16 must maintain the following information in its records:
(a) Documentation
of corrective actions shall be kept for a period of not less than ten
years.
(b) Documentation of notice
to the public as required under R.61-58.16.F(1)(g)
shall be kept for a period of not less than three years.
(c) Records of decisions under
R.61-58.16.E(1)(e)(ii)
and records of invalidation of fecal indicator positive ground water source
samples under R.61-58.16.E(4)
shall be kept for a period of not less than five years.
(d) For consecutive systems, documentation of
notification to the wholesale system(s) of total coliform-positive samples that
are not invalidated under R.61-58.5.G(3)
until April 1, 2016, or under R.61-58.17.D beginning April 1, 2016, shall be
kept for a period of not less than five years.
(e) For systems, including wholesale systems,
that are required to perform compliance monitoring under R.61-58.16.F(2):
(i) Records of the Department-specified
minimum disinfectant residual shall be kept for a period of not less than ten
years.
(ii) Records of the lowest
daily residual disinfectant concentration and records of the date and duration
of any failure to maintain the Department-specified minimum residual
disinfectant concentration for a period of more than four hours shall be kept
for a period of not less than five years.
(iii) Records of Department-specified
compliance requirements for membrane filtration and of parameters specified by
the Department for Department-approved alternative treatment and records of the
date and duration of any failure to meet the membrane operating, membrane
integrity, or alternative treatment operating requirements for more than four
hours shall be kept for a period of not less than five years.
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