Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
FACILITY STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-360 - Transient accommodations
Section 246-360-040 - Water supply and temperature control
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
The licensee must:
(1) Ensure that the water supply is from an approved source as specified in chapter 246-290 or 246-291 WAC;
(2) Ensure that the plumbing inside the transient accommodation that provides potable water is free of any actual or potential cross connections with any systems that could be a source of nonpotable liquid, solid, or gas that could contaminate the potable water supply by backflow;
(3) Provide hot and cold water under adequate pressure accessible to guests at all times when the lodging unit is rented;
(4) Provide sinks and bathing fixtures used by guests with hot water at 110 degrees plus or minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit accessible at all times when the lodging unit is rented; and
(5) Label nonpotable water supplies at all accessible connections and valves "unsafe for drinking or other domestic use."
Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.62 RCW. 04-24-002, § 246-360-040, filed 11/18/04, effective 4/1/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.62.240. 94-23-077, § 246-360-040, filed 11/16/94, effective 12/17/94; 92-02-019 (Order 225B), § 246-360-040, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-360-040, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; 89-11-058 (Order 328), § 248-144-051, filed 5/17/89.
