WAC 246-290-686   Compliance requirements for unfiltered systems.  (1) The purveyor using an unfiltered surface or GWI source shall comply with:

     (a) Subparts A and D of Part 6 of chapter 246-290 WAC; and

     (b) All other applicable sections of this chapter.

     (2) The purveyor purchasing water from a system using a surface or GWI source shall comply with:

     (a) The applicable requirements of Subpart A of Part 6 of chapter 246-290 WAC;

     (b) The disinfection, monitoring and reporting requirements under WAC 246-290-692 (5)(b), 246-290-694 (8)(b) and 246-290-696(4) respectively when purchasing completely treated surface or GWI water; or

     (c) The treatment technique, monitoring and reporting requirements as directed by the department when the purveyor is purchasing incompletely treated surface or GWI water.

     (3) The purveyor using an unfiltered GWI source shall be subject to the effective dates, compliance requirements, and violations specified in Table 12.


Table 12

COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR

SYSTEMS USING UNFILTERED GWI SOURCES

REQUIREMENTS

BECOME

EFFECTIVE		 APPLICABLE

PART 6

REQUIREMENTS		 VIOLATION TYPE
Turbidity

MCL		 Treatment

Technique
Six months after

GWI determination		 Only Analytical,

Monitoring and

Reporting

Requirements (WAC

246-290-638, 246-

290-694 and 246-290-

696 respectively)		 Refer to 40

CFR 141.13

and 141.22		 Not in

effect yet
Eighteen months

after GWI

determination		 Subparts A and D No longer

in effect		 In effect as

defined in

WAC 246-

290-632

     (4) Purveyors of community systems using surface water sources had the option to remain unfiltered if they demonstrated compliance with the department's criteria to remain unfiltered by December 30, 1991.

     (5) A purveyor that served water to the public before January 1, 1991, using a GWI source may have that source remain unfiltered, if, within eighteen months of GWI determination, the purveyor complies with Part 6 of this chapter and, the source water quality and site-specific conditions under WAC 246-290-690 or 246-290-691 as demonstrated through monitoring conducted in accordance with WAC 246-290-694.

     (6) The purveyor with sources that are approved to remain unfiltered shall comply with the source water quality and site-specific conditions under WAC 246-290-690 or 246-290-691 as demonstrated through monitoring conducted in accordance with WAC 246-290-694.

     (7) The purveyor shall install filtration when the system fails to meet one or more of the source water quality and site-specific conditions under WAC 246-290-690 and 246-290-691, or the department determines that installation of filtration is necessary to protect the health of consumers served by the water system.

     (8) The purveyor, in response to a written notification by the department, shall install filtration within eighteen months.

     (9) The purveyor may comply with the requirements to install filtration by:

     (a) Constructing a water treatment facility that is designed, operated, and maintained in accordance with Subparts A, B, and C of Part 6 of this chapter;

     (b) Satisfying the source water quality and site-specific criteria specified in WAC 246-290-691 and constructing treatment facilities that are designed, operated, and maintained to provide a limited alternative to filtration in accordance with WAC 246-290-692; or

     (c) Abandoning the surface water or GWI source, and:

     (i) Developing an alternate, department-approved groundwater source; or

     (ii) Purchasing completely treated water from a department-approved public water system.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050 and 70.119A.080. 10-20-068, § 246-290-686, filed 9/29/10, effective 11/1/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.02.050 [43.20.050]. 99-07-021, § 246-290-686, filed 3/9/99, effective 4/9/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 94-14-001, § 246-290-686, filed 6/22/94, effective 7/23/94; 93-08-011 (Order 352B), § 246-290-686, filed 3/25/93, effective 4/25/93.]