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Lori Mathieu, Section Chief, Drinking Water Section & Steve Knauf, Chief Sanitarian, Chatham Health District Definitions and Jurisdictions DPH Roles Local Health Roles Overlap and Working Together Regulate over 2,500 Public Water Systems with 4,400 sources 2.9 million CT residents served – 3.5 million total population 96 systems serve over 1,000 people 461 systems serve under 1,000 people - small community systems 2,028 non-community systems At DPH, the Private Well Program is under the Environmental Health Section Currently staffed by Cliff McClellan Provides technical assistance to local health departments in regards to private wells • • • Public Water Systems PHC Section 19-13-B102 Enforced by DPH Private Wells PHC Section 19-13-B101 Enforced by Local Health Departments DPH has a small private well program PHC Section 19-13-B51 (well siting & construction applies to both public and private wells) A water company that provides water service to 15 or more consumers or 25 or more persons per day for at least 60 days of the year Residential population determined by design criteria (For each home: 2 persons for 1st bedroom and 1 person for each additional bedroom) 3 Types of PWSs: Community Non-Transient Non-Community Transient Non-Community Ongoing water quality monitoring program PWS required to report test results to the DPHDrinking Water Section-done electronically Provides water service to 15 or more consumer residences or 25 or more residential persons per day for at least 60 days per year Chronic exposure to the water by the population served Approximately 600 in CT DPH inspects every 3 years Provides water to 25 or more of the same nonresidential persons for at least 6 months of the year Examples include schools, factories, daycares, office buildings Chronic exposure to the water by the population served Over 600 in CT DPH inspects every 5 years Provides water service to 25 or more nonresidential persons, not necessarily the same persons, for at least 60 days per year Examples include restaurants, gas stations, highway rest areas, state parks, municipal recreational facilities Acute brief exposure to the water by population served Over 1500 in CT DPH inspects every 5 years Wells serving mass gathering locations such as fairgrounds (unless they serve something other than the fair with 25 or more people for over 60 days per year) Water company (serving 2 or more service connections) is defined however there are no associated water quality monitoring requirements). Licensing food service establishments Siting private wells Licensing temporary events Fairgrounds if applicable Town facilities served by wells, possibly Creation of new public water systems under the CPCN process Conversion from private to public well Re-activation of previously regulated systems when they get re-occupied Food service establishments served by wells Connecticut General Statutes (CGS) Section 16262m(a): “…a corporation, company, association, joint stock association, partnership, municipality, other entity or person, or lessee thereof, owning, leasing, maintaining, operating managing or controlling any pond, lake, reservoir, stream, well or distribution plant or system employed for the purpose of supplying water to 15 or more service connections or 25 or more persons on a regular basis.” CGS Section 16-262m(b) (in part): “No water company may begin the construction or a water supply system, and no water company, except a water company supplying water to 250 or more service connections or 1000 persons, may begin expansion of a water supply system without having first obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity...” CGS Section 8-25a: Proposals for developments using water: “No proposal for a development using water supplied by a company incorporated on or after October 1, 1984, shall be approved by a planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission unless such company has been issued a certificate pursuant to section 16-262m. The municipality in which the planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission is located shall be responsible to the operation of any water company created without a certificate…if the water company at any time is unable or unwilling to provide adequate service to its consumers.” If a development project will result in 15 or more service connections or if it will serve 25 or more persons, then the project will be creating a new water company. Local health invited to well site visit for all CPCN projects (Phase IA) Keep in mind that this a multi-step process Phase IB- Is there sufficient water and is water quality acceptable? Phase II: Storage tanks, transfer pumps, distribution piping and treatment as necessary For residential systems (community) design information is under CGS 16-262 m For non-community systems, we have separate design guidelines DPH needs applicant to be referred to us by local health department so we know this is going to occur If it has never been public, SWP will review site (including issuing site suitability approval) and request baseline water quality We will issue a testing schedule and “welcome letter” explaining responsibilities of the public water system A site visit will be scheduled to look at water system DPH again needs applicant to be referred to us by local health department so we know this is going to occur We will issue a testing schedule and “welcome letter” explaining responsibilities of the public water system Scheduling of site visit will depend on when we last surveyed the system and how long it has been inactive Replaces the following: CPCN Screening Form Food Service Establishment Registration Form PWS Information Form It is requested that the new form be sent to DPH with a cover sheet from local health indicating the information is reasonable Applicant information to be consistent between DPH and Local Health Septic design information (if applicable) should generally match projected population information on the screening form New DPH approvals for treatment with backwash For sanitary surveys of existing water systems, air gap language and final discharge location Water hauling at public water systemspublic water system required to notify DPH Well deepening, redeveloping, hydrofracturing and other work that require local permits- Proposed 25-33 Well Use Regulations New screening form and instruction sheet to be posted on our website Suggested cover sheet format for local health concurrence A flow chart on how to handle various situations CT DPH-Drinking Water Section http://www.ct.gov/dph/lib/dph/drinking_water/ EPA-Office of Water http://www.epa.gov/ow/ American Groundwater Trust http://www.agwt.org Water Systems Council – Wellcare Program http://www.watersystemscouncil.org American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org National Groundwater Association http://www.ngwa.org Lori Mathieu [email protected] 860-509-7333 Steve Knauf [email protected] 860-228-5971 ext. 140