ILLINOIS POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
November 22, 1974
IN THE MATTER OF:
R 74-11
PROPOSAL FOR AMENDMENT OF WATER POLLUTION
)
REGULATIONS
ORDER OF THE BOARD
(by Mr.
Dumelle):
Motion filed November
12,
1974 by the Curtiss Candy Company asks
for reconsideration
or
in the alternative for leave
to intervene.
We deny reconsideration for the reasons that the substantially
identical
proposal
is
now before
us
in R 74-1,
R 74-8 and R 74-9
as
a
result of an Environmental
Protection Agency endorsement of those
proposals.
We
do not lightly waive
the 200 signature requirement set
by statute to
initiate regulatory proposals because such waivers might
tend to indicate
a judgment by the Board on
the merits
in advance of
testimony.
Leave to intervene
in
R 74—1,
R 74-8 and
R 74-9
is granted.
IT
IS SO ORDERED.
I, Christan
L.
Moffett, Clerk
of the Illinois Pollution Control
Board,
do hereby certify
t at the above Order was adopted on this
Q”~
day of
~
,
1974 by
a vote of
~
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ILLINOIS
POLLUTION
CONTROL
BOARD
RULES
AND
REGULATIONS
Chapter
6:
Public
Water
Supply
PART
1:
INTRODUCTION
101
Authority
Pursuant
to
the authority contained in
Section
17
of
the
En-
vironmental Protection Act, adopted 1970,
as amended
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat,
1973,
ch. 111
1/2,
§
1017), which authorizes the Board
to issue regulations “governing the location,
design, construct-
ion,
and continuous operation and maintenance of public water
supply installations,
changes, or additions which may affect
the continuous sanitary quality, mineral quality, or adequacy
of the public water supply,” the Board adopts the following
rules and regulations.
102
Policy
The General Assembly has found “that state supervision of pub-
lic water supplies is necessary in order to protect the public
from disease and to assure an adequate supply of pure water for
all beneficial uses”
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.,
1973,
ch.
111 1/2,
§1014).
It is the purpose of these rules and regulations to serve as a
guide in the design, preparation,
and submission
of plan documents
for public water supply systems and their operation;
to delineate
limiting values
for items upon which an evaluation of such plan
documents will be made by the Agency;
to establish, so far as
practicable,
uniformity of practice among the various engineers,
and to delineate operation and maintenance procedures
as necess-
ary to insure safe,
adequate, and clean water.
Where the terms
“shall” and “must” are used, practice is sufficiently standard-
ized to permit specific delineation of requirements
for safeguard-
ing the health and well-being of the populace.
These terms are
intended to indicate a mandatory requirement by the Agency.
Oth-
er terms, such as “should,”
“recommended,” and “preferred” indi-
cate desirable procedures or methods with deviations subject to
individual consideration.
The use of new water treatment methods,
equipment,
and materials
for the processing and distribution
of
water are encouraged; nevertheless, before new processes, equip—
ment, or materials are used at a public water supply facility, the
supplier and/or engineer of such processes,
equipment,
and mat-
erials shall:
A.
Show that they have been thoroughly tested
in full—scale, comparable installations,
under competent supervision,
or
B.
Establish that they have been thoroughly tested as
a pilot-plant operated for a sufficient time
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to indicate satisfactory performance.
103
Repeals
A.
These rules and regulations replace and supersede all
Public Water Supply Systems Rules and Regulations
adopted by the Illinois Department of Public Health
(except those rules and regulations concerning fluori-
dation treatment), and continued in effect by Section
49
(C)
of the Environmental Protection Act “until re-
pealed,
amended, or superseded by regulations under
this Act.”
Accordingly, Public Water Supply Systems
Rules and Regulations
are hereby repealed, except that
any proceeding arising from any act committed before
the effective date of the applicable provision of
this Chapter shall be governed by the regulations in
force at the time the act was committed.
B.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 212, those
Technical Policy Statements presented to the Board
with these Rules and Regulations shall have full
force and effect on the effective date of these Rules
and Regulations.
Subsequent Technical Policy Statements
shall be adopted by the Agency in conformance with Rule
212 of this Chapter.
104
Definitions
Definitions of terms and their use in Chapter
6 and in any
Technical Policy Statements
supplementary to Chapter
6 are
in accordance with “Glossary—Water and Wastewater Control
Engineering,” 1969 edition, published jointly by American
Public Health Association, American Society of Civil Engineers,
American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution
Control Federation, except as separately defined below.
“Act” means the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.
“Adequate” means that
a reasonable amount of water shall be
available at all times.
“Agency” means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
“Board” means the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
“Boil Order” means
an order to boil all drinking and culinary
water for at least five minutes before use, issued by the
proper authorities to the consumers of a public water supply
affected, whenever the water being supplied may have become
bacteriologically contaminated.
“Certified Operator” means
a public water supply operator
certified according to the provisions of
“An Act to Regulate
the Operating of a Public Water Supply”
(Ill.
Rev. Stat.
1973,
ch. 111 1/2 §501 et seq.).
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“Engineer” means such person, persons, or firu~which designed
the waterworks, improvements or extensions thereto, and who
conceived, developed,
executed,
or supervised the preparation
of the plan documents,
and who is registered in accordance
with applicable statutes
to practice in Illinois.
“Ground Water” means all natural or artificially Introduced
waters found below the ground surface, including water from
dug, drilled, bored or driven wells,
infiltration lines, and
springs.
“Operational Testing” means only those chemical and physical
tests
(excluding bacteriological) which are to be used routine-
ly in the operation of
a public water supply in order to con-
trol the treatment processes used at that supply.
These tests,
which may be performed with commercially available test kits,
include, but are not limited to:
Iron test for iron removal
Hardness test for ion exchange softening
Alkalinity for lime softening
Free and combined chlorine for chlorination.
“Organization Officer” means any officer of an organization
which is the owner or operator of a public water supply, and
who has direct administrative responsibility for the supply.
“Plan Documents” means reports, proposals, preliminary plans,
survey and basis of design data, general and detailed con—
struc~ionplans, and specifications.
“Safe” means that the water contains no substances or organisms
which are or may be injurious to a person in normal health who
ingests the water.
“Standards” means the “Recommended Standards for Water Works”
1968 edition, and the nine 1972
“Addenda”
as adopted by the
Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State Sanitary
Engineers
(commonly referred to
as the Ten-States Standards)
“Surface Water” means
all tributary streams and drainage basins,
including natural lakes and artificial reservoirs, which may
affect a specific water supply above the point of
water
supply
intake.
“Surface Water Supply Source” means any surface water used as
~.
water source for a public water supply.
“Supply” means
a public water supply.
“Twelve—Month—Running—Average”
means the arithmetic average of
laboratory determinations for the immediately preceding twelve-
month period for any single parameter. No fewer than six
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separate samples, taken over
a twelve—month period, with at
least one each quarter of the year, but taken at not less than
two-week intervals
,
shall be included in the average, except
that multiple samples taken within the same 48-hour period
and
averaged
together
may
be
considered
one
sample
for
the
purpose of this twelve-month-running-average.
“Water Main” means any pipe for the purpose of distributing
potable water which serves or is accessible to more than one
property,
dwelling, or rental unit,
and is exterior to buildings.
105
Analytical Testing
To determine compliance with these rules and regulations,
all
sampling and physical, chemical, bacteriological, and micro-
scopic analyses shall be made according to the “Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,” 13th
edition,
as published jointly by the American Public Health
Association,
the American Water Works Association,
and the
Water Pollution Control Federation,
or such other procedures
as
are approved by the Agency.
106
Limit
of Public Water Supplies
A public water supply shall be considered
to end at each service
connection.
107
Severability
If any provision of these rules or regulations
is adjudged
invalid, or if the application thereof to any person or in
any circumstance is adjudged invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect the validity of this chapter as a whole, or of any
other part,
sub—part, sentence or clause thereof not adjudged
invalid.
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PART
II:
PERMITS
This part establishes basic rules
for the issuance of permits
for construction, modification, and operation of proposed
public water supply systems or improvements to public water
supply systems.
201
Construction Permits
A.
No person shall cause or allow the construction of any
new public water supply installation, or cause or allow
the change of or addition to any existing public water
supply, without a construction permit issued by the
Agency.
Public water supply installation,
change, or
addition shall not include routine maintenance,
service
pipe connections, hydrants and valves,
or replacement
of equipment,
pipe, and appurtenances with equivalent
equipment,
pipe,
and appurtenances.
B.
All work performed on
a public water supply shall be in
accordance with accepted engineering practices.
202
Operating Permits
No owner or operator of a public water supply shall cause or
allow the use or operation of any new public water supply,
or any new addition to an existing supply, for which a Con-
struction Permit
is required under Rule 201, without an Oper-
ating Permit issued by the Agency.
203
Algicide Permits
No algicide shall be applied to any stream,
reservoir,
lake,
pond,
or other body of water used as a public water supply
source, without an Algicide Permit issued
by
d~’e Ac~ncy.
Permits issued under this Rule will be valid for public water
supply sources only.
Copper sulphate is the only algicide
which may be used in public water supplies.
204
Applications
-
Contents
A.
All applications for any construction permit required under
this part shall contain, where appropriate, the following
information and documents:
1.
A summary of the basis of design.
2.
Operation requirements, where applicable.
3.
General layout.
4.
Detailed plans.
5.
Specifications.
B.
Plan
documents
for
a
public
water
supply
or
modifications
of
any
existing
public
water
supply,
which
are
submitted
under
Rule
204
(A),
shall
be
prepared
by
a
person
qualified
under
“An Act to Provide for the Licensing of Architects and to
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Regulate
the
Practice
of
Architecture
as
a
Profession
and
to Repeal Certain Acts Therein Named.”
(Ill.
Rev.
Sta.
1973,
ch.
10
1/2
§
1
et
seq.,
as
amended),”An
Act
to
Regulate
the
Practice
of
Professional Engineering, and to Repeal an Act
to Regulate the Practice of Professional Engineering Filed
June 24,
1941, and to Make an Appropriation Therefor.”
(Ill.
Rev.
Sta.
1973,
ch.
48 1/2 §32 et seq.,
as
amended)
,
“An
Act to Revise the Law in Relation to the Regulation of the
Practice of Structural Engineering.”
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1973,
ch. 131
1/2,
§
1 et seq.,
as amended), or any required com-
bination thereof and shall have the necessary professional
seal affixed.
C.
All applications for operating permits shall contain the
name and certificate number of the certified operator on
the operational staff of the public water supply, the
name and location of the supply,
and the construction
permit number under which it was constructed, and such
other information required by the Agency for proper con-
sideration of the permit.
D.
All applications
for algicide permits shall contain the
name and certificate number of the certified operator
supervising the application of the algicide,
and suffi-
cient additional information as required by the Agency to
evaluate properly the dosages and effects of the treatment.
Each permit application must include a statement describing
the extent of the algae problem, the history of any past
algae problems and algicide treatments, and a description
of any fish kills which have resulted from treatments
in
the past.
Adequate information must be supplied to sup-
port exceeding the limits as stated in Chapter
3, Part II:
Water Quality Standards.
E.
The Agency may prescribe the form in which all informa-
tion required under this Rule shall be submitted, and may
adopt
procedures
requiring
such
additional
information
as
is
necessary
to
determine
whether
the
public
water
supply
system
will
meet
the
requirements
of
the
Act
and
this
chapter.
205
Applications
-
Signatures
and
Authorization
All
permit
applications
shall
be
signed
by
the
owner
or
of f-
icial
custodian
of
the
public
water
supply,
or
by
the
owner’s
duly
authorized
agent,
and
shall
be
accompanied
by
evidence
of
authority
to
sign
the
application.
206
Applications
-
Filing
and
Final
Action
by
Agency
A.
An
application
for
permit
shall
be
deemed
to
be
filed
on
the
date
of
initial
receipt
by
the
Agency
of
the
documents.
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B.
If the Agency fails
to take final action, b~Tgranting or
denying the permit as requested or with conditions, within
ninety days from the filing of the completed application,
the applicant may deem the permit granted for the length
of time applicable under Rule 208
(A),
(B)
,
and
(C)
as
applicable, commencing on the ninety-first day after the
application was filed.
C.
Any
applicant for a permit may waive the requirement that
the Agency must take final action within ninety days from
the filing of the application.
D.
The Agency shall send all notices of final action by U.S.
mail.
The Agency shall be deemed to have taken final action
on the date that the notice is mailed.
207
Standards for Issuance
The Agency shall not grant any construction permit required
by Part II of this Chapter unless the applicant submits ade-
quate proof that the public water supply either conforms to
the design criteria promulgated by the Agency under Rule 212,
or is based on such other criteria which the applicant proves
will produce consistently satisfactory results.
208
Duration of Permits
A.
Construction Permits
-
Construction permits for public
water supply facilities shall be valid for the start of
construction within one. year from the date
of issuance,
and may be renewed for additional one-year periods at
the discretion of the Agency.
Construction, once
started, may continue for four years without permit
renewal, and may be renewed for periods specified by
the Agency at its discretion for each permit renewal.
B.
Operating Permits
-
Operating permits shall be valid
until revoked unless otherwise stated in the permit.
C.
Algicide Permits
-
Algicide permits shall be valid
only for the period stated in the permit, but in no
case longer than one year.
209
“As Built” Plans
Whenever a supply has been constructed without a construction
permit, the Agency may require submission of “as-built” plans
prepared by a qualified person as described in Rule 204
(B).
Any
deficiencies requiring correction as determined by the
Agency must be corrected within a time
limit
set by the Agency.
This does not relieve the owner or official custodian from any
liability for construction of the supply without a permit.
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210
Conditions
In addition to specific conditions authorized under Part II of
this Chapter, the Agency may impose such conditions
in a permit
as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Act, and
as are not inconsistent with regulations promulgated by the
Board.
211
Appeals from Conditions in Permits
An applicant may consider any condition imposed by the Agency
in a permit as
a refusal by the Agency to grant a permit, which
shall entitle the applicant to appeal the Agency’s decision to
the Board pursuant to Section 40 of the Act.
212
Design, Operation,
and Maintenance Criteria
A.
The Agency may adopt criteria, published in the form of
Technical Policy Statements, for the design, operation,
and maintenance of public water supply facilities
as necess-
ary to insure safe,
adequate, and clean water.
These cri-
teria shall be revised from time to time to reflect cur-
rent engineering judgment and advances in the state of
the art.
B.
Before adopting new criteria or making substantive changes
to any Technical Policy Statements adopted by the Agency,
the Agency shall:
1.
Publish a summary of the proposed changes, and
rationale for such changes,
in the Board News-
letter.
The Agency may at its discretion also
publish a summary of, and rationale for, the pro-
posed changes
in a comparable publication;
and
2.
Provide a copy of the full text of the proposed
changes to any person who,
in writing, so requests;
and
3.
Defer adoption of the changes for at least forty—
five days from the date of publication to allow
submission and consideration of written comments
to the Agency on the proposed changes.
4.
Such procedures, and revisions thereto, shall not
become effective until filed with the Index Div-
ision of the Office of the Secretary of State
as
required by
“An Act Concerning Administrative Rules”
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1973,
ch. 127 §~263—268.1).
213
Permits Under Emergency Conditions
A.
Whenever emergency conditions
require immediate action, the
Agency may issue construction and operating permits by tel-
ephone, with whatever special conditions the Agency deems
to be necessary for the proper safeguarding of the health
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of the water consumers.
“As—built” plans and specifications
covering the work performed under the telephone permit must
be submitted to the Agency
as soon as reasonably possible.
Modifications required by the Agency after review of the sub-
mission shall be made promptly.
B.
The Agency shall confirm,
in writing, within ten days of is-
suance,
its granting of an emergency construction permit.
Said
confirmation
may
be
conditioned
upon
the receipt and
approval, by the Agency,
of
“as-built” plans and specifica-
tions.
Permit Revocations
Violation of any permit conditions or failure to comply with
any rule or regulation of this Chapter shall be grounds for
enforcement actions
as provided in the Act, including revoca-
tion of permit.
Such
enforcement actions shall be sought by
filing a complaint with the Board pursuant to Title VIII of
the Act.
Permit
Limitations
Any
permit issued under Rules 201
to 215 shall not be consid-
ered to be valid unless and until all applicable permits from
State agencies, including but not limited to those listed be-
low, have been applied for:
AGENCY
PERMIT DESCRIPTION
Illinois Commerce Commission
Certificate of Convenience
and Necessity
Department of Mines and Minerals
Well Drilling
Division of Oil and Gas
Department of Transportation
Change to Existing Waterways
Division of Water Resource
Management
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PART
III:
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE
This part of the rules
and regulations concerning public
~‘atersupply facilities
delineates requirements
to be met
in the operation and maintenance of such facilities.
301
Required Supervision
To assure the continued maintenance and operation of public
water supplies,
each supply shall be under the individual
direct supervision of
a municipal or private corporation,
individual private ownership,
or
a regularly organized body
governed by
a constitution and by—laws requiring regular
election of officers.
The body exercising such direct
supervision shall file with the Agency
a statement of owner-
ship before commencing construction of any public water supply
facility.
Public water supplies in existence on the effective
date of these rules shall
file a statement of ownership no
later than
90 days after that date.
The body filing such
a
statement shall be considered to be the owner until such time
as
a notification of change of ownership
is received,
in
accordance with Rule
303.
302
Operator’s Certification
All provisions
of “An Act to Regulate the Operating of
a Public
Water Supply”
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1973,
ch. 111 1/2
§
501 et seq.)
shall be met.
All official operating reports submitted to the
Agency are to be signed by
a Certified Operator.
The Certified
Operator in charge shall be responsible for the proper operation
of the supply.
303
Notification of Change of Ownership or Responsible Personnel
The Agency shall be notified, within 15 days,
by the owner of
a public water supply of changes in ownership.
The Agency
shall also be notified of changes
in responsible personnel who
may be contacted in the event such contact
is required.
No
notification shall be considered valid unless the new owner or
responsible
personnel
indicates
acceptance
of
these
responsibil-
ities
and
duties
in
the
notification
document.
304
Finished Water Quality
A.
Bacteriological Quality
1.
Standard Sample
The standard sample for the coliform test shall
consist
of:
a.
For the membrane filter technique,not less
than 100 milliliters.
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b.
For the fermentation tube method,
five
standard portions of either 10 milli-
liters or 100 milliliters.
2.
Total Coliform Limits
The number of organisms of the coliform group present
in potable water,
as indicated by representative
samples examined, shall not exceed the following
limits:
a.
When the membrane filter technique is used,
arithmetic mean coliform density of all
standard samples examined per month shall
not exceed one per 100 milliliters.
Coliform
colonies per standard sample shall not exceed
four per 100 milliliters in:
(1)
more than one standard sample when
less than twenty are examined per
month; or
(2)
more than five percent of the standard
samples when twenty or more are examined
per month.
b.
When 10-milliliter standard portions are
examined by the fermentation tube method,
not more than ten percent in any month
shall show the presence of the coliform
group.
The presence of the coliform group
in three or more 10-milliliter portions of
a standard sample shall not be allowable if
this occurs
in:
(I)
more than one sample per month when
less than twenty are examined per
month; or
(2)
more than five percent of the samples
when
twenty or more are examined per
month.
c.
When
100-milliliter
standard
portions
are
examined by the fermentation tube method,
not more than sixty percent in any month
shall show the presence of the coliform
group.
The presence of the coliform group
in five of the 100-milliliter portions of
a standard sample shall not be allowable
if this occurs in:
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(1)
more
than
one sample per month when
less than five are examined per month;
or
(2)
more
than
twenty percent of
the
samples
when
five
or
more
are
examined
per
month.
3.
Total
Coliform
Check-Samples
a.
When coliform densities exceed the limit estab-
lished
in
Rule
304
(A)
(2)
,
they may indicate a break-
down in the protective barriers and shall be cause
for special follow-up action to locate and elimin-
ate
the
cause of contamination.
b.
Check—samples should be taken at the discretion
of the Agency under the following conditions:
(1)
When coliform colonies in a single standard
sample exceed four per 100 milliliters,
as
measured by the membrane filter technique,
daily samples shall be promptly collected
and examined from the same sampling point
until
the results obtained from at least
two consecutive samples show less than one
coliform per 100 milliliters.
(2)
When organisms of the colifarm group occur
in three or more of the 10-milliliter portions
of
a single standard sample
(fermentation tube
method), daily samples shall be promptly col-
lected and examined from the same sampling
point until the results obtained from at least
two consecutive samples show no positive tubes.
(3)
When organisms of the coliform group occur in
all five of the 100-milliliter portions of
a
single standard sample
(fermentation tube
method), daily samples shall
be
promptly
col-
lected and examined from the same sampling
point until the results obtained from at least
two consecutive samples show no positive tubes.
c.
The sampling point required to be check-sampled
must not be eliminated from future collections
based on a history of questionable water quality.
These check samples shall not be included in the
total number of samples examined per month, nor
shall the check samples be used as
a basis
for
determining compliance with the rules except as
provided in Rule
304 A
(3) (b) (1)
,
(2)
or
(3)
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4.
Bacterial Plate Count Sample
When bacterial plate counts are considered by the Agency
to be necessary,
the sample for the bacterial plate
count using Standard Plate-Count-Agar (35CC,
48 hours)
shall consist of two portions of one milliliter and two
portions
of one-tenth milliliter.
5.
Bacterial Plate Count Limits
The maximum
number
for the bacterial plate count in
the water distributed to the consumer is
500 organisms
per
one
milliliter,
based
on
arithmetic
average of all
samples
examined
in
a
calendar
month.
In
determining
compliance,
these data shall be reported to two signif-
icant
figures.
When the average bacterial plate count
is found to exceed 500 organisms per one milliliter,
either in portions of the distribution network or in
finished
water
reservoir
storage, the Agency shall de-
termine if these bacterial counts require further act-
ion to be taken to protect the water
consumers.
Upon
such findings, prompt attention shall be directed by the
owner toward finding the cause and taking appropriate
action for correction.
B.
Chemical and Physical Quality
1.
The finished water shall contain no impurity in concen-
trations that may be hazardous to the health of the
consumer or excessively corrosive or otherwise delet-
erious
to the water supply.
Drinking water shall con-
tain no impurity which could reasonably be expected to
cause offense to the sense of sight, taste, or smell.
2.
Substances used in treatment should not remain in the
water in concentrations greater than required by good
practice.
Substances which may have
a deleterious
physiological effect, or for which physiological eff-
ects
are not known, shall not be used in a manner that
would permit them to reach the consumer.
3.
To determine non-compliance with any of these standards,
the analyses of substances listed in Table I are to be
presented by the Agency or other complainant as twelve—
month running averages, rounded to the same numbers of
significant figures
as the standard shown in the table.
When rounding figures, digits five and above shall be
rounded up.
No single analysis shall show a concentra-
tion
at any time of any substance listed in Table
I
of more than 1.5 times the average value shown in the
table.
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4.
The twelve—month average of substances listed in
Table
I shall not exceed
in
the
finished
water
the
limits listed, after the compliance date shown.
Any
supply which is already in compliance, or reaches
compliance before the date set for a substance,
must
continue
in
compliance
thereafter.
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TABLE
I
MAXIMUM
ALLOWABLE
TWELVE-MONTH-AVERAGE
CONCENTRATIONS
FINISHED
WATER
QUALITY
SUBSTANCE
REPORTED
MAXIMUM
COMPLIANCE
AS
CONCENTRATION
mg
/
1
DATE
Arsenic
As
0.1
Barium
Ba
1.
Jan. 1,1978
Cadmium
Cd
0.010
E
Chromium
Cr
0.05
E
Color
Color Units
15.
E
Copper
Cu
1.
E
Cyanide
CN
0.2
E
Fluoride
F
2.0
Jan. 1,1978
Foaming
Agents
MBAS
0.5
E
Iron
Fe
0.3
(a)
Jan.
1,1978
Lead
Pb
0.05
E
Manganese
Mn
0.05
(a)
Jan.
1,1978
Mercury
Hg
0.002
E
Nitrate—Nitrogen
N
10.
(b)
E
Nitrite—Nitrogen
N
1.
E
Odor
Threshold
Odor
Number
3.
E
Organics
Carbon Adsorbable
Carbon—Chloroform Extract
CCEm
0.7
(C)
E
Pesticides
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticides
Aldrin
0.001
E
Chlordane
0.003
E
DDT
0.05
E
Dieldrin
0.001
E
Endrin
0.0005
E
Heptachlor
0.0001
E
Heptachior Epoxide
0.0001
E
Lindane
0.005
E
Methoxychlor
0.1
E
Toxaphene
0.005
B
Organophosphate
Insecticides
Parathion
0.1
E
Chlorophenoxy Herbicides
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
(2,4-D)
0.02
E
2,4,5
Trichlorophenoxyproprionic
acid
0.01
E
(2,4,5—TP or Silvex)
Selenium
Se
0.01
B
Silver
Ag
0.05
E
Turbidity
TU
1.0
(d)
E
Zinc
Zn
5.
B
Effective Date of Rules
and Regulations
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NOTES:
a.
Iron in excess of 0.3 mg/l and manganese in excess of 0.05
mg/i may be allowed at the discretion of the Agency if se-
questration tried on an experimental basis proves to be eff-
ective.
If sequestering is not effective, positive iron or
manganese reduction treatment as applicable must be provided.
No experimental use of a sequestering agent may be tried
without previous Agency approval.
b.
Nitrate-Nitrogen may be allowed to exceed the value in Table
1 up to a maximum value of
20 mg/l.
Such maximum concentra-
tions may be allowed for up to a total of
35 calendar days
in any calendar year,
of which no single period shall be long-
er than
15 consecutive days,
if notice
is sent by officials
of the water supply affected to consumers and physicians
in
the area, so that infants and pregnant women may temporarily
use another supply.
c.
The subscript
“m” is used to denote that
this
parameter
is
determined by using an improved miniaturized sampler
and extraction technique.
d.
Turbidity in drinking water shall not exceed one turbidity
unit at the point where water enters the distribution sys-
tem unless it can be demonstrated that a higher turbidity
not
exceeding
5
TU
does
not:
(1)
interfere with disinfection, or
(2)
cause
tastes
and
odors
upon
disinfection,
or
(3)
prevent the maintenance of an effective dis-
infection agent throughout the distribution
system,
or
(4)
result
in
deposits
in
the
distribution
system,
or
(5)
cause
consumers
to
question
the
safety
of
their
drinking
water.
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305
Chlorination
All public water supplies,
except those purchasing treated
water containing adequate chlorine, shall chlorinate the
water before it enters the distribution system.
The resid-
uals of free and combined chlorine shall in all public water
supply systems be maintained at levels sufficient to provide
adequate protection.
The Agency may set levels, and promul-
gate procedures
for chlorination.
Public water supplies now
in operation must comply with this rule within one year after
its effective date.
Any supply which is now in compliance
or reaches compliance before that date, must continue in com-
pliance thereafter.
Those public water supplies having hand
pumped wells and no distribution system are exempted from the
requirements of this Rule.
306
Fluoridation
All public water supplies which are required to add fluoride
to the water shall maintain a fluoride ion concentration
reported as F of 0.9 to 1.2 mg/i in its distribution system,
as required by Section 7a of
“An Act to Provide for Safeguard-
ing the Public Health by Vesting Certain Measures of Control and
Supervision in the Department of Public Health over Public
Water Supplies
in the State”
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1973,
ch.
111
1/2
§ l2lgl,
as amended)
307
Raw Water Quality
A.
Each public water supply must take its raw water from the
best
available
source
which
is
economically
reasonable
and
technically possible.
B.
Use of recycled sewage treatment plant effluent on a
routine basis shall not be permitted until
limits for
effluent
parameters
have
been
determined
and
promulgated
by the Board.
C.
The twelve—month running geometric means of
fecal coliform
and
total coliform densities
in raw water sources shall not
exceed 2,000 per 100 ml. and 20,000 per 100 ml., respectively
without specific approval of the Agency.
D.
Each
owner
or
operator
of
a
public
water
supply
owning
and/or
controlling a public water supply surface water source
shall take all reasonable actions for the protection of that
source.
308
Raw
Water
Quantity
A.
Surface Supply
-
The
quantity
of
surface
water
at
the
source
shall be adequate to supply the total water demand of a
community from that source,
as well as a reasonable surplus
for anticipated growth.
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B.
Groundwater
Supply
-
The
quantity
of
ground
water
from
the source of supply shall be adequate to supply the
total water demand of that public water supply,
as well
as
a reasonable surplus for anticipated growth, without
excessive depletion of the aquifer.
C.
In determining adequacy of supply for compliance with
Rule
308
(A) and
(B), each individual source of supply
shall be considered in relation to the percentage of
the total requirements it
is expected to provide.
309
Frequency of Sampling
A.
A minimum of two representative bacteriological samples
of the finished water are to be submitted monthly by
each public water supply owner, official custodian,
or
his authorized personnel to the Agency’s laboratory for
analyses.
A greater
number
of
samples
may
be
required
by the Agency, depending upon the type of treatment
and the population served by the specific water supply.
When
a large number of samples are required, analyses
performed by laboratories approved by the Agency will
be accepted to meet the number of analyses necessary
under this Section.
It shall be the responsibility of the public water supply
to have the analyses performed either at its own certi-
fied laboratory or at any other certified laboratory
if
the
number
of
analyses
required
by
the
Agency
is
in
ex-
cess of the maximum number per public water supply norm-
ally analyzed by the Agency.
B.
A minimum of one representative mineral sample each of
the raw and finished water are to be submitted every two
years to the Agency’s laboratory for analysis.
Sampling
for specific parameters may be required by the Agency
more frequently whenever there is reason to believe that
these parameters
are or may be in excess
of the limits
listed in Table
1, or if the presence of other dangerous
or
potentially
dangerous
substances
is
suspected.
310
Operating Reports
Monthly operating reports shall be submitted to the Agency
by all public water supplies within thirty days following
the last day of each month, on forms provided or approved
by the Agency.
311
Protection During Repair Work
All public water supplies reconstructed or altered shall be
adequately
protected
to
prevent
contamination
of
the
water
at
the
source
or
in
the
system
during
such
work.
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312
Disinfection
Following
Repair
or
Reconstruction
Any part of a public water supply which has been repaired, recon-
structed, or altered shall be satisfactorily disinfected before
being put into operation.
The disinfection procedure must be
specifically approved by the Agency.
Upon receipt of such ap-
proval, the public water supply may use the accepted disinfect-
ion procedure in the future, unless the Agency,
for good cause,
notifies the owner of a public water supply that such
a proced-
ure is no longer acceptable.
313
Emergency Operation
A.
Whenever contamination is determined to persist in
a public
water supply,
as demonstrated by bacteriological analysis
results, the owners or official custodians of the supply
shall notify all consumers to boil all water used for
drinking or culinary purposes until bacteriological samples
demonstrate that the water is safe for domestic use, or
until appropriate corrective action approved by
the
Agency
is taken.
If the owner or official custodian of the supply
fails
to
take
such
action
on
his
own
or
at
the
recommenda-
tion
of the Agency, the Agency may issue a Boil Order
directly to the consumers affected.
B.
Any
emergency which results
in water pressures falling
below twenty pounds per square inch on any portion of the
distribution system shall be reason for immediate issuance
of a Boil Order by
the
owner, official custodian,
or oper-
ator of the supply to
those consumers affected unless:
1,
There
is
a historical record of adequate chlorine
residual and approved turbidity levels in the gen-
eral area affected covering at least twelve monthly
readings.
2.
Samples for bacteriological examination are taken in
the affected area immediately and approximately twelve
hours
later.
3.
Tests
for residual chlorine and turbidity taken at not
more than hourly intervals
in the affected area for
several hours do not vary significantly from the his-
torical record.
If significant decrease in chlorine
residual or increase in turbidity occurs,
a boil
order shall be issued.
C.
Whenever the safety of a public water supply is endangered
for any reason,
including but not limited to spillage of
hazardous substances,
the Agency shall be notified immedi-
ately by the owner, official custodian or his authorized
representative, and the water supply officials shall
take
appropriate action to protect the supply.
The owner, off-
icial custodian or his authorized representative shall not-
ify all consumers of appropriate action to protect them—
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selves against any waterborne hazards.
I.f the owner or official
custodian of the supply fails
to take such action on his own or
at the recommendation of the Agency, the Agency shall notify
directly the consumers affected.
314
Cross Connections
A.
No physical connection shall be permitted between the potable
portion of a public water supply and any other water supply
not of equal or better bacteriological and chemical quality
as determined by inspection and analysis by the Agency,
except
as provided for in Rule 314
(D)
B.
There shall be no arrangement or connection by which an
unsafe substance may enter
a public water supply.
C.
Control of all cross—connections to a public water supply
is the responsibility of the owner or official custodian
of the supply.
If
a privately owned water supply source
meets the applicable criteria,
it may be connected to
a
public water supply upon approval by the owner or official
custodian and by the Agency.
Where such connections are
permitted,
it
is the responsibility of the public water
supply officials to assure submission from such privately
owned water supply source or sources samples
as required
in Rule
309, and operating reports as required in Rule
310 of these Regulations,
if applicable to the cross-con-
nected source.
D.
The Agency may adopt specific conditions for control of
unsafe cross—connections, which shall be complied with
by the public water supplies of this State,
as applicable.
These
conditions
shall
be adopted and/or changed as pre-
scribed in Rule 212.
315
Laboratory Testing Equipment
Each public water supply must have adequate laboratory equip-
ment and capability to perform the operational tests
(except
bacteriological)
appropriate to the parameters
to be tested
and to the type of treatment employed.
Such equipment must
be in good operating condition,
and the operator on duty must
be familiar with the procedure for performing the tests.
If
a
public
water
supply
performs
bacteriological
examination
of water to comply with the provisions of Rule
309, the labor-
atory and its equipment shall be in accordance with the rules
for the certification of laboratories as established by the
Illinois Department of Public Health,
in accordance with Sect-
ion 55.11 of “The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois”
(Ill.
Rev.
Stat.
1973,
ch.
127,
§ 55.11,
as amended).
Nothing
in
this
rule
shall
be
construed
to
prevent
a
public
water supply from running control bacteriological tests in an
uncertified laboratory.
These results are not to be included
in the sample quota for that supply,
as required by Rule 309.
14—574
Amendment
to Chap.
3, Part II,
of the
Illinois Pollution Control Board’s Rules and
Regulations
Water Pollution
Rule 204
-
Public and Food Processing Water Supply
In addition to the General Standards, waters designated
in Part III
of this Chapter for public and food processing water supply shall meet
the following standards
at any point at which water is withdrawn
for
treatment and distribution
as
a potable supply or for food processing
except that such standards,
including the General Standards, may be ex-
ceeded if such occurrence results from the application of an algicide
in accordance with the terms of an Algicide Permit issued by the Agency
under Chapter VI, Rule 203 and 204
(d) of these Rules and Regulations.
(a)
Water shall be of such quality that with treatment consisting
of coagulation, sedimentation,
filtration, storage and chlor—
ination, or other equivalent treatment processes,
the treated
water
shall
meet
in
all
respects
the
requirements
of
Table
I,
Rule
304,
of
Chapter
6
of
these
Rules
and
Regulations.
(b)
The following levels of chemical constituents
shall not be ex-
ceeded:
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22
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CONSTITUENT
STORET
NUMBER
CONCENTRATION
(mg/l)
Arsenic
(total)
01000
0.1
Barium
(total)
01005
1.0
Cadmium
(total)
01025
0.010
Chloride
00940
250.
Chromium
01034
0.05
Foaming
Agents
38260
0.5
Iron
(total)
01045
0.3
Lead
(total)
01049
0.05
Manganese
(total)
01055
0.05
Nitrate-Nitrogen
00620
10.
Nitrite-Nitrogen
00615
1.
Oil
(hexane—solubles or
equivalent)
00550
0.1
Organics
Carbon Adsorbable
Carbon Chloroform
Extract
(CCEm)
32005
0.7*
Pesticides
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon
Insecticides
Aldrin
39330
0.001
Chlordane
39350
0.003
DDT
39370
0.05
Dieldrin
39380
0.001
Endrin
39390
0.0005
Heptachlor
39410
0.0001
Heptachlor Epoxide
39420
0.0001
Lindane
39782
0.005
Methoxychlor
39480
0.1
Toxaphene
39400
0.005
Organophosphate Insecticides
Parathion
39540
0.1
Chiorophenoxy Herbicides
2
,
4-Dichlorophenoxy-
acetic acid
(2,4—D)
39730
0.02
2
,
4, 5-Trichlorophenoxy-
proprionic acid
(2,4,5-
TP or Silvex)
39760
0.01
Phenols
32730
0.001
Selenium
(total)
01145
0.01
Suiphates
00945
250.
Total Dissolved Solids
00515
500.
*
The subscript
“rn”
is used to denote that
this
parameter
is
determined by using an
improved
miniaturized
sampler
and extraction technique.
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576
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23
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(c)
Other
contaminants
that will not be adequately reduced by
the treatment processes noted in paragraph
(a)
of this
pule
shall not be present in concentrations hazardous to human
health.
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