20051457 Ver 1_RE SB 781 2.msg_20110803

Strickland, Bev
From: Godreau, Jessica Dessica.godreau @ncdenr.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 2:03 PM
To: Reeder, Tom
Subject: RE: SB 781
Attachments: North Carolina's Rules that are more stringent than the federal counterpart (2).doc
We prepared this per the Department's directive earlier this year.
Jessica
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From: Reeder, Tom
Sent: Monday, August 01, 20112:09 PM
To: Godreau, Jessica
Subject: FW: SB 781
Jessica — Do you have any info regarding how our testing and monitoring requirements relate to the EPA minimum in answer
to Butch's question below? Thanks.
Tom Reeder
Director, NC Division of Water Resources
Phone: 919 - 715 -3045
email: tom.reeder @ncdenr.gov
From: CCSD Manager <manager @ccsdwater.com>
Reply -To: CCSD Manager <manager @ccsdwater.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 201113:54:18 -0400
To: Tom Reeder <tom.reeder @ncdenr.gov>
Subject: SB 781
Dear Tom
1 have been reading S.B. 781 especially 1508 -19.2 and .3.
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What 1 am looking for is the difference between EPA verses N.C. rules more restrictive. Do you know where 1 might
find this info.
Tom 1 have been working 15 years here at the Cleveland County Water and the only changes to the production of
the filtration water was the turbidity. We are testing way to much,as you know better than 1 water has its own
properties and does not changes unless there are conditions to make changes. (spills,run off & etc.)
Since Public Water is under DWR are there any charts showing the EPA requirements compared to N. C.
Thanks
Butch
Post Script
Thursday conversion with the Corp. about HB 609 was an ear full. January 2000 and 1.5 million dollars latter we
are just having our stake holding meeting. Henry is a good Guy, but he is the fourth team leader from the Corp. The
time line & the money you quoted made everyone take notice.

North Carolina's Rules Governing Public Water Systems (15A NCAC 18C)
- Rules That Are More Stringent Than Their Federal Counterpart -
NC Rule Citation
State Requirement
Federal Requirement
15A NCAC 18C
Suppliers of water for community water
systems shall collect and analyze one
Section
sample per plant at the entry point of the
.1509
Special Monitoring for
distribution system for the determination
Sodium
of sodium concentration levels. Samples
Not required.
must be collected and analyzed annually
.1509 (a)
for systems utilizing surface water
sources in whole or in part, and at least
every three years for systems utilizing
solely ground water sources.
Section
A community water system which has an
.1511
Concentration of Iron
iron concentration in excess of 0.30 mg /I
* Secondary drinking water standard of 0.3
shall provide treatment to control the
mg /I
.1511 (a)
water quality.
Section .1512
A community water system which has a
Concentration of
manganese concentration in excess of
* Secondary drinking water standard of 0.05
Manganese
0.05 mg /I shall provide treatment to
mg /I
control the water quality.
.1512 (a)
The federal rule requires public notification for
Special notification for distribution system
drinking water violations. For many
samples. When a distribution sample is
contaminants, multiple water samples must be
taken on property not owned or controlled
collected from within the distribution system
Section .1523
by the supplier of water, the supplier of
during a specified timeframe, and system
Public Notification
water shall notify the person authorizing
compliance with water quality standards is
Requirements
the sample if any individual water sample
based on the analytical results of these
exceeds an action level, MCL or MRDL
multiple samples. Therefore, a public water
.1523 (c)
established in this Subchapter, or if any
system may comply with standards even if an
individual sample is positive for coliform
individual water sample exceeds an
bacteria. This is in addition to the federal
established action level, maximum
requirements.
contaminant level [MCL] or maximum residual
disinfectant level [MRDL].
Required disinfectant levels for water
entering the distribution system are
Section .2002
0.2 mg /I measured as free chlorine when
Required disinfectant level for water entering
Disinfection
chlorine is the singular applied
the distribution system is
disinfectant and 1.0 mg /I measured as
0.2 mg /I
.2002(l)
total chlorine when ammonia and chlorine
are applied disinfectants.
Required disinfectant levels for water in
the distribution system at coliform
Section .2002
sampling sites are 0.2 mg /I measured as
Required disinfectant level for water in the
Disinfection
free chlorine when chlorine is the singular
distribution system must be at a detectable
applied disinfectant and 1.0 mg /I
level.
.2002(2)
measured as total chlorine when
ammonia and chlorine are applied
disinfectants.
* National Secondary Drinking Water Standards are non - enforceable guidelines regulating contaminants that may cause
cosmetic effects (such as skin or tooth discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water.
EPA recommends secondary standards to water systems but does not require systems to comply. However, states may
choose to adopt them as enforceable standards.