Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-4-211

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R18-4-211 - Reporting Requirements

A. Cross connection incidents. A public water system shall submit a written cross connection incident report to the Department and the local county health department within five days of the occurrence of a cross connection problem that results in contamination of water provided by the public water system. The report shall address all of the following:

1. Date and time of discovery of the cross connection incident,

2. Nature of the cross connection incident,

3. Affected area,

4. Cause of the cross connection incident,

5. Public health impact,

6. Date and text of any public health advisory issued,

7. Corrective action taken, and

8. Date of completion of corrective action.

B. Emergencies. A public water system shall notify the Department, by telephone or facsimile, as soon as possible but no later than 24 hours after the occurrence of any of the following emergencies:

1. Loss of water supply from a source;

2. Loss of water supply due to major component failure;

3. Damage to power supply equipment or loss of power;

4. Contamination of water in the distribution system from backflow;

5. Collapse of a reservoir, reservoir roof, or pumphouse structure;

6. Break in a transmission or distribution line that results in a loss of service to customers for more than four hours; and

7. Chemical or microbiological contamination of the water supply.

C. Waterborne disease outbreak. A public water system shall report to the Department the occurrence of a waterborne disease outbreak that may be attributable to water provided by the public water system as soon as possible but no later than 24 hours after the public water system receives actual notice of the waterborne disease outbreak.

D. Department requests for records. A public water system shall submit to the Department, within the time stated in the Department's request, copies of any records that the public water system is required to retain under this Chapter or copies of any documents that the Department is entitled to inspect under 42 U.S.C. 300j - 4(2001).

E. Department reporting forms. A public water system shall report to the Department the results of all analyses completed under this Chapter on Department-approved forms.

F. Direct reporting. A public water system may contract with a laboratory or another agent to report monitoring results to the Department, but the public water system remains legally responsible for compliance with reporting requirements.

G. Forty eight-hour reporting requirement. A public water system shall report the failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Chapter to the Department within 48 hours, except where a different reporting period is specified in this Chapter.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-4-211

Corrected A.R.S. reference (Supp. 77-3). Amended effective May 26, 1978 (Supp. 78-3). Amended effective January 6, 1984 (Supp. 84-1). Former Section R9-8-211 renumbered without change as Section R18-4-211 (Supp. 87-3). Amended effective Dec. 1, 1988 (Supp. 88-4). Repealed effective June 30, 1989 (Supp. 89-2). New Section adopted effective August 8, 1991 (Supp. 91-3). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective April 28, 1995 (Supp. 95-2). Section R18-4-211 repealed; new Section renumbered from R18-4-104 and amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 2978, effective August 30, 2008 (Supp. 08-3).