Section R. 325.1559 - Water suppliesRule 9.
(1) A campground owner shall provide a potable water supply in accordance with Act No. 399 of the Public Acts of 1976, as amended, being §325.1001 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and rules promulgated under the act, being R 325.10101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.(2) A well drilling contractor shall construct any well installation that will serve a campground. A pump installer shall install any pump connected to a well that will serve a campground. A well drilling contractor and a pump installer shall be registered under authority of part 127 of the act. Within 5 years of the effective date of this rule, a campground owner shall provide an above grade room that houses pumping equipment, provide equipment for the disinfection of the entire water system, provide sample taps, and provide pump-to-waste facilities for all wells. A campground owner and person preparing campground plans shall ensure that the campground's water well or wells and water well pump or pumps operating with hydropneumatic storage systems are capable of providing a minimum of 30 gallons per minute or more than 30 gallons per minute if indicated by the sum of the following peak instantaneous demands for water: (a) One gallon per minute for each site water connection that serves a mobile home or park model recreational unit, and 0.5 of a gallon per minute for each site water connection that serves other sites.(b) A campground owner shall determine peak instantaneous demands for unthreaded convenience water outlets, water-using fixtures in service buildings, and other water-using facilities served by the campground's water system using the department's fixture method in the publication entitled "Michigan Criteria for Subsurface Sewage Disposal," dated April 1994, or using other nationally recognized methods for determining peak instantaneous demand. The publication may be obtained from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Drinking Water and Radiological Protection Division, Environmental Health Section, P.O. Box 30630, Lansing, Michigan 48909-8130.(3) A campground owner shall ensure that a water distribution system for a campground has a minimum depth of bury of 2 feet. If the system is designed for winter use, then the campground owner shall ensure that the system has a minimum depth of bury of 3.5 feet or more than 3.5 feet in areas where the frost line typically extends below 3.5 feet.(4) A campground owner shall provide water under pressure to a campsite occupied by a single sectional mobile home. A campground owner shall ensure that the water distribution system piping is an adequate size to meet peak demands, as determined in subrule (2) of this rule, while maintaining a minimum residual pressure of 20 pounds per square inch.(5) A campground owner shall ensure that a potable water supply system is designed, installed, and maintained to prevent contamination from nonpotable water sources and other nonpotable liquids. A campground owner shall ensure that below-ground stop and waste valves that have weep holes for use on the waterlines are not used.(6) A campground owner shall ensure that any plastic waterline that is used in a campground is made of a material approved by the department and has a minimum pressure rating of 160 pounds per square inch. A campground owner shall ensure that the pipe, plastic fittings, and solvent cements are approved by NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) International for potable water supply and bear the NSF International seal of approval.(7) A campground owner may locate an unthreaded convenience water outlet on a site but shall not allow a direct connection of the outlet to a recreational unit.(8) If a site water connection is proposed, then a campground owner shall also propose and provide a site sewer connection, a mechanical sewage pump-out facility, or an agreement with a licensed septic tank cleaner.(9) A campground owner shall not make or allow an alteration to a campground water system without prior written approval from the department. "An alteration to a water system" means the modification of, or addition to, an existing waterworks system or portion of the system that affects the flow, capacity, system service area, source, treatment, or reliability of the system.Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.1559
1979 AC; 1987 AACS; 2000 AACS