Mo. Code Regs. tit. 10 § 60-12.010
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 23, December 2, 2024
Section 10 CSR 60-12.010 - Emergency Operations PlanPURPOSE: The purpose of this rule is to insure that a supplier of water to a public water system implements an adequate plan for providing drinking water under emergency conditions.
(1) This rule applies only to community water systems.(2) Each supplier of water to a community water system shall develop and implement a plan for assuring, to the extent practicable, continuous water service under emergency conditions. Each supplier of water, existing at the time of promulgation of these regulations, shall complete its emergency plan by June 30, 1980. (A) To facilitate a coordinated response under emergency conditions, a supplier of water to a community water system, serving more that fifty thousand (50,000) population, shall file two (2) copies of its emergency response plan with the department.(B) A supplier of water to a community water system serving less than fifty thousand (50,000) population need not file a copy of their plan with the department but must make a copy available to key operating personnel and for inspection by department personnel during inspection of the water supply facilities.(3) Emergency operation plans for a community water system prepared by the suppliers of water must include as a minimum: (A) Designation of a coordinator and key personnel to be on call under emergency conditions;(B) Designation of personnel authorized to expend funds under emergency conditions;(C) A list of quarterly-updated home and office telephone numbers of the coordinator, key operational personnel and state and local assistance sources;(D) A list of alternative water systems which could be made available if the basic system were incapacitated. Evaluation and assessment of alternate water systems shall take into account accessibility for tank trucks (to include municipal, private and other sources), capacity of filling facilities and location of alternative facilities;(E) An inventory of equipment available under emergency conditions; and(F) Written emergency procedures (available from the department), including those for tank truck disinfection and protection, installation of emergency chlorinators or disinfection of trucked water. AUTHORITY: section 640.100, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed May 4, 1979, effective 9/14/1979. *Original authority: 640,000, RSMo 1939, amended 1978.