250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-150-05-4.1
It is the purpose of these rules to protect and preserve the quality of the groundwater of the State of Rhode Island (the "State") and, in coordination with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, to prevent contamination of groundwater resources from the discharge of non-sanitary wastewater or other fluid to or below the ground surface. It is thereby the policy of the Department of Environmental Management that the discharge of non-sanitary wastewater or other fluid and the associated groundwater discharge system shall be designed, located, constructed, installed, operated, monitored and closed in a manner to prevent such contamination and to protect public health and groundwater quality for current or potential beneficial uses, including use as an underground source of drinking water.
250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-150-05-4.1