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| 00-10763 | National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Ground Water Rule | Proposed Rule | EPA is proposing to require a targeted risk-based regulatory strategy for all ground water systems. The proposed requirements provide a meaningful opportunity to reduce public health risk associated with the consumption of waterborne pathogens from fecal contamination for a substantial number of people served by ground water sources. The proposed strategy addresses risks through a multiple-barrier approach that relies on five major components: periodic sanitary surveys of ground water systems requiring the evaluation of eight elements and the identification of significant deficiencies; hydrogeologic assessments to identify wells sensitive to fecal contamination; source water monitoring for systems drawing from sensitive wells without treatment or with other indications of risk; a requirement for correction of significant deficiencies and fecal contamination (by eliminating the source of contamination, correcting the significant deficiency, providing an alternative source water, or providing a treatment which achieves at least 99.99 percent (4-log) inactivation or removal of viruses), and compliance monitoring to insure disinfection treatment is reliably operated where it is used. EPA believes that the combination of these components strikes an appropriate regulatory balance which tailors the intensity or burden of protective measures and follow-up actions with the risk being addressed. In addition to proposing requirements for ground water systems, EPA requests comment on ways to address the problem of transient providers of water who furnish drinking water to large numbers of people for a limited period of time. One possible solution is to adopt alternative definitions for "public water systems" which is currently defined as "one that serves 25 or more people or has 15 or more service connections and operates at least 60 days per year. EPA is only requesting comment on this issue. The Agency is not today proposing to change the definition of "public water system ," or modify related provisions. If EPA decides to take action on this issue, EPA will publish a proposal at a later date. | 2000-05-10 | 2000 | 5 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/05/10/00-10763/national-primary-drinking-water-regulations-ground-water-rule | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-05-10/pdf/00-10763.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | EPA is proposing to require a targeted risk-based regulatory strategy for all ground water systems. The proposed requirements provide a meaningful opportunity to reduce public health risk associated with the consumption of waterborne pathogens from... |