Iowa Admin. Code r. 567-40.1 - Scope of division

The department conducts the public water supply program and establishes minimum standards for the construction of private water supply systems. The public water supply program includes the following: the establishment of drinking water standards, including maximum contaminant levels, treatment techniques, maximum residual disinfectant levels, action levels, monitoring, viability assessment, consumer confidence reporting, public notice requirements, public water supply system operator certification standards, environmental drinking water laboratory certification program, and a state revolving loan program consistent with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and the establishment of construction standards. The construction, modification and operation of any public water supply system requires a specific permit from the department. Certain construction permits are issued upon certification by a licensed professional engineer that a project meets standards, and, in certain instances, permits are issued by local authorities pursuant to 567-Chapter 9. Private water supplies are regulated by local boards of health.

Chapter 38 contains requirements for private water well construction permits, including test wells and monitoring wells.

Chapter 39 contains requirements for the proper closure or abandonment of wells.

Chapter 40 includes rules of practice, including designation of forms, applicable to the public in the department's administration of the subject matter of this division.

Chapter 41 contains the drinking water standards and specific monitoring requirements for the public water supply program.

Chapter 42 contains the public notification, public education, consumer confidence reporting, and record-keeping requirements for the public water supply program.

Chapter 43 contains specific design, construction, fee, operating, and operation permit requirements for the public water supply program.

Chapter 44 contains the drinking water state revolving fund program for the public water supply program.

Chapter 49 contains the nonpublic water supply well requirements.

Chapters 50 to 52 contain the provisions for water withdrawal and allocation.

Chapter 55 contains the provisions for public water supply aquifer storage and recovery.

Chapter 81 contains the provisions for the certification of public water supply system operators.

Chapter 82 contains the provisions for the certification of water well contractors.

Chapter 83 contains the provisions for the certification of laboratories to provide environmental testing of drinking water supplies.

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Iowa Admin. Code r. 567-40.1

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