25 Pa. Code § 110.501 - Metering and measuring requirement
(a) Each public water supply agency shall
measure its withdrawals and water transferred through interconnection with
another public water supply agency by means of a continuous-recording device or
flow meter, accurate to within 5% of actual flow.
(b) Each hydropower facility shall measure
its withdrawal and instream hydropower use by means of a continuous-recording
device or flow meter or shall calculate its withdrawal and use based upon
electrical generation or turbine flow rates or other method, accurate to within
5% of actual flow.
(c) Each person
whose total withdrawal from a point of withdrawal, or from multiple points of
withdrawal operated as a system either concurrently or sequentially, within a
watershed equals or exceeds an average rate of 50,000 gallons per day in any
30-day period and each person who obtains water through interconnection with
another person in an amount that exceeds an average rate of 100,000 gallons per
day in any 30-day period shall measure or calculate:
(1) Withdrawals, and water obtained through
interconnection with another person by means of a continuous-recording device
or flow meter or other method, accurate to within 5% of actual flow.
(2) Consumptive uses by a means or method
accurate to within 10% of actual flow.
(d) Upon written request from a registrant,
the Department may grant exceptions to the 5% or 10% performance standards, if
maintenance of the standard is not technically feasible or economically
practicable.
(e) A person who is
subject to §
110.204(b)
(relating to voluntary registration) or §
110.301 (relating to reporting
requirement) but is not subject to subsections (a)-(c) shall measure or
calculate the withdrawals or uses by a means or method, which is based upon
established scientific principles, design or manufacturer's product
specifications, or research results.
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