§ 17.122. Minimum program activities.
Local health departments may choose to do application processing or surveillance and monitoring, or both; local health departments carrying out surveillance and monitoring activities must also carry out the enforcement activities. The following shall be considered minimum activities in the water supply program.
(1) Application processing. Local health departments:
(i) Shall, in accordance with DER policies and procedures, review applications for permits for new and modified water supply facilities for conformance with DER rules and regulations and standards.
(ii) Shall make recommendations to DER relative to permit issuance.
(2) Surveillance and monitoring. Surveillance and monitoring shall conform with the following:
(i) Each new or modified water supply facility should be inspected prior to being placed in service. Inspections shall be made throughout the year as often as necessary to determine compliance with established rules, regulations, standards, and permit conditions. The local health departments shall evaluate operations reports submitted by permittees. All surveillance and monitoring shall be carried out in accordance with DER policies and procedures.
(ii) Local health departments shall carry out a pollution incident response program to investigate spills and to evaluate public health and safety hazards. This activity shall be coordinated with DER and other appropriate agencies in accordance with DER rules and regulations and policies and procedures.
(iii) Local health departments shall participate in or conduct special studies or surveys as necessary to identify and evaluate problems relating to public water supplies.
(3) Enforcement. Local health departments shall carry out any necessary enforcement activities within the scope of the act, the act of April 22, 1905 (P. L. 260, No. 182) (35 P. S. § § 711—716) and other applicable laws to ensure compliance on the part of public water supply purveyors.
(4) Water supply extensions. Local health departments shall promote the extension of public water supplies in areas with unsafe or inadequate water supply systems and the interconnection of approved systems.
(5) Cross-connection control program. Local health departments shall promote educational opportunities for and assistance to water supply personnel and others involved in the identification and elimination of potentially hazardous cross connections in public water supply systems.
(6) Private individual water supplies. Local health departments shall make technical assistance, inspection and consultation services available to persons dependent upon private individual water supplies.
(7) Laboratory services. Adequate laboratory services acceptable to DER must be readily available to make analytical determinations. These services may be provided by the local health department, DER or private laboratories. DER will be available for consultation.
(8) Rules and regulations. Local health departments shall enforce the provisions of 25 Pa. Code Chapter 109 (relating to safe drinking water) or shall, in accordance with applicable laws, adopt ordinances or regulations which are as stringent as and are consistent in intent and purpose with that chapter.
(9) Meetings. Local health departments are required to attend periodic meetings with DER for the purpose of program planning, development, reporting, evaluation and coordination to provide an orderly, efficient delivery of this environmental health program on a Statewide basis.
Cross References This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 17.3 (relating to meetings).
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