§2611. Drinking water regulations 1. State primary drinking water regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate and enforce primary drinking water regulations which are necessary to protect the public health and which shall apply to all public water systems. Such regulations shall include: A. Identification of contaminants which may have an adverse effect on the health […]
§2612-A. Capacity development 1. Authority. The commissioner is authorized to ensure that all new community water systems and new nontransient, noncommunity systems commencing operation after October 1, 1999 demonstrate technical, managerial and financial capacity with respect to each state primary drinking water regulation in effect, or likely to be in effect, on the date of […]
§2612. Approval of construction or alteration, training, inspection, regulations and records 1. Construction or alteration of public water systems. New construction, additions or alterations involving the source, treatment or storage of water in any public water system may not commence until the plans and specifications have been submitted to and approved by the department. […]
§2613. Variances and exemptions 1. Variances. The commissioner may grant one or more variances from an applicable state primary drinking water regulation to a public water system if the variance will not result in an unreasonable risk to the public health and if: A. Because of the characteristics of the raw water sources reasonably […]
§2614. Imminent hazards to public health 1. Determination of imminent hazard. An imminent hazard shall be considered to exist when there is a violation of the state primary drinking water regulations, or when, in the judgment of the commissioner, a condition exists in a public water system or water supply which will cause a violation […]
§2615-A. Consumer confidence reports 1. Annual reports to customers. The commissioner shall require each community water system, as defined in section 2660‑B, subsection 2, to prepare and provide to each customer of the system at least once annually a consumer confidence report, which must include, but is not limited to, the source of drinking water […]
§2615. Notification of noncompliance to regulatory agencies and users 1. Notification. A public water system shall notify the public of the nature and extent of possible health effects as soon as practicable, but not later than the time period established under subsection 4, if the system: A. Is not in compliance with a state […]
§2616. Prohibited acts The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited: [PL 1975, c. 751, §4 (NEW).] 1. Failure to comply with section 2615 or dissemination of certain misleading information. Failure by a supplier of water to comply with the requirements of section 2615, or dissemination by such supplier of any false or […]
§2617. Penalties and remedies 1. Violation of section 2616 or subchapter VII. A person that violates section 2616 or subchapter VII commits a civil violation for which a penalty not to exceed $5,000 may be adjudged. Each day of operation in violation of section 2616 or subchapter VII constitutes a separate violation. The District Court […]
