All states and licensed drinking water providers are required to adhere to the fed. EPA revised ground water rules (RGWR) when the provider is a private operator. Under those rules, a water system serving less than 25 persons is not required to submit bacteriological or Nitrate/ ite samples. Many HOAs and small rv parks fall into this category. They classify as non transient community systems. Beware.
Water systems that serve more than 25 persons in any month to transients during their open season classify as 'Transient community water systems '. Under the EPA rules, watera must.be bacteriologically sampled before opening, every month of operation. Nitrate/ ite samples are also required annually or triannually depending on region, history. In any month that coliform bacteria are present, or nitrate levels exceed 10ppm, notices must be posted at all public points of water access advising of the issue.
Non health contaminants like iron, calcium, that cause hard or distasteful water are not regulated.
State and Fed. parks are exempt from EPA rule. Our DOH drinking water program admin. tells me they are self regulated.
A non community transient water system manager,
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