darleyhavidson wrote:
SDcampowneroperator wrote:
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,
Max
Max, thanks for taking the time to post this information. Very useful info to be made aware of. I am not sure what the Campground owner classifies his campground as. Nor do I know who he would report this information to and if that Department would actually fact check his information he provided.
Meaning: If he claimed his water system served 25 persons or less each month, but in actuality was serving over 100 persons, I am not sure how that is regulated. Unless a State Department individual physically visited the campground.
As it is, this campground has 60 full time sites (that are occupied) with another 40 vacant lots that were just constructed last fall.
Thanks again for taking the time to post the information. Good stuff!
If the sites are occupied full time the water system qualifies as a community water system, is regulated by the state DOH with EPA RGWR oversight. same sanitary and health concerns like nitrates, AFAIK . PM me with the name of your camp. Ill find the records. Im curious too.
I have forwarded this thread to our state Drinking Water admin., asked her to chip in
