&EPA United States Environmental Protection | Agency Ground Water Rule (GWR) Monitoring Requirements Consecutive Systems Without Their Own Source See additional placards for requirements for systems with their own source that do not purchase water or sell water to another system, wholesale and consecutive systems with their own source, and those providing 4-log treatment of viruses and conducting compliance monitoring TOTAL COLIFORM-POSITIVE You do not have any source w monitoring requirements under the GWR, but if you are notified of a total coliform-positive routine sample collected under the Total Coliform Rule, you must: Notify your wholesale systems WITHIN 24 HOURS of receiving notice of a total coliform-positive routine sample. FECAL INDICATOR-POSITIVE If you are notified by yoi wholesale system that trigg source water monitoring results are fecal indicator-positive, you must: Notify the public with a Tier 1 Public Notice (PN) WITHIN 24 HOURS. Community water systems must notify the public with a Special Notice in your next CCR. ADDITIONAL MONITORING If you are notified byyc wholesale system that addi source water monitoring results are fecal indicator-positive, you must: Notify the public with a Tier 1PN WITHIN 24 HOURS. Community water systems must notify the public with a Special Notice in your next CCR. Footnote 1: For this violation you must notify the state within 48 hours of the violation and provide a Tier 2 PN to the public within 30 days. More information can be found in EPA's Consecutive System Guide for the GWR (EPA 815-R-07-020, July 2007). The term "state" is used to refer to all types of primacy agencies including states, U.S. territories, Indian tribes, and EPA. Wholesale Systems' Contact Information: You are required to notify all wholesale systems WITHIN 24 HOURS of receiving notice of a total coliform-positive sample. Please ensure that all wholesale systems' contact information is available and provided below to ensure that they can be contacted within the appropriate timeframe. Name: Phone Number: Name: Phone Number: Name: Phone Number: Name: Phone Number: CORRECTIVE ACTION If the state identifies a significa deficiency at your system, take corrective action. • A significant deficiency may be identified during a sanitary survey or at any other time. • You are required to provide the state with information requested to complete a sanitary survey. Within 30 days of notification: • You must consult with your state to determine a corrective action unless the state specifies a corrective action. Within 120 days of notification: • You must complete corrective action; or, • You must be in compliance with state-approved corrective action plan and schedule. If you fail to take corrective action, you will incur a treatment technique violation and must notify the public with a Tier 2 PN.1 • Community water systems: If you have not corrected the significant deficiency before the end of the calendar year, you must notify the public with a Special Notice in your next CCR and repeat annually until the significant deficiency has been addressed. • Noncommunity water systems: If you have not corrected the significant deficiency within 12 months, you must notify the public with a Special Notice and repeat annually until the significant deficiency has been addressed. State/Primacy Agency Contact (name and phone number):. Office of Water (4606M) EPA 816-F-10-057 www.epa.gov/safewater April 2010 ------- |