California Health and Safety Code 116555 – (a) Any person who owns a public water system shall ensure that …
(a) Any person who owns a public water system shall ensure that the system does all of the following:
(1) Complies with primary and secondary drinking water standards.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 116555
- Community water system: means a public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by yearlong residents or regularly serves at least 25 yearlong residents of the area served by the system. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- Noncommunity water system: means a public water system that is not a community water system. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- Person: means an individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, limited liability company, municipality, public utility, or other public body or institution, including the United States to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- Public water system: means a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that has 15 or more service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- Secondary drinking water standards: means standards that specify maximum contaminant levels that, in the judgment of the state board, are necessary to protect the public welfare. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
- State board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
- Water distribution system: means any combination of pipes, tanks, pumps, and other physical features that deliver water from the source or water treatment plant to the consumer. See California Health and Safety Code 116275
(2) Will not be subject to backflow under normal operating conditions.
(3) Provides a reliable and adequate supply of pure, wholesome, healthful, and potable water.
(4) Employs or utilizes only water treatment operators that have been certified by the state board at the appropriate grade.
(5) Complies with the operator certification program established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 106875) of Chapter 4 of Part 1.
(b) Any person who owns a community water system or a nontransient noncommunity water system shall do all of the following:
(1) Employ or utilize only water distribution system operators who have been certified by the state board at the appropriate grade for positions in responsible charge of the distribution system.
(2) Place the direct supervision of the water system, including water treatment plants, water distribution systems, or both under the responsible charge of an operator or operators holding a valid certification equal to or greater than the classification of the treatment plant and the distribution system.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 133. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)