(a)

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-221-706

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representative, and, in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner. See Tennessee Code 68-221-703
  • Construction: means any placement, assembly or installation of facilities or equipment (including contractual obligations to purchase such facilities or equipment) at the premises where such equipment will be used, including preparation work at such premises. See Tennessee Code 68-221-703
  • Department: means the department of environment and conservation. See Tennessee Code 68-221-703
  • Person: means any and all persons, including individuals, firms, partnerships, associations, public or private institutions, state and federal agencies, municipalities or political subdivisions, or officers thereof, departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, or public or private corporations or officers thereof, organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state or country. See Tennessee Code 68-221-703
  • Public water system: means a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if such serves fifteen (15) or more connections or which regularly serves twenty-five (25) or more individuals daily at least sixty (60) days out of the year. See Tennessee Code 68-221-703
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Waters: means any and all water, public or private, on or beneath the surface of the ground, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon Tennessee, or any portion thereof, except those bodies of water confined to and retained within the limits of private property in single ownership which do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters. See Tennessee Code 68-221-703
(1) The department shall exercise general supervision over the construction of public water systems throughout the state.
(2) Such general supervision shall include all of the features of construction of public water systems which do or may affect the sanitary quality or the quantity of the water supply.
(3) No new construction shall be done nor shall any change be made in any public water system until the plans for such new construction or change have been submitted and approved by the department.
(4) In granting approval of such plans, the department may specify such modification, conditions and regulations as may be required for the protection of the public health and welfare.
(5) The source of raw water and the quantity of raw water to be drawn from the waters of the state are subject to review and approval by the department.
(6)

(A) Records of construction, including plans and descriptions of existing works, shall be made available to the department upon request.
(B) The person in charge of the public water supply shall promptly comply with such request.
(b)

(1) Any unit of local government which imposes standards and requirements for the construction of public water systems may apply to the commissioner for the commissioner’s certification that the locally imposed standards and requirements are at least as sufficient to protect the public health as those of the department.
(2) After certification, submission of plans to and approval by the local government for construction and changes in public water systems shall be sufficient in lieu of approval by the department as otherwise required by this section.
(3) The commissioner may periodically review the local standards and requirements and prescribe changes upon which continued certification may be conditioned.
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