California Administrative Code

“Project Sponsor” means an entity subject to a Regional Water Quality Control Board's (Regional Board's) water recycling requirements for a Groundwater Replenishment Reuse Project (GRRP) and is, in whole or part, responsible for applying to the Regional Board for a permit, obtain…

“Recharge Water” means recycled municipal wastewater, or the combination of recycled municipal wastewater and credited diluent water, which is utilized by a GRRP for groundwater replenishment.

“Recycled Municipal Wastewater” means recycled water that is the effluent from the treatment of wastewater of municipal origin.

“Recycled water agency” means the public water system, or a publicly or privately owned or operated recycled water system, that delivers or proposes to deliver recycled water to a facility.

“Surrogate Parameter” means a measurable physical or chemical property that has been demonstrated to provide a direct correlation with the concentration of an indicator compound, can be used to monitor the efficiency of trace organic compounds removal by a treatment process, and/…

“Total Organic Carbon” or “TOC” means the concentration of organic carbon present in water.

“Undisinfected secondary recycled water” means oxidized wastewater.

The public water supply shall not be used as a backup or supplemental source of water for a dual-plumbed recycled water system unless the connection between the two systems is protected in a manner that complies with the requirements of the Cross-Connection Control Policy Handboo…

(a) Prior to the initial operation of the dual-plumbed recycled water system and annually thereafter, the Recycled Water Agency shall ensure that the dual-plumbed system within each facility and use area is inspected for possible cross-connections with the potable water system. T…

(a) The requirements of this Article apply to Groundwater Replenishment Reuse Projects (GRRPs) utilizing surface application, which receive initial permits from the Regional Board after June 18, 2014. Within 12 months after June 18, 2014 a project sponsor for a GRRP permitted on …

(a) A public hearing for a GRRP shall be held by a project sponsor prior to the Department's submittal of its recommendations to the Regional Board for the GRRP's initial permit and any time an increase in maximum RWC has been proposed but not addressed in a prior public hearing.…

(a) A project sponsor shall design and operate a GRRP such that the recycled municipal wastewater used as recharge water for a GRRP receives treatment that achieves at least 12-log enteric virus reduction, 10-log Giardia cyst reduction, and 10-log Cryptosporidium oocyst reduction…

(a) To demonstrate control of the nitrogen compounds, a project sponsor shall: (1) Each week, at least three days apart as specified in the GRRP's Operation Optimization Plan, collect at least two total nitrogen samples (grab or 24-hour composite) representative of the recycled m…

(a) Prior to operation of a SWSAP, a SWSAP WRA shall submit an Operation Plan to the State Board and Regional Board and receive written approval of the plan from the State Board and Regional Board. At a minimum, the Operation Plan shall identify and describe the operations, maint…

(a) By July 1st of each year, a SWSAP WRA shall provide a report to the State Board and Regional Board, and make a copy of the report available to each SWSAP PWS affected by the SWSAP. Each SWSAP PWS shall be notified by direct mail and/or electronic mail of the availability of t…

(a) A SWSAP WRA may use an alternative to a requirement in this Article if the SWSAP WRA: (1) demonstrates to the State Board that the proposed alternative provides an equivalent or better level of performance with respect to the efficacy and reliability of the removal of contami…

(a) Each reclamation plant shall be provided with a sufficient number of qualified personnel to operate the facility effectively so as to achieve the required level of treatment at all times. (b) Qualified personnel shall be those meeting requirements established pursuant to Chap…

(a) Operating records shall be maintained at the reclamation plant or a central depository within the operating agency. These shall include: all analyses specified in the reclamation criteria; records of operational problems, plant and equipment breakdowns, and diversions to emer…

There shall be no bypassing of untreated or partially treated wastewater from the reclamation plant or any intermediate unit processes to the point of use.

(a) “Air-gap separation” means a physical vertical separation of at least two (2) times the inside pipe diameter (or the largest inside pipe diameter, when multiple pipes are present) between the free-flowing discharge end of a potable water supply pipeline and the flood level of…

(a) This Chapter does not apply to untreated graywater systems that are used exclusively for subsurface irrigation and are regulated by Chapter 15 (commencing with section 1501.0) of the California Plumbing Code (Part 5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations). For the …

(a) Applicability of these regulations is limited to an OTNWS that serves a multifamily residential building, a commercial building, or a mixed-use building, or a combination of such buildings in a district-scale project. (b) If an OTNWS source water collection, treatment, or dis…

(a) All indoor and outdoor use areas where onsite treated nonpotable water is accessible to the public or common areas must be posted with permanent and durable signs that are visible to the public, in a size no less than 4 inches high by 8 inches wide, and that include the follo…

(a) Prior to supplying onsite treated nonpotable water for indoor uses, building tenants and/or residents must be informed of the use of onsite treated nonpotable water, and any plumbing modifications or repairs in the building unit require approval by the responsible entity. The…

(a) The responsible entity must provide notification to the local jurisdiction, the public water system, sewer service provider, and when applicable, recycled water agency, at least 30 days prior to the start of decommissioning activities. The notification must include the follow…

(a) A visual inspection must be conducted before commencing a cross-connection test pursuant to section 60704 and at least annually thereafter. (b) A visual inspection must include the following elements: (1) Meter locations of potable water lines and if available, meter location…

(a) A cross-connection test is required prior to the initial delivery of onsite treated nonpotable water and at least once every four (4) years thereafter. (b) A cross-connection test for the onsite nonpotable water treatment facility must be conducted in accordance with a cross-…

(a) Any backflow prevention assembly installed to protect the potable water system serving the onsite treated nonpotable water use area must be inspected and tested annually. (b) Backflow prevention assembly must be tested by a certified backflow prevention assembly tester. (c) A…

(a) A complete application for examination shall include the following information: (1) The applicant's full name, social security number (pursuant to the authority found in sections 100275 and 106910 of the Health and Safety Code and as required by section 17520 of the Family Co…

(a) A local primacy agency shall establish and maintain an inventory of all small water systems under its jurisdiction. The inventory shall be updated at least annually and shall include the following information for each system: (1) All of the information specified in section 64…

(a) A local primacy agency shall notify each small water system under its jurisdiction in writing of the monitoring requirements for that system pursuant to Title 22, Division 4, Chapters 15, 15.5, 17, and 17.5 of the California Code of Regulations. The notice shall identify the …

(a) A local primacy agency shall take enforcement actions as necessary to assure that all small water systems under the jurisdiction of the local primacy agency are in compliance with Division 104, Part 1, Chapters 4 and 5; Division 104, Part 12, Chapters 4 and 5 of the Health an…

(a) Each local primacy agency shall develop and submit to the State Board a proposed annual program workplan for the upcoming fiscal year. The local primacy agency shall submit the proposed annual workplan to the State Board no later than May 1 of each year for the fiscal year co…

(a) Each public water system shall pay an annual fee to the State Board in the amount provided in Table 64305-A. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), for each community water system, the number of service connections is equal to the number of service connections that the com…

(a) A public water system must pay the full amount of the annual fee unless it requests and receives from the State Board a determination that its annual fees are reduced because it is a community water system that serves a disadvantaged community in which case the fee to be paid…

“SOC” means synthetic organic chemical.

“Source water assessment” means an evaluation of a drinking water source that includes delineation of the boundaries of the source area, identification of PCAs within the delineated area, a determination of the PCAs to which the source is most vulnerable, and a summary of the vul…

“Standby source” means a source which is used only for emergency purposes pursuant to Section 64414.

“Tier 2 public notice” means a public notice issued in response to the events listed in section 64463.4(a) and in the manner specified in subsections 64463.4(b) and (c).

“Total coliform-positive” means a sample result in which the presence of total coliforms has been demonstrated.

(a) Prior to installing POUs, and as part of its permit application to use POU in lieu of centralized treatment, a public water system shall submit to the State Board a POU Operations and Maintenance Program (O&M Program) sufficient to reliably reduce levels of the contaminants l…

“Transient-noncommunity water system” means a public water system that is not a community water system or a nontransient-noncommunity water system.

“Treatment” means physical, biological, or chemical processes, including blending, designed to affect water quality parameters to render the water acceptable for domestic use.

(a) Each water supplier shall designate at least one chief operator that meets the requirements specified in section 63765 for each water treatment facility utilized by the water system. (b) Each water supplier shall designate at least one shift operator that meets the requiremen…

(a) A source which has been designated “standby” shall be monitored a minimum of once every compliance cycle for all inorganic, organic, and radiological MCLs, unless a waiver has been granted by the State Board pursuant to Section 64432(m) or (n) for inorganics, Section 64432.2(…

(a) To specifically meet the requirements of subparagraph 64420 (a)(2)(B), a community water system, when comparing the costs of centralized treatment to the use of POE treatment, shall submit to the State Board information demonstrating that the: (1) estimated annual cost of cen…

(a) A community water system shall conduct a customer survey and participate in, and provide information for, a public hearing held by the State Board. At least 30 days prior to placing information into a public repository per subsection (a)(2), the public water system shall subm…

(a) A public water system shall maintain the following records for at least ten years and provide the records to the State Board, as specified in subsection (b) or upon request: (1) results of all water quality monitoring conducted pursuant to this Article; (2) the location and t…

(a) If a water system has a single fluoridation system which treats all the water distributed to consumers, the supplier shall collect a daily sample for fluoride analysis, pursuant to Section 64415(b), either in the distribution system or at the entry point. If a water system do…

(a) By the tenth day of each month following the month being reported, each water supplier fluoridating its water supply shall send operational reports to the State Board, which include the following: (1) The fluoride compounds used and the calculated fluoride dose in mg/L; (2) I…