Title 46, Title 46 and Navigation

The director shall proceed with a hearing pursuant to § 46-13-12 whenever a written complaint made against any public drinking water supplier shall be substantiated by investigation. Any proceedings, pursuant to § 46-13-12, resulting from the complaint shall be held at a public l…

The director is hereby empowered to assign all his or her functions authorized by this chapter to such subordinate or subordinates as the director deems advisable.

(a) Any violation of any provision of this chapter, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, or any term or condition of any permit, shall constitute a public nuisance. Any person or municipality committing a violation shall be liable for the costs of abatemen…

(a) It shall be the duty of any person to proceed diligently to comply with any order issued pursuant to this chapter. If that person fails to proceed diligently or fails to comply with the order within such time, if any, as may be specified, the order may be enforced by the supe…

Compliance with requirements of this chapter shall in no way release the owners or official custodians of a public water supply system from any liability for damage to person or property caused by or resulting from the installation, operation, or maintenance of a public water sup…

(a) The director is hereby authorized to adopt regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter, the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq., and the federal regulations adopted under that act. All new and existing public water supply systems subject t…

The director may authorize variances or exemptions from the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter under conditions and in such manner as he or she deems necessary and desirable; provided, however, that the variances or exemptions are permitted under conditions and in a man…

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Director” means the director of the department of health or a subordinate to whom the director has assigned his or her functions. (2) “Person” means and includes an individual, partnership, association, …

(a) No person shall operate or maintain a public water supply system unless the system is approved by the director of health. Applications for approval shall be made to the director on forms provided for this purpose. (b) Upon receipt of an application, the director shall review …

The director, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, is authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke any application submitted or approval granted under this chapter in any case in which the director finds that there has been a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter…

The provisions of §§ 45-13-7 — 45-13-10 shall not apply to this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder.

(a) There is hereby created an advisory council, to be known as the public drinking water supply advisory council, and whose purpose it shall be to advise the director and public drinking water suppliers concerning fees and the implementation of the provisions of this chapter. (b…

(a) The director is hereby authorized to adopt consistent statewide regulations governing the content of cross-connection control plans and to require that all community public water systems and all non-transient, non-community public water systems prepare a cross-connection cont…

(a) The director is hereby authorized to determine by means of laboratory tests, field tests, sanitary surveys, investigations of purification works, examinations of the distribution systems, or by other means, whether water supplied through a public water supply system is safe a…

No source of water shall hereafter be developed for a public water supply system until a site plan has been approved by the director, and no public water supply system shall hereafter be constructed or substantially altered until the plans and specifications for the system have b…

All newly constructed public water supply systems, or additions to existing systems, shall be flushed and adequately disinfected, and the water analyzed in accordance with the requirements of the director before being placed in service.

No person shall maintain a physical connection joining a public water supply system with any other water supply system, unless that connection is approved by the director.

Any person who maintains a public water supply system connection to a tank which is also supplied with water from a water supply system found by the director to be unsafe, shall maintain the tank open to atmospheric pressure, and the public water supply pipe shall terminate at le…

Any person who is furnished water from a public water supply system, and maintains a tank supplied only by that water, shall have the tank constructed and maintained to prevent contaminants from gaining access to the tank interior.

Any person maintaining a public water supply system shall direct the operation and maintenance of the water supply facilities so that the water furnished to the public shall be safe and potable.

(a) Any water supply sampling, monitoring, testing result or laboratory analysis undertaken by or for a public water supply system to determine whether drinking water is safe and potable, which indicates that drinking water may not be safe and potable, shall be reported concurren…