(a) As used in this section:(1) “Consecutive system” means a public water system that receives some or all of the system's finished water from one (1) or more wholesale systems. Delivery may be through a direct connection or through the distribution system of one (1) or more consecutive systems; and(2) “Point-of-entry treatment device” means a treatment device applied to the drinking water entering a house, building, or complex of buildings under single ownership for the purpose of reducing contaminants in the drinking water distributed throughout the house, building, or complex of buildings.
(1) “Consecutive system” means a public water system that receives some or all of the system's finished water from one (1) or more wholesale systems. Delivery may be through a direct connection or through the distribution system of one (1) or more consecutive systems; and
(2) “Point-of-entry treatment device” means a treatment device applied to the drinking water entering a house, building, or complex of buildings under single ownership for the purpose of reducing contaminants in the drinking water distributed throughout the house, building, or complex of buildings.
(b) If a point-of-entry treatment device is installed in a facility solely to soften hard water and, because of the installation of such a device, the house, building, or complex of buildings meets the definition of a public water system under § 68-221-703, then the facility constitutes a consecutive system, and shall monitor the influent and finished water for hardness, alkalinity, and pH on a quarterly basis, and sodium on an annual basis, and report the results to the department within fifteen (15) days of the end of the reporting period.