Section 179-8-008 - REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING FOR GROUND WATER SYSTEMS008.01 Reporting In addition to the requirements of 179 NAC 5-004, a ground water system regulated under this chapter must provide the following information to the Department:
1. A ground water system conducting compliance monitoring under 179 NAC 8-006.02 must notify the Department any time the system fails to meet any Department-specified requirements including, but not limited to, minimum residual disinfectant concentration, membrane operating criteria or membrane integrity, and alternative treatment operating criteria, if operation in accordance with the criteria or requirements is not restored within four hours. The ground water system must notify the Department as soon as possible, but in no case later than the end of the next business day. 2. After completing any corrective action under 179 NAC 8-006.01, a ground water system must notify the Department within 30 days of completion of the corrective action.3. If a ground water system subject to the requirements of 179 NAC 8-005.01 does not conduct source water monitoring under 179 NAC 8-005.01E item 2, the system must provide documentation to the Department within 30 days of the total coliform positive sample that it met the Department criteria.008.02 Recordkeeping In addition to the requirements of 179 NAC 5-005, a ground water system regulated under this chapter must maintain the following information in its records:
1. Documentation of corrective actions. Documentation must be kept for a period of not less than ten years.2. Documentation of notice to the public as required under 179 NAC 8-006.01G. Documentation must be kept for a period of not less than three years.3. Records of decisions under 179 NAC 8-005.01E item 2 and records of invalidation of fecal indicator-positive ground water source samples under 179 NAC 8-005.04. Documentation must be kept for a period of not less than five years.4. For consecutive systems, documentation of notification to the wholesale system(s) of total-coliform positive samples that are not invalidated under 179 NAC 3-004.03 through March 31, 2016, or under 179 NAC 26-005 beginning April 1, 2016. Documentation must be kept for a period of not less than five years.5. For systems, including wholesale systems, that are required to perform compliance monitoring under 179 NAC 8-006.02: a. Records of the Department-specified minimum disinfectant residual. Documentation must be kept for a period of not less than ten years.b. Records of the lowest daily residual disinfectant concentration and records of the date and duration of any failure to maintain the Department-prescribed minimum residual disinfectant concentration for a period of more than four hours. Documentation must be kept for a period of not less than five years.c. Records of Department-specified compliance requirements for membrane filtration and of parameters specified by the Department for Department-approved alternative treatment and records of the date and duration of any failure to meet the membrane operating, membrane integrity, or alternative treatment operating requirements for more than four hours. Documentation must be kept for a period of not less than five years.179 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 8, § 008