Section Env-Ws 301.02 - Applicability(a) The rules in Env-Ws 300, which establish drinking water rules pursuant to the NH Safe Drinking Water Act, RSA 485, apply to all public water systems.(b) For community water systems as defined in RSA 485:1-a, I, the department shall use the 2000 census determination of 2.5 people per household to determine the population served by the system unless more specific information is provided to the department by the system.(c) The department shall determine whether a system shall be categorized as a community public water system by:(1) The potential for year-round occupancy; and(2) Determining whether the occupancy is by the same persons on each occasion.(d) For the purpose of (c), above, a community system shall be one proposed to ultimately service a permanent residential population even if that population initially is weekend or seasonal in nature.(e) A water system shall be a non-community water system if it is designed to serve 25 or more people per day for 60 or more days per year.(f) For water systems serving a kindergarten or day care center, the department shall base its determination of whether the water system is a public water system on the number of children for which the facility is licensed, as indicated on the license issued by the child care licensing program of the New Hampshire department of health and human services.(g) Operational rules, including those for monitoring and reporting, shall apply to a water system that meets the definition ofa public water system as soon as it begins operation, regardless of the actual number of connections existing or the number of persons being served.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Ws 301.02
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Ws 300) #6521, eff 6-4-97; ss by #8360, INTERIM, eff 6-4-05, EXPIRES: 12 -1-05 ; ss by #8498, eff 11-30-05