Section 296-307-16130 - Water supply(1) The operator must provide a safe and reliable supply of drinking water from an approved Group A or Group B public water system meeting the requirements of: (a) WAC 246-358-025(2)(d), chapters 246-290 and 246-291 WAC; or(b) Local board of health rules.(2) The operator must ensure that the distribution lines are able to maintain the working pressure of the water piping system at not less than twenty pounds per square inch after allowing for friction and other pressure losses.(3) When water is not piped to each dwelling unit, the operator must provide cold, potable, running water under pressure within one hundred feet of each dwelling unit.(4) When water sources are not available in each individual dwelling unit or tent, the operator must provide one or more drinking fountains for each one hundred occupants or fraction thereof. The use of common drinking cups or containers from which water is dipped or poured is prohibited.(5) The operator must provide an adequate supply of hot and cold running water under pressure in bathing, food-handling, and laundry facilities.(6) The operator must provide an automatically controlled hot water supply of one hundred to one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit in bathing, food-handling, and laundry facilities.(7) When water within one hundred feet of a dwelling unit is unsafe for drinking purposes and accessible to workers, the operator must post a sign by each nonpotable water source that: (a) Reads "Do not drink. Do not use for washing. Do not use for preparing food.";(b) Is printed in English and in the native language of the workers;(c) Is printed on material colored to indicate unsafe; and(d) Is marked with easily understood pictures or symbols.Wash. Admin. Code § 296-307-16130
Amended by WSR 15-13-092, Filed 6/15/2015, effective 7/16/2015Amended by WSR 20-21-091, Filed 10/20/2020, effective 11/20/2020Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 and 1999 c 374. 00-06-081, § 296-307-16130, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00.