Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 36, September 6, 2024
Section 64-16-8 - Control Tests and Operation Records8.1. Except for bathing beaches, recreational water facilities shall have available at all times approved testing equipment for determining pH, free chlorine, total chlorine, total alkalinity, and other tests required by the Commissioner.8.2. Equipment used for testing free or total chlorine shall use the DPD (N, N-Diethyl-P-Phenylenediamine) method. Test strips or Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) may be used as a measuring parameter, but shall not be used when registering required readings on daily operational reports required by the Commissioner.8.3. The operator shall maintain for a minimum of one (1) year written results of required tests, attendance data, number of hours of equipment operation, and any other information required by the Commissioner.8.4. The operator shall submit on forms obtained from the Commissioner a weekly summary of operation and tests to the Commissioner.8.5. Except for bathing beaches, the operator shall conduct tests to determine the pH and free chlorine residual of the water not less than twice daily, and record the results on the weekly summary required under subsection 8.4 of this section.8.6. The operator shall properly maintain test kits in good condition. All test reagents must be replaced at the beginning of a new testing season for a seasonal facility, as required by the test kit manufacturer, and whenever any reagent is found to be defective, but in no case may a reagent be used over one (1) year from the date of purchase. Only those reagents manufactured for the test kit in use shall be used.8.7. Except for bathing beaches, when a control test indicates that the free chlorine residual is less than one (1) milligram per liter (mg/l), the recreational water facility shall cease operations until the free chlorine level is one (1) milligram per liter (mg/l) or above.8.8. Except for bathing beaches, when a control test indicates that the free bromine residual is less than two (2) milligrams per liter (mg/l), the recreational water facility shall ceasm operations until the free bromine level is two (2) milligrams per liter (mg/l) or above.