SCDHEC Bureau of Water Public Water System Operating Permits

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SCDHEC Bureau of Water Public Water System
Operating Permits

• Kim Forston
• Water Supply
• Recreation Waters Section
• [phone]
• forstokr_at_dhec.sc.gov

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• Safe Drinking Water Act
• 44-55-10
• http//www.scstatehouse.net/code/t44c055.htm
• State Primary Drinking Water Regulations
• R.61-58
• http//www.dhec.sc.gov/environment/water/regs/r.61
  -58/61-58.doc

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System Classifications

• Transient, Non-Community
• non-community water system that does not
  regularly serve at least 25 of the same persons
  over six months per year.
• Non-transient, non-community
• public water system that is not a community water
  system and that regularly serves at least
  twenty-five (25) of the same persons over six
  months per year.
• Non-Community
• public water system that serves at least fifteen
  (15) service connections or regularly serves an
  average of at least twenty-five (25) individuals
  daily at least sixty (60) days out of the year.
• Community
• public water system that serves at least fifteen
  service connections used by year-round residents
  or regularly serves at least twenty-five
  year-round residents.
• State-defined
• any water system that serves less than fifteen
  (15) service connections or regularly serves an
  average of less than twenty-five (25) individuals
  daily.

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Distribution System Classification
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Maximum Number of Allowable Taps

• Municipal, County systems will not be assigned a
  maximum
• Community system with only one well limited to 49
  taps
• Systems using hydropnuematic storage only,
  limited to 300 taps
• Otherwise, the maximum is based on the total
  yield of the well(s), treatment plant capacity,
  master metered connection capacity, or storage
  capacity

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Reliable System Capacity

• Based on well capacity, master meter connections,
  and treatment plant capacity
• Emergency or standby sources are not included

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Surface and Groundwater Sources and Treatment
Facilities

• Raw water source, location, and ID Number
• Total and reliable raw water pumping capacity
• Treatment facility capacity, location, and ID
  Number
• Treatment facility classification
• Treatment
• Total and reliable finish water pumping capacity

SURFACE

• Source, location, and ID Number
• Pump yield and capacity
• Treatment facility capacity and location
• Treatment facility classification
• Treatment

GROUND
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Treatment Facility Classification
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Treatment Facility Classification Continued
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Treatment Facility Classification Continued
http//www.scstatehouse.net/code/t44c055.htm
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Master Meter Connections Emergency Sources of
Water

• System name and DHEC ID Number
• Location
• Reliable Capacity (MGD)
• Usually amount specified in purchase agreement

Master Meter Connection

• Well
• Source, location, and ID Number
• Pump yield and capacity
• Treatment facility capacity and location
• Treatment facility classification
• Treatment
• Master Meter Connection
• System name and DHEC ID Number
• Location
• Reliable Capacity (MGD)
• Surface Water
• Raw water source, location, and ID Number
• Total and reliable raw water pumping capacity
• Treatment facility capacity, location, and ID
  Number
• Treatment facility classification
• Treatment
• Total and reliable finish water pumping capacity

Emergency Sources
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Storage Capacity

• Elevated
• Sized to provide 2 hours of supply for a combined
  flow of peak hour domestic plus fire flow
• Or
• Half the maximum daily demand
• Less may be required when the source and
  treatment facilities have sufficient capacity
  with auxiliary power to supplement peak demands

• Pressure
• Usable volume is 1/3 of total tank
• Sized to provide the difference between the
  instantaneous demand and the well yield for a
  minimum of 20 minutes
• Ground
• Sized to provide the difference between the
  instantaneous demand and the well yield for a
  minimum of 20 minutes

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Special Conditions

• Sanitary Survey ratings Satisfactory
• Needs Improvement
• Unsatisfactory
• A business plan is required within six months of
  an unsatisfactory sanitary survey
• Intended to show how a system will be
  self-sustaining and has the commitment and the
  financial, managerial, and technical capability
  to consistently comply with the laws and
  regulations
• System Specific Conditions
• Copies of purchase agreements, explanation of tap
  limitations, information requests, etc.

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General Requirements

• Duty to Comply Permit Revocation
• Regulation 61-58 and SC Code 44-55-10 and 120
• Maximum Allowable Taps
• Additional taps may be added if the system has
  the capacity
• Application and review procedure through DHEC if
  applicable
• Permit Modification and Transfer
• An operating permit may be modified with adequate
  justification
• Transfer of an operating permit requires
  submittal of SCDHEC form 1329 (http//www.scdhec.g
  ov/environment/water/forms/d-1329.pdf) and
  possibly business plan
• Annual Fee
• Regulation 61-30(G)(2)
• http//www.dhec.sc.gov/administration/regs/docs/61
  -30.doc pages 9-12

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General Requirements Continued

• Construction Permits
• Required prior to system modification or
  expansion
• Application DHEC forms 1970 or 2507
• http//www.scdhec.gov/environment/admin/htm/eqform
  s.htmWater
• Operation Maintenance and Emergency Procedures
• Per Regulation 61-58.7 and 8
• Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
• Per Regulation 61-58.5, 10 through 13
• Small systems (transient, non-community) usually
• do not have any additional monitoring
  requirements

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Operating Permit Statistics

• 2732 active
• 1267 approved
• 1463 no permit issued
• 358 issued in the past year

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Questions
forstokr_at_dhec.sc.gov 803-898-4182