(a) The requirements of subpart U of this part constitute national primary drinking water regulations. The regulations in this subpart establish monitoring and other requirements for identifying subpart V compliance monitoring locations for determining compliance with maximum contaminant levels for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (five)(HAA5). You must use an Initial Distribution System Evaluation (IDSE) to determine locations with representative high TTHM and HAA5 concentrations throughout your distribution system. IDSEs are used in conjunction with, but separate from, subpart L compliance monitoring, to identify and select subpart V compliance monitoring locations.
(b) Applicability. You are subject to these requirements if your system is a community water system that uses a primary or residual disinfectant other than ultraviolet light or delivers water that has been treated with a primary or residual disinfectant other than ultraviolet light; or if your system is a nontransient noncommunity water system that serves at least 10,000 people and uses a primary or residual disinfectant other than ultraviolet light or delivers water that has been treated with a primary or residual disinfectant other than ultraviolet light.
(c) Schedule.
(1) You must comply with the requirements of this subpart on the schedule in the table in this paragraph (c)(1).
| If you serve this population | You must submit your standard monitoring plan or system specific study plan1 or 40/30 certification2 to the State by or receive very small system waiver from State | You must complete your standard monitoring or system specific study by | You must submit your IDSE report to the State by3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systems that are not part of a combined distribution system and systems that serve the largest population in the combined distribution system | |||
| (i) ≥100,000 | October 1, 2006 | September 30, 2008 | January 1, 2009. |
| (ii) 50,000-99,999 | April 1, 2007 | March 31, 2009 | July 1, 2009. |
| (iii) 10,000-49,999 | October 1, 2007 | September 30, 2009 | January 1, 2010. |
| (iv) <10,000 (CWS Only) | April 1, 2008 | March 31, 2010 | July 1, 2010. |
| Other systems that are part of a combined distribution system | |||
| (v) Wholesale system or consecutive system | —at the same time as the system with the earliest compliance date in the combined distribution system | —at the same time as the system with the earliest compliance date in the combined distribution system | —at the same time as the system with the earliest compliance date in the combined distribution system. |
1If, within 12 months after the date identified in this column, the State does not approve your plan or notify you that it has not yet completed its review, you may consider the plan that you submitted as approved. You must implement that plan and you must complete standard monitoring or a system specific study no later than the date identified in the third column.
2You must submit your 40/30 certification under §141.603 by the date indicated.
3If, within three months after the date identified in this column (nine months after the date identified in this column if you must comply on the schedule in paragraph (c)(1)(iii) of this section), the State does not approve your IDSE report or notify you that it has not yet completed its review, you may consider the report that you submitted as approved and you must implement the recommended subpart V monitoring as required.
(2) For the purpose of the schedule in paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the State may determine that the combined distribution system does not include certain consecutive systems based on factors such as receiving water from a wholesale system only on an emergency basis or receiving only a small percentage and small volume of water from a wholesale system. The State may also determine that the combined distribution system does not include certain wholesale systems based on factors such as delivering water to a consecutive system only on an emergency basis or delivering only a small percentage and small volume of water to a consecutive system.
(d) You must conduct standard monitoring that meets the requirements in §141.601, or a system specific study that meets the requirements in §141.602, or certify to the State that you meet 40/30 certification criteria under §141.603, or qualify for a very small system waiver under §141.604.
(1) You must have taken the full complement of routine TTHM and HAA5 compliance samples required of a system with your population and source water under subpart L of this part (or you must have taken the full complement of reduced TTHM and HAA5 compliance samples required of a system with your population and source water under subpart L if you meet reduced monitoring criteria under subpart L of this part) during the period specified in §141.603(a) to meet the 40/30 certification criteria in §141.603. You must have taken TTHM and HAA5 samples under §§141.131 and 141.132 to be eligible for the very small system waiver in §141.604.
(2) If you have not taken the required samples, you must conduct standard monitoring that meets the requirements in §141.601, or a system specific study that meets the requirements in §141.602.
(e) You must use only the analytical methods specified in §141.131, or otherwise approved by EPA for monitoring under this subpart, to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this subpart.
(f) IDSE results will not be used for the purpose of determining compliance with MCLs in §141.64.
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