Public Drinking Water

The primary purpose of Environmental Health's Water Supply Program is to ensure the safety of county public water supplies. There are three general types of public water supplies: community, transient non-community, and non-transient non-community, each water supply has its own individual source of water, whether it's a well, spring, lake, or other surface water.

Community water systems
serve year-round residential populations such as cities, villages, mobile home parks and subdivisions.

Transient non-community water systems serve different people every day such as restaurants, campgrounds and hotels.

Non-transient, non-community water systems serve the same group of people every day, but are not residential; examples are schools and large factories.

ATTENTION PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY OPERATORS
Mandatory forms and regulations may be downloaded by clicking on the links below.


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Forms:


New York States Regulatory Codes:

New York State Code Part 5
Public Water Supply Well Construction Standards
PWS Maximum Contaminant Levels

RELATED WEBSITE LINKS
   
American Water Works Association www.awwa.org
Chautauqua County Public Water Systems www.epa.gov (water query)
EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water www.epa.gov/safewater/index.html
NYS Depart. of Env. Conservation
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dow/index.html
NYS Drinking Water Protection Program www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/water/main.htm
NY Rural Water Association www.nyruralwater.org
National Drinking Water Clearinghouse www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/
National Small Flows Clearinghouse www.nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/nsfc_index.htm
Army Corps of Engineers (Buffalo Div.) www.lrb.usace.army.mil/
Underwriters Laboratories www.ul.com
10 State Standards (to order copies) www.hes.org
National Sanitation Foundation http://www.nsf.org/business/search_listings/index.asp



 






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