N.Y. Public Health Law § 1151: Annual water supply statement

§ 1151. Annual water supply statement. Each water works corporation

shall prepare and provide an annual water supply statement to the

customers it serves. Such statement shall contain such information as is

required in this title as well as any additional information required by

the commissioner. Additionally, the statement shall provide a section

which explains, in plain language, the information required in the

statement. The department may prepare or prescribe a format or model

upon which all such statements shall be produced. The annual water

supply statement shall include, but not be limited to, the following

items of information:

1. A brief description on the source or sources of the water supply

and the general qualitative and quantitative condition of the water

source.

2. The population served.

3. For water works corporations that calculate water use of all

customers with meters, an accounting of the total annual amount of water

withdrawn, delivered, and lost from the system.

4. The analytical testing results for those constituents required to

be tested for under part five of the state sanitary code or as required

by appropriate local health units, except for microbiological results,

for each source of water.

Where more than one analysis per year is conducted on a specific

constituent, the water works corporation shall list the range of results

from highest to lowest during the reporting period. The applicable state

guideline, standard, or MCL for each constituent present shall be listed

and any instance where a state guideline, standard, or MCL is violated

shall be noted.

For microbiological analyses as required by part five of the state

sanitary code, the water works corporation shall indicate any instance

where the water supply violated the MCL. The date or dates of violation,

the location where the violation occurred, and the response of the water

works corporation shall be listed.

5. A brief description of the types of treatment that the water

receives before entering the distribution system.

6. Any water sources restricted, removed from service, or otherwise

limited in their use and any actions taken to secure new supplies or

replace lost capacity. For the purposes of this subdivision, "water

sources" shall include surface water sources, such as, but not limited

to, lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, reservoirs and impoundments and for

groundwater sources, supply wells. For the purposes of this subdivision,

"water sources" shall not include water mains or other types of

conveyance infrastructure.

7. Information on water conservation measures customers can implement

such as, but not limited to, retrofitting plumbing fixtures, altering

irrigation timing, using irrigation sensors, leak detection, proper use

of water-conserving appliances, daily conscientious use of water, and

the estimated savings in water and energy or money from the use of such

measures.

8. A description of the risks associated with exposure to

cryptosporidium parvum or giardia lamblia for specific at-risk

populations and the general public and measures that at-risk populations

can take to protect themselves according to recommendations by the

department or other governmental public health or environmental

agencies. In addition, for water works corporations that test for

cryptosporidium parvum or giardia lamblia, a summary of the following:

sampling sites; number of tests per year; testing results and actions

taken in response to those results.

9. General information regarding lead pipes reasonably known to be

located within the water system, as that term is defined in subdivision

twenty-six of section two of the public service law.

The commissioner may add such additional requirements as he determines

to be appropriate.