In setting up a public water system—the water supply along
with any treatment works needed and the pumps and pipes that
deliver drinkable water to your customers—you accept a
significant responsibility for a key aspect of the health of your
customers.
Here are the key steps to beginning to accept that
responsibility:
- Contact TCEQ staff well before construction of your planned
system begins. They will help you determine if and what type of
information is needed as well as what programs you will be
regulated by.
- The owner or responsible official must provide written
notification to the TCEQ of the startup of a new public water
supply system or the reactivation of an existing public water
supply system. This notification must be made immediately upon
meeting the definition of a public water system as stated in Title
30, Texas Administrative Code,
Section 290.38
.
- Refer to the Checklist
for Proposed Public Water Supply for further information.
- If you are drilling a well in
one of the counties listed, then you must conduct
radionuclide testing for interim approval. It is highly
recommended that radionuclide testing be performed on a test well
before the public supply well is built.
- For information regarding utilities, please click here.
Contact
us if you have questions about your drinking water system.
