- Notify TCEQ within 24 hours.
- Provide a copy of the notice to the TCEQ.
- Initial public notice issued if the turbidity of the finished
water produced by a surface water treatment plant exceeds 5.0
NTU:
- Notify customers within 24 hours.
- Use the Boil Water Notification format as specified in
§290.47(e).
- Provide bilingual notification if appropriate.
- The notice must remain in effect until:
- The water entering the distribution system has a turbidity level
below 1.0 NTU,
- The distribution system has been thoroughly flushed,
- A minimum of 0.2 mg/L free chlorine residual or 0.5 mg/L
chloramine (measured as total chlorine) is present throughout the
system, and
- Water samples collected for microbiological analysis are found
negative for coliform organisms.
- Once the boil water notification is no longer in effect,
notification must be issued in the same manner as the original
notice was issued.
- Other protective measures may be required at the discretion
of the executive director.
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