maine cdc drinking water program update

Maine CDC Drinking Water

Program Update

2013

DWP Staffing Updates Jennifer Jamison – Lab Cert Officer

1/13 Darren Brann – Compliance Officer

6/13 Rychel McKenzie – Field Engineer

Bangor 9/13 Assistant Laboratory Certification

Officer – new position - Interviewing Compliance Officer – one vacancy

(Pam Bryer) Compliance Officer – Lindy Moceus

retiring 12/27

Protect Your Source Take Your Samples Maintain Your Treatment Inspect Your Pipes & Tanks

Keep Your Drinking Water Safe:

DWP Budget



Drinking Water State Revolving Fund



$200 Million

2014 DWSRF 48 project applications were

received totaling requests of $24 Million

Draft Primary List prepared with 28 projects with $14 Million of DWSRF Funding.

Preparation on the 2013 Intended Use Plan and Final Primary List is expected to completed in January 2013.



Grant Opportunities Wellhead Protection Grants

Up to $5,000 per project ($10,000 for exceptional circumstances)

Source Water Protection Grants Up to $5,000 per project ($10,000 for

exceptional circumstances) Capacity Development Grants

Up to $10,000 ($15,000 for exceptional projects)



Grant Opportunities Consolidation Grants

Up to $100,000 Very Small Water System

Compliance “Loan” Up to $50,000

Sanitary Well Seal Cap Program Up to $250



Land Acquisition Loans Purchase or Conserve Source Water

Protection Land Contact Erika Bonenfant



DWSRF State Match 2014

Approximately $1.7 million needed LD 1492 Carryover bill from 2013

Legislative Session Other Alternatives

2015 and beyond State Liquor Contract Revenue available starting in June 2015



Pace of Spending Unliquidated Obligations (ULOs) Congress questioning the need for

additional funding if the current funding isn’t being spent

EPA is asking states to consider ways of moving money faster



Compliance Topics



Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act

Signed into law January 2011 Effective January 4, 2014 “Going Lead Free” session at 1:30

pm Do hydrants need to meet the new

lead free standard?



NSF/ANSI Standard 61 All materials, products and coatings

that contact drinking water must be certified to meet NSF/ANSI Standard 61

Standard 61 requires compliance with the lead free provisions of the SDWA



NSF/ANSI Standard 60 All chemicals must be certified to

Standard 60 Sanitary Survey

Labeling on packaging and/or Delivery and manufacturer paperwork

Request to add or change chemicals All changes to chemicals must be

approved by the DWP Documentation must include Standard

60 certificationProtect Your Source Take Your Samples Maintain Your Treatment Inspect Your Pipes & Tanks


Drinking Water Compliance

Sample early in the compliance period.

Allow for lab analysis time. Analysis results must be submitted

by certified lab by the 10th day of the following month to avoid a reporting violation.

Monthly Operating Reports submitted by the 10th of the following month- must be signed by the Designated Operator unless otherwise approved by the DWP



Revised Total Coliform Rule

Complete details at the 11:45 Session on Thursday

Effective April 2016 – Maine might implement on January 1, 2016

Non-Acute MCL goes away Requires Assessments and

Corrective Action



Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

• Stage 2 Rule applies to all systems that add a disinfectant.

• Stage 2 Rule for Schedule 3 & 4 serving a populations of 49,999 and less effective on October 1, 2013.



Sample Results from Private Labs

As of January 1, 2013 In-state private labs are required to submit data electronically in an approved format



Resources on the DWP Website



Web Resources

Other States

Water Reuse Orange County Water District –

Ground Water replenishment Systems Additional treatment of wastewater and

injecting the treated water into the ground for future use

70 MGD capacity Microfiltration, RO, UV with Hydrogen

Peroxide Tested for over 400 compounds



Water Reuse Benefits

Creates a new local water supply Reuses a wasted resource Increases water supply reliability Costs less than imported water Saves half the energy over imported

water and two-thirds the energy to desalinate seawater

Improves quality of water in the groundwater basin

Direct Reuse in the futureProtect Your Source Take Your Samples Maintain Your Treatment Inspect Your Pipes & Tanks


Baker City, Oregon Crypto Outbreak!

Baker City watershed – Elkhorn MtnsGoodrich Lake – elev. 6871

Crypto Outbreak Timeline• 7/29-31/13 – Increasing numbers of illnesses- 5

crypto confirmed• 7/31/13 – City issues precautionary boil notice,

begins sampling from sources and distribution for crypto

• 8/3/13 – Test results from 7/31 positive for crypto/giardia

• 8/7/13 – Very high crypto result for 8/4 Elk Creek intake sample, intake shut down

• 8/20/13 – Boil notice lifted after two rounds of source and distribution samples with non-detect results

• 8/21/13 to present - Two samples per week from combined source water before treatment

Outbreak Decisions and Findings• Water is source of outbreak – 20+% attack rate

(household survey)• Most likely cause is cattle access to

watershed• Criteria for ending the boil notice – 2

consecutive negative crypto findings from sources and distribution

• Criteria for ongoing monitoring – 2 crypto samples per week from combined source water, at least 3 days apart

• Criteria for resuming boil notice in future - 2 consecutive positive crypto findings

• Improved watershed control over cattle access is prerequisite to continuation of filtration exception and sufficiency of UV light treatment

Backflow Events -Oklahoma

January 2008 Indication of contamination: blue

water leaking out of a line break and flowing into a creek

It was later determined that the color was caused by an indicator that had been used with a mixture of herbicides




A commercial herbicides applicator about ¾ mile north of the stream had been filling a 500 gallon tank containing concentrated herbicides and blue colorant

Herbicides back-siphoned into the water lines through a cross-connection created by a hose submerged in the pesticide within a mixing tank

No backflow prevention deviceProtect Your Source Take Your Samples Maintain Your Treatment Inspect Your Pipes & Tanks



Initially turned off entire distribution system – population 4600

Resorted water service to areas as testing indicated no contamination

Spent over $78,000 on water testing




June 2013 Indication of contamination: foam

coming from a kitchen faucet A private pesticide applicator had

been filling a tank containing herbicides – hose submerged in tank

Water District had planned repair involving shutting off a portion of the distribution system

No backflow prevention deviceProtect Your Source Take Your Samples Maintain Your Treatment Inspect Your Pipes & Tanks



Approximately 100 rural service connections were left without water – 50 miles of water line

Nine days to restore full service Testing Costs - $20,000



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