Sec. 341.0315. PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. (a) To preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, the commission shall ensure that public drinking water supply systems:
(1) supply safe drinking water in adequate quantities;
(2) are financially stable; and
(3) are technically sound.
(b) The commission shall encourage and promote the development and use of regional and areawide drinking water supply systems.
(c) Each public drinking water supply system shall provide an adequate and safe drinking water supply. The supply must meet the requirements of Section 341.031 and commission rules.
(d) The commission shall consider compliance history in determining issuance of new permits, renewal permits, and permit amendments for a public drinking water system.
(e) The commission shall establish a system to provide automatic reminders to public drinking water supply systems about regular reporting requirements applicable to the systems under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.) and this chapter that relate to commission rules adopted under those laws. An automatic reminder provided under this subsection is a courtesy. A public drinking water supply system is responsible for complying with applicable regular reporting requirements regardless of whether the commission provides automatic reminders.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 6.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 383 (H.B. 3142), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Chapter 341 - Minimum Standards of Sanitation and Health Protection Measures
Section 341.031. Public Drinking Water
Section 341.0315. Public Drinking Water Supply System Requirements
Section 341.0316. Desalination of Marine Seawater for Drinking Water
Section 341.032. Drinking Water Provided by Common Carrier
Section 341.033. Protection of Public Water Supplies
Section 341.035. Approved Plans Required for Public Water Supplies
Section 341.0351. Notification of System Changes
Section 341.0352. Advertised Quality of Water Supply
Section 341.0353. Drinking Water Supply Comparative Rating Information
Section 341.0354. Highway Signs for Approved System Rating
Section 341.0355. Financial Assurance for Certain Systems
Section 341.0356. Order to Stop Operations
Section 341.0358. Public Safety Standards
Section 341.03585. Fire Hydrant Flow and Pressure Standards in Certain Municipalities
Section 341.0359. Fire Hydrant Flow Standards
Section 341.036. Sanitary Defects at Public Drinking Water Supply Systems
Section 341.037. Protection of Bodies of Water From Sewage
Section 341.038. Protection of Impounded Water From Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes
Section 341.039. Standards for Graywater and Alternative Onsite Water
Section 341.0391. Direct Potable Reuse Guidance
Section 341.042. Standards for Harvested Rainwater
Section 341.046. Nonapplicability of Subchapter F
Section 341.047. Criminal Penalty
Section 341.048. Civil Enforcement
Section 341.0485. Water Utility Improvement Account