(1) Before detailed plans and specifications are prepared for the construction of new public water systems or major improvements to existing public water systems are prepared, the owner or his or her authorized agent shall submit to the Department of Health a preliminary report containing data and information sufficient for the complete understanding of the proposed work.
(2) The "Recommended Standards for Waterworks" by the Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State Sanitary Engineers (Ten States Standards) is recommended as a guide.
(3) An inspection by department staff of all proposed surface water and all groundwater source locations shall be conducted as part of the review of the preliminary report.
(b)
(1)
(A) For proposed new community public water systems and nontransient, noncommunity public water systems the preliminary report shall include sufficient information to demonstrate the system's technical, financial, and managerial capacity to comply with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.
(B) See 20 CAR § 140-106(i).
(2) The department shall not approve the construction of any new community public water system or nontransient noncommunity public water system unless the department formally concurs that the report demonstrates the system's technical, financial, and managerial capacity to comply with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974.