Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-4-1

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-13-5-1; IC 13-18-2

Sec. 20. (a) An alternative to technical standards required by this rule may be approved by the commissioner for either a single application or for public water system-wide applications of the technical standard if the applicant demonstrates in a written submission that the alternative will achieve the following:

1. (1) Meet the issuance requirements of 327 IAC 8-3-4.
2. (2) Provide drinking water of at least the same satisfactory quality and normal operating pressure at the peak operating flow rate as the technical standards of this rule would provide.

(b) An alternative to technical standards required by this rule may be approved by the commissioner for all systems or a specific subset of systems if the alternative will achieve the following:

1. (1) Meet the issuance requirements of 327 IAC 8-3-4.
2. (2) Provide drinking water of at least the same satisfactory quality and normal operating pressure at the peak operating flow rate as the technical standards of this rule would provide.

(c) Continued operation of the approved alternative technical standard shall require no renewal if the alternative technical standard is operated in the manner approved by the commissioner.

(d) An alternative to a technical standard approved under subsection (a) shall only apply to the application or the public water system for which the alternative is requested.

(Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 8-3.2-20; filed Mar 31, 1999, 1:50 p.m.: 22 IR 2508; errata filed Aug 30, 1999, 12:06 p.m.: 23 IR 25; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:23 p.m.: 24 IR 1518; filed Apr 24, 2006, 3:00 p.m.: 29 IR 2957; readopted filed Nov 21, 2007, 1:16 p.m.: 20071219-IR-327070553BFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 9:21 a.m.: 20130828-IR-327130176BFA; readopted filed Jun 14, 2019, 1:59 p.m.: 20190710-IR-327190246BFA; readopted filed Oct 18, 2024, 1:57 p.m.: 20241113-IR-327230810RFA)