The person-in-charge shall ensure that:

1. A. Unless a waiver of filtration and disinfection is granted by the Department in accordance with Health-General Article, §21-336.1(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, and this chapter, finished product water has undergone:

   1. (1) Ozonation, exposure to ultraviolet light, or an equivalent disinfection process approved by the Department; and
   2. (2) Filtration or other treatment that is necessary for the water to comply with the standards in Regulation .06 of this chapter;

2. B. A drinking water treatment:

   1. (1) Is effective in providing the required or intended result;
   2. (2) Is controlled;
   3. (3) Is monitored; and
   4. (4) Uses chemicals, materials, and methods that do not impart substances to the water in a concentration that is toxic, harmful, or deleterious; and

3. C. If filtration or disinfection of water is used to treat product water, the filtration or disinfection system is:

   1. (1) Proven through a review of scientific study to reduce the target microorganisms to an acceptable level;
   2. (2) Approved by the Department;
   3. (3) Controlled;
   4. (4) Monitored; and
   5. (5) Interlocked with the bottling system so that a failure in the filtration or disinfection system inactivates the bottling system and water is prevented from being bottled.

Authority: Health-General Article, §§18-102, 21-211, 21-234, 21-304, 21-305, 21-306, 21-334, 21-336, and 21-336.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 23, 2009 (36:6 Md. R. 491)