Overview of Drinking Water Regulations
Course Objective: To teach learners about the evolution of drinking water regulations, regulated contaminants, and treatment requirements to provide safe drinking water.
This course is part of the Water Treatment Fundamentals bundle. Four Contact Hours (or 0.4 CEUs) will be granted upon completion of this course.
Disclosure: None
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
List…
✓ the main points of SDWA amendments
✓ drinking water regulations in chronological order
✓ maximum contaminant levels or action levels of regulated constituents
✓ contaminants with USEPA health advisories
✓ constituents with California-specific MCLs
✓ constituents with California-exclusive secondary MCLs
✓ the requirements specified in California Waterworks Standards
Recognize…
✓ the requirements of SWTR and IESWTR
Define…
✓ public water systems
✓ MCL, MCLG, and TT
Describe…
✓ rule primacy
✓ potential health effects from exposures above the MCLs
✓ how California adopts MCLs
Explain…
✓ why SDWA was created
✓ the purpose of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection By-product Rules
✓ the purpose of Lead and Copper Rule
✓ the purpose of Groundwater Rule
✓ CCL and UCMR
✓ why notification levels are established
✓ the intention of Cryptosporidium Action Plan
Identify…
✓ when SDWA was created
✓ recently established California notification levels
Interpret…
✓ water quality reports relative to drinking water regulations
Apply…
✓ the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule
Distinguish…
✓ primary and secondary drinking water standards
Assess…
✓ performance standards and removal requirements for surface water treatment
A. SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA)
B. FEDERAL DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
1. National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
1.a. Total Trihalomethanes
1.b. Fluoride
1.c. Phase I Standards
1.d. Total Coliform Rule
1.e. Surface Water Treatment Rule
1.f. Phase II Standards
1.g. Lead and Copper Rule
1.h. Phase V Standards
1.i. Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (D/DBP Rule)
1.j. Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR)
1.k. Radionuclides Rule
1.l. Filter Backwash Recycling Rule
1.m. Arsenic Rule
1.n. Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR)
1.o. Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (D/DBP Rule)
1.p. Ground Water Rule
1.q. Revisions to Lead and Copper Rule
1.r. Airline Drinking Water Rule
1.s. Revised Total Coliform Rule
2. Secondary Drinking Water Regulations
3. Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List/Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule
C. CALIFORNIA SPECIFIC DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS
1. California-specific MCLs
2. Constituents with California Notification Levels
3. California-exclusive Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels (SMCL)
4. California Waterworks Standards
5. Cryptosporidium Action Plan
OVERVIEW OF DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS QUIZ
Course Content
About Instructor
VGES Admin
I have over twenty-five years of experience in the water industry, with experience as a college adjunct instructor teaching water treatment classes.