WAC 246-290-002. Guidance

(1) The department has numerous guidance documents available to help purveyors comply with state and federal rules regarding drinking water. These include documents on the following subjects:

(a) Compliance;

(b) Consumer and public education;

(c) Contaminants;

(d) Cross-connection control and backflow prevention;

(e) Emergency response and drinking water security;

(f) Engineering design and water treatment;

(g) Financial assistance and state revolving fund (SRF);

(h) General information;

(i) Groundwater protection;

(j) Growth management;

(k) Operations and maintenance;

(l) Operator certification;

(m) Planning and financial viability;

(n) Regulations;

(o) Small water systems;

(p) System approval;

(q) Water quality monitoring and source protection;

(r) Water system planning; and

(s) Water use efficiency.

(2) The department's guidance documents are available online at https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/odwpubs/publications/ or through U.S. mail at P.O. Box 47822, Olympia, Washington 98504-7822.

(3) Federal guidance documents are available from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a wide range of topics. These are available from the EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water website at http://water.epa.gov/drink.index.cfm .