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APPENDIX A: REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

This appendix summarizes the regulatory requirements for groundwater protection and drinking water protection; the actual current legislation should be referred to for details. These guidelines were current at the time of publication and the statutes or policy statements discussed in this section may have changed since they were first referenced.

A1 DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ACT

The Drinking Water Protection Act [SBC 2001], Chapter 9, states the following: Part 2 – Drinking Water Supply Water supply systems must provide potable water 6 Subject to the regulations, a Water Supplier must provide, to the users served by its water supply system, drinking water from the water supply system that (a) Is potable water, and (b) Meets any additional requirements established by the regulations or by its operating permit. The Drinking Water Protection Regulation , B.C. Reg. 200/2003, under the Drinking Water Protection Act , states the following: Treatment 5 (2) For the purposes of section 6 (b) of the Act, drinking water from a water supply system must be disinfected by a Water Supplier if the water originates from (a) surface water, or (b) groundwater that, in the opinion of a Drinking Water Officer, is at risk of containing pathogens. A2 DRINKING WATER PROTECTION REGULATION

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER AT RISK OF CONTAINING PATHOGENS ___

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