MONITORING PLAN TEMPLATE REVISED REGULATORY GUIDANCE ANDREW NIDOH

MONITORING PLAN TEMPLATE & REVISED REGULATORY GUIDANCE ANDREW NIDOH

30 TAC § 290. 121 MONITORING PLANS • ALL PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS MUST DRAFT AND MAINTAIN AN UP-TO-DATE CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING PLAN. • SW / GUI SYSTEMS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REVISIONS AND UPDATED PLANS TO TCEQ • EVERY SYSTEM NEEDS TO KEEP A LOCAL COPY UP-TO-DATE • ANY SYSTEM SHALL SUBMIT AN UP-TO-DATE MONITORING PLAN TO THE TCEQ UPON REQUEST • SYSTEMS CAN ACCRUE VIOLATIONS FOR EITHER NOT HAVING A LOCAL MONITORING PLAN OR IF THE MONITORING PLAN DOES NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENT ALL SAMPLING TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE SYSTEM

REGULATORY GUIDANCE 384 • DESIGNED TO ASSIST PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING THEIR MONITORING PLAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 290. 121 • BEING UPDATED TO INCLUDE REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE (RTCR) AND OTHER CRITERIA CHANGED SINCE LAST UPDATE • INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE NEW MONITORING PLAN TEMPLATE THAT ALL WATER SYSTEMS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO USE • TO BE POSTED ON TCEQ’S MONITORING PLAN WEBSITE: • HTTPS: //WWW. TCEQ. TEXAS. GOV/DRINKINGWATER/MONITORING_PLANS/MONITORING_P LANS. HTML

RG-384 UPDATES • INCLUDES GUIDANCE FOR LISTING POINTS OF CONTACT AND GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION • TOTAL COLIFORM RULE TO REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE • DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS RULE STAGE 2 • OTHER DISINFECTION BYPRODUCT SUBSECTIONS

RG-384 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MONITORING PLAN TEMPLATE • INCLUDES SECTIONAL HEADINGS MATCHING THE EXACT VERBIAGE FROM THE TEMPLATE SECTIONS TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION • EACH SECTION CONTAINS A PURPOSE AND ASSISTANCE SUBSECTION TO PROVIDE READERS ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND OF THE SECTION ALONG WITH CONTACT INFORMATION SHOULD THEY NEED TO UPDATE ANY INFORMATION • DIVES DIRECTLY INTO COMPLETING EACH SECTION WITH BASIC WALKTHROUGH STEPS

MONITORING PLAN TEMPLATE • USER-FRIENDLY AND COMPLETELY INTERACTIVE • EASY TO UPDATE / MAINTAIN MOVING FORWARD IN THE EVENT OF ANY CHANGES • MAY BE USED TO UPDATE CERTAIN SYSTEM CONTACTS AND WATER FACILITIES WITHIN TCEQ DATABASE (DRINKING WATER WATCH) • SAME DATABASE THAT SHOULD BE USED TO COMPLETE THE TEMPLATE • HTTP: //DWW 2. TCEQ. TEXAS. GOV/DWW/ • HTTPS: //WWW. TCEQ. TEXAS. GOV/DRINKINGWATER/MONITORING_PLANS/PWSM ONITORINGPLANTEMPLATE. PDF

MONITORING PLAN TEMPLATE (CONT’D) • INCLUDES MANY ITEMS BUILT-IN TO THE TEMPLATE THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERY MONITORING PLAN TO CONTAIN • COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS, POSSIBLE SCHEDULES, ALL-INCLUSIVE INORGANICS/RADIONUCLIDES • DETAILS THE FEW ATTACHMENTS NEEDED TO ACCOMPANY THE TEMPLATE TO MAKE IT ‘ADMINISTRATIVELY COMPLETE’ • SYSTEM SCHEMATIC UP TO EP, RTCR SAMPLE SITING PLAN + MAP, NAP (IF APPLICABLE) • GIVES BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND GENERAL GUIDANCE FOR EACH SECTION • CONTAINS MOST UP-TO-DATE LABORATORY APPROVAL FORM

COMMENTS / FEEDBACK • ANY COMMENTS DURING OR AFTER FILLING OUT THE MONITORING PLAN TEMPLATE CAN BE SENT TO: • ANDREW. NIDOH@TCEQ. TEXAS. GOV • IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE AFTER READING RG-384, CALL (512)239 -4611 TO WALKTHROUGH ANY PROBLEMS OR AREAS OF CONFUSION