Fact Sheets and General Information

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Backflow Prevention
Contaminants in Public Drinking Water
Disinfectants & Disinfection Byproducts
Drinking Water Emergency Loan Fund (DWELF)
Fee Schedule
Filter Backwash Requirements
General Information
Ground Water
Laboratory Certification
Operator Certification
Security at Public Water Systems
Small Public Water Systems
Source Water Protection
Surface Water Treatment
 

Backflow Prevention

• Backflow Prevention and Cross-connection Control, Protecting Our Public Water System
   

Contaminants in Public Drinking Water

• Arsenic
• Disinfectants & Disinfection Byproducts
• Drinking Water Standards
  • Ohio Primary and Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels
• Lead and Copper (not yet available)
• Nitrate
• Radionuclides in Public Drinking Water
   

Disinfectants & Disinfection Byproducts

• Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule Information Sheets
  • Surface Water Systems serving 10,000 or more persons
  • Consecutive Water Systems
  • Ground Water Systems, Regulated Hauled Water Systems, and those Surface Water Systems serving less than 500 persons
  • Ground Water Systems, Regulated Hauled Water Systems, and those Surface Water Systems serving 500 to 9,999 persons
  • Community and Nontransient Noncommunity Ground Water Systems
  • Preparing Distribution System Optimization Plans. Information for Consecutive Water Systems that do not add disinfectants
• White Paper on Disinfection with Hypochlorites (developed in conjunction with AWWA Ohio Section Technology Committee)
  
   

Drinking Water Emergency Loan Fund (DWELF)

• Drinking Water Emergency Loan Fund Fact Sheet

Fee Schedule

• Fee Schedule for Operator Certification, License to Operate and Laboratory Certification

Filter Backwash Requirements

• Filter Backwash Recycling Fact Sheet
• Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Technical Guidance Manual
• Link to US EPA's Filter Backwash web page
• The Recommended Standards for Water Works (Ten States' Standards) 1997 Edition is available from Health Research, Inc., Health Education Services Division, P.O. Box 7126, Albany, NY 12224 or Telephone: 518.439.7286. http://www.hes.org/

General Information

• H₂Ohio Tap Into a Valuable Resource DDAGW Educational Campaign

• Coloring Book on Wellhead Protection
• Drinking Water Advisories – What Are They? (not yet available)
• Drinking Water Basics
• Drinking Water Regulations and Health Advisories - standards and health advisory levels for drinking water contaminants [USEPA]
• Home Water Treatment Units: Things to Consider Before Purchasing
• The Multiple Barrier Approach to Protecting Public Health
• Ohio Primary and Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels
• Public Water Systems Explained (not yet available)
• Reporting Limits for Chemical Analytes
• Well Analysis Requirements

Ground Water in Ohio

• Ground Water in Ohio (fact sheet)

Laboratory Certification

• Information Sheet on Total Coliform Rule Change for Laboratories (1/1/2008)
• Laboratories Approved for Drinking Water Analyses
  • Chemical
  • Microbiological
• Reporting Limits for Chemical Analytes

Operator Certification

• List of Limited Class A Certified Operators
• List of Operators Certified in Ohio ( PDF  /  Excel )
• Renewal Form Back-page (PDF  /  Word /  WordPerfect)

Security at PWS

• Drinking Water Supply Emergency Plans
• Pandemic Influenza - A Guide for Water and Wastewater Plant Owners and Operators

Small PWS

• Information Sheet on Total Coliform Rule Change for Public Water Systems (1/1/2008)
• 2003 TNC Guide booklet
• Well Analysis Requirements

Source Water Protection

• Coloring Book on Wellhead Protection
• Farming in a Source Water Protection Area (poster)
• Living in a Source Water Protection Area (poster)
• Potential Impacts to Your Source of Drinking Water (poster)
• Working in a Source Water Protection Area (poster)

Surface Water Treatment

• Checklist for Review and Optimization of Treatment for Protection Against Waterborne Disease
• USEPA Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (March 2002)
• Disinfection Profiling and Benchmarking for LT1ESWTR (May 2002)
• Requirements for Conducting a Comprehensive Performance Evaluation as Required by the Interim Enhanced and Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rules
• General Requirements of the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR)
• Continuous Turbidimeter Calibration Requirements
• Requirements for Conducting an Individual Filter Self-Assessment as Required by the Interim Enhanced and Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
• Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (IESWTR) Questions and Answers
• OAWWA Filter Assessment Articles