WATER SUPPLY RULE

Final Adopted Water Supply Rule 2005 (PDF - 681 kb)

Summary of Major Changes to the 2005 Water Supply Rule (PDF - 23 kb)

Final Proposed Rule  2004  

Water Supply Rule- Environmental Protection Rules Chapter 21 - Revision Date June 19,  2003 - Final  230 pages, 1456KB, PDF

Note: To access Appendix E of the Rule which contains federal regulations (40 CFR Parts 141, 142, 143), use the following web address: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/regs.html - scroll down on the EPA website page to find the federal regulations (40 CFR Parts 141, 142, and 143) under Code of Federal Regulations.

WELL DRILLER LICENSING RULE

Adopted Well Driller Licensing Rule - Effective Sept. 20, 2002  75KB, 14 pages, PDF

For more information about the Well Driller Licensing Rule, please contact Scott Stewart of the Water Supply Division at 241-3400 or, toll-free in Vermont 1- 800-823-6500

GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL REPORTING & PERMITTING RULE

If you don't have a state assigned Water Supply ID: Contact the Water Supply Division (Rodney Pingree) for direction in obtaining one. You will also need to submit a Groundwater Withdrawal System/Facility Set up Form for each water source.

If you already have a state assigned Water Supply ID: Submit a Groundwater Withdrawal System/Facility Set up Form (one form for each water source)

Groundwater Withdrawal Reporting Forms  Daily - MSWORD version  Monthly - MSWORD version

Data files must comply with the Data File Requirements (26KB, PDF) to be processed. For now, data files may be submitted via email. A web application for uploading is being developed and will be available soon.

Groundwater Withdrawal Reporting and Permitting Rule-Effective December 11, 2009  26KB, PDF

Act 199: An Act Relating to Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Program, June 9, 2008 16 pages, 38KB, PDF

Letter to Groundwater Users 23KB, PDF

GROUNDWATER PROTECTION RULE & STRATEGY

Chapter 12 - Groundwater Protection Rule and Strategy - Effective February 1, 2005 392KB, 65 pages, PDF

Interim Groundwater Quality Standards - The Interim Groundwater Quality Standards listed in the following table either replace or are supplemental to the Primary Groundwater Quality Standards in Appendix One, Table 1, of the Groundwater Protection Rule and Strategy, Chapter 12 of the Environmental Protection Rules.

Procedure for Class IV Groundwater Reclassification Nov. 12, 200013 pages, 197KB, PDF

Procedure for Class I and II Groundwater Reclassification August 12, 2008 29 pages, 108KB, PDF

VERMONT STATE STATUTES

Vermont State Statutes On-Line Website

Title 10 VSA Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply

Title 10 VSA Chapter 48 - Ground Water Protection

                     Act 199:  An Act Relating to Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Program

GUIDANCE

When Are Multiple Water Supplies Owned or Controlled by the Same Person Regulated as a Public Water Supply?  (PDF 148 KB)

Consecutive Corner - Regulation of Existing Consecutive Water Systems and New Line Extensions

Pilot Study for Arsenic Removal and Disposal - Newport City, VT  (PDF 28mb)

Jurisdicitional Guidance For Community Water Systems (PDF 104kb - 3pg)

Wholesaler Consecutive Agreement Checklist (PDF 78kb - 1pg)

Ultraviolet Disinfection Guidelines (PDF 193kb - 7pg)

Protecting Public Water Sources in Vermont (PDF 121pg)

Practice - Fire Hydrants On Public Water Systems with Insufficient Storage Capacity and/or Undersized Lines (PDF 250 kb)

Practice - Process for Managing Algal Toxin Detections In Finished Water Samples for Public Water Systems (PDF)   REVISED 2009

Practice - Public Community Water System Jurisdiciton With Fewer Than 15 Service Connections (PDF)

Practice - When Public Water Systems are Required to Submit Monthly Reports to the Division (PDF)

Chlorine Treatment Process and Codes (6kb PDF)

O & M Manual Template  (PDF 45pg)

O & M Manual Template Form  (Word Form 43pg)

Cross-reference Guide for the O & M Manual Template  (PDF 7pg)