The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 1683)
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§ 1683. Filtration requirements
(a) The Department of Environmental Conservation shall review each application for a construction
grant to determine whether the project qualifies for an avoidance of filtration waiver
under the surface water treatment rule and notify the applicant of the results of
that review. The Department shall provide an opportunity for the applicant to submit
information in support of an affirmative finding.
(b) The Department of Environmental Conservation shall grant waivers to requirements for
water filtration and exemptions to public and private water systems as provided under
the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, surface water rule, when a water system owner
demonstrates that the water system has a proven record of delivering adequate quantities
of clean and safe drinking water and that adequate protection of the surface water
source is or may be assured. (Added 1991, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. June 9, 1992; amended 1995, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 42, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2019, No. 14, § 40, eff. April 30, 2019.)