15A NCAC 18A .1511      WATER SUPPLY

(a)  Water supplies at local confinement facilities shall meet the requirements in 15A NCAC 18C or 15A NCAC 18A .1700, as applicable.

(b)  In local confinement facilities that use a non-community water system, as defined at G.S. 130A-313(10), a sample of water shall be collected by the Department of Health and Human Services once a year and submitted to the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health or other laboratory certified by the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health under 10A NCAC 42C .0102 to perform bacteriological examinations.

(c)  A local confinement facility's water supply plumbing shall not include cross-connections as set out in 15A NCAC 18C .0102(c)(8).

(d)  Local confinement facilities shall provide water heating facilities, and shall provide hot and cold running water under pressure to carry out all operations.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 153A‑226;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. December 5, 1977;

Amended Eff. September 1, 1990;

Readopted Eff. October 1, 2023.