[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR214.8]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 214_EMERGENCY SUPPLIES OF DRINKING WATER--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  214.8  Exclusions.



    The authority does not require correcting the contamination, or 

repair of water systems so that clean drinking water supplies become 

available again. Reestablishing community water supplies remains the 

responsibility of local government and other Federal programs. These 

methods may be employed under the authority, if they are the most 

feasible ways to provide emergency supplies of clean drinking water, but 

there is no mandate to do so. To the extent state or local governments 

can provide water with their own resources, the locality will be 

excluded from the provision of emergency supplies under Pub. L. 84-99. 

In general, the following situations are not considered to be 

appropriate for Corps action under this authority:

    (a) Contamination which causes a loss of palatability, but poses no 

material threat to public health and welfare.

    (b) Contamination, such as by bacteria, which can be reduced to a 

safe level by the users boiling the water.

    (c) Confrontation with normal levels of impurities or contaminants 

in a drinking water source that does not pose substantial threat to the 

public health.

    (d) Contamination by natural intrusions over a period of time, which 

are known to be occurring and which may accumulate in sufficient 

concentrations to pose a future health threat, but which have not yet 

reached the level of a present hazard.

    (e) Loss or diminishing of a water source, due to such things as an 

earthquake or drought.



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    (f) Contamination of a drinking water source as a regular occurrence 

due to recurring events such as drought or flooding, when no corrective 

community action has yet been initiated.

    (g) Contamination which, while posing a substantial threat to health 

and welfare, can be corrected by local authorities, other Federal 

authorities, or other appropriate means before emergency supplies are 

deemed necessary.