North Carolina Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 13, 2014) |
TITLE 15A. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES |
CHAPTER 18. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH |
SUBCHAPTER C. WATER SUPPLIES |
15A NCAC 18C .0409. SERVICE CONNECTIONS
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(a) Local Water Supply Plan. Units of local government which are operating under a local water supply plan in accordance with G.S. 143-355(l) shall not be limited in the number of service connections.
(b) No local water supply plan. A public water system which does not have a local water supply plan as stated in Paragraph (a) shall limit its number of service connections as follows:
(1) A public water system shall meet the daily flow requirements specified in Table 1:
Table 1: Daily Flow Requirements
Type of Service Connection
Daily Flow for Design
Residential
400 gallon/connection
Mobile Home Parks
250 gallon/connection
Campgrounds and Travel Trailer Parks
100 gallon/space
Marina
10 gallon/boat slip
Marina with bathhouse
30 gallon/boat slip
Rest Homes and Nursing Homes
with laundry
120 gallon/bed
without laundry
60 gallon/bed
Schools
15 gallon/student
Day Care Facilities
15 gallon/student
Construction, work, or summer camps
60 gallon/person
Business, office, factory (exclusive of industrial use)
without showers
25 gallon/person/shift
with showers
35 gallon/person/shift
Hospitals
300 gallon/bed
or;
(2) A public water system serving different types of service connections shall meet the maximum daily demand calculated as follows:
(A) Where records of the previous year are available that reflect daily usage, the average of the two highest consecutive days of record of the water treated shall be the value used to determine if there is capacity to serve additional service connections (unusual events such as massive line breaks or line flushings shall not be considered).
(B) Where complete daily records of water treated are not available, the public water system shall multiply the daily average use based on the amount of water treated during the previous year of record by the appropriate factor to determine maximum daily demand, as follows:
(i) A system serving a population of 10,000 or less shall multiply the daily average use by 2.5; or
(ii) A system serving a population greater than 10,000 shall multiply the daily average use by 2.0.
History Note: Authority G.S. 130A-315; 103A-317; P.L. 93-523;
Eff. July 1, 1994.