Guidelines for Public Water Systems

Guidelines

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems: Introduction

  Introduction (updated April 2014 with new Mass.gov links)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 1: Submission of Designs, Plans, & Reports

  Chapter 1 (December 2009)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 2: General Design Considerations

  Chapter 2 (December 2009)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 3: Surface Water Supply Development  

  Chapter 3 (June 2009)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 4: Groundwater Supply Development

  Chapter 4 (March 2008)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 5: Treatment 

  Chapter 5 (February 2011)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 6: Chemical Application 

  Chapter 6 (December 2009)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 7: Pumping Facilities

  Chapter 7 (December 2009)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 8: Finished Water Storage

  Chapter 8 (May 2011)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 9: Distribution System Piping & Appurtenances

  Chapter 9 (May 2011)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 10: Water Management Act Requirements

  Chapter 10 (July 1996)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 11: Capacity Development

  Chapter 11 (January 2014)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Chapter 12: Emergency Response Planning

  Chapter 12 (December 2009)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix A, Water Quality Testing Requirements for Source Approval

  Appendix A (May 2018)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix B, Sample Affidavit
• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix D, Zone I/Interim Wellhead Protection Area Protective Radii Graphs

  Appendix D (December 2008)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix E, Zone II Map Title Block
• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix F, Water Management Program Request for Site Exam/Site Screening Package
• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix G, Guidelines for New and Existing Transient Non-Community Groundwater Sources with Approved Yields Less than 10,000 Gallons per Day
• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix H, Find Your Regional Office
• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix K, Massachusetts Water Protection Regulations 
• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix M, Consumer Confidence Reporting Requirements

  Appendix M of the Guidelines for Public Water Systems details the contents of a CCR. Updated May 2019.

• Appendix N, Requirements for Microbial Toolbox Options for Meeting Cryptosporidium Treatment Requirements under the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

  Appendix N (August 2007)

• Guidelines for Public Water Systems Appendix O, Handbook for Water Supply Emergencies

  Appendix O (November 2021)