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| Public Act 102-0960 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 19.11 as follows: | ||||
(415 ILCS 5/19.11 new) | ||||
Sec. 19.11. Public water supply disruption; notification. | ||||
(a) In this Section: | ||||
"Disruption event" means any: | ||||
(1) change to a disinfection technique, practice, or | ||||
technology, including each instance of any change in the | ||||
concentration of any disinfectant in the water of a public | ||||
water supply that results in residual concentrations of | ||||
the disinfectant in the water either exceeding 50% or | ||||
falling below 20% of the monthly average concentration of | ||||
disinfectant reported to the Agency in a public water | ||||
distribution entity's most recent monthly submission of | ||||
Daily Operating Reports; | ||||
(2) planned or unplanned work on or damage to a water | ||||
main; | ||||
(3) change in a treatment application or source of | ||||
water that results in an altered finished water quality; | ||||
(4) event that results in a public water supply's | ||||
operating pressure falling below 20 PSI; or | ||
(5) condition that results in the issuance of a boil | ||
water order. | ||
"Health care facility" means a facility, hospital, or | ||
establishment licensed or organized under the Ambulatory | ||
Surgical Treatment Center Act, the University of Illinois | ||
Hospital Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home | ||
Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the | ||
Community Living Facilities Licensing Act. | ||
"Health care facility list" means a list enumerating | ||
health care facilities and their designees that are served by | ||
a public water supply and maintained by a public water | ||
distribution entity. | ||
"Public water distribution entity" means any of the | ||
following entities that are responsible for the direct | ||
supervision of a public water supply: a municipality, a | ||
private corporation, an individual private owner, or a | ||
regularly organized body governed by a constitution and | ||
by-laws requiring regular election of officers. | ||
"Public water supply" has the same meaning as defined in | ||
Section 3.365. | ||
"State agencies" means the Illinois Environmental | ||
Protection Agency and the Illinois Department of Public | ||
Health. | ||
"Water supply operator" means any individual trained in | ||
the treatment
or distribution of water who has practical, | ||
working knowledge of the chemical,
biological, and physical | ||
sciences essential to the practical mechanics
of water | ||
treatment or distribution and who is capable of conducting
and | ||
maintaining the water treatment or distribution processes of a | ||
public water supply in a
manner that will provide safe, | ||
potable water for human consumption. | ||
(b) A public water distribution entity, through its | ||
designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water | ||
supply operator and all affected health care facilities on the | ||
public water supply's health care facility list not less than | ||
14 days before any known, planned, or anticipated disruption | ||
event. An anticipated disruption event includes for purposes | ||
of this subsection any disruption event that could or should | ||
be reasonably anticipated by a public water distribution | ||
entity. | ||
(c) A public water distribution entity, through its | ||
designated employees or contractors, shall notify its water | ||
supply operator and all affected health care facilities that | ||
are served by the public water supply and affected by any | ||
unplanned disruption event in the public water supply's water | ||
distribution system. The notification required under this | ||
subsection shall be provided within 2 hours after the public | ||
water distribution entity becomes aware of the unplanned | ||
disruption event. | ||
(d) A health care facility shall designate an email | ||
address to receive electronic notifications from the public | ||
water distribution entity concerning planned or unplanned | ||
disruption events. The email account shall be accessible to | ||
the health care facility's designated water management plan | ||
administrator and other responsible administrative personnel. | ||
(e) Any planned or unplanned disruption event notification | ||
sent to a health care facility under this Section shall also be | ||
sent to the State agencies via email to the email addresses | ||
designated by
the State agencies within 5 business days. The | ||
State agencies shall establish, maintain, and retain a list of | ||
notifications received pursuant to this subsection. | ||
The notice required under this Section shall include, but | ||
shall not be limited to, the following: | ||
(1) a detailed description of the disruption event; | ||
(2) the date, time, and location of the disruption | ||
event; | ||
(3) the expected time needed to resolve the disruption | ||
event; and | ||
(4) a list of the health care facilities notified by | ||
the public
water distribution entity. | ||
Beginning one year after the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the State | ||
agencies shall make
available upon request a list of | ||
disruption events, in an electronic format, sorted by the year | ||
and month of each occurrence.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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