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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 12. Health |
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Agency 5. Department of Health |
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Chapter 590. Waterworks Regulations |
Section 400. Radiological quality
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The effects of human radiation exposure are viewed as harmful, and any unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation should be avoided.
A. Maximum contaminant level goals for radionuclides are listed in subsection A of Table 2.5 of 12VAC5-590-440.
B. Maximum contaminant levels for radionuclides are applicable to community waterworks only and are listed in this section and subsection B of Table 2.5.
1. (Reserved.)
2. PMCL for combined radium-226 and radium-228. The primary maximum contaminant level for combined radium-226 and radium-228 is 5 pCi/L. The combined radium-226 and radium-228 value is determined by the addition of the results of the analysis for radium-226 and the analysis for radium-228.
3. PMCL for gross alpha particle activity (excluding radon and uranium). The primary maximum contaminant level for gross alpha particle activity (including radium-226 but excluding radon and uranium) is 15 pCi/L.
4. PMCL for uranium. The primary maximum contaminant level for uranium is 30 μg/l.
5. PMCL for beta particle and photon radioactivity.
a. The average annual concentration of beta particle and photon radioactivity from man-made radionuclides in drinking water must not produce an annual dose equivalent to the total body or any internal organ greater than 4 millirem/year (mrem/year).
b. Except for the radionuclides listed in schedule 1 of Table 2.5, the concentration of man-made radionuclides causing 4 mrem total body or organ dose equivalents must be calculated on the basis of 2 liter per day drinking water intake using the 168 hour data list in "Maximum Permissible Body Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentrations of Radionuclides in Air and in Water for Occupational Exposure," NBX (National Bureau of Standards) Handbook 69 as amended August 1963, U.S. Department of Commerce. A copy of this document may be reviewed at the Virginia Department of Health Office of Drinking Water office in Richmond, Virginia. If two or more radionuclides are present, the sum of their annual dose equivalent to the total body or to any organ shall not exceed 4 mrem/year.
6. Compliance dates. Compliance dates for combined radium-226 and radium-228, gross alpha particle activity, gross beta particle and photon radioactivity, and uranium: community waterworks owners must comply with the PMCLs listed in subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this subsection beginning December 8, 2003, and compliance shall be determined in accordance with the requirements of 12VAC5-590-370 D. Compliance with reporting requirements for the radionuclides under 12VAC5-590-545 and 12VAC5-590-540 is required on December 8, 2003.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR355-18-004.07 § 2.7, eff. August 1, 1991; amended, Volume 09, Issue 17, eff. June 23, 1993; Volume 12, Issue 02, eff. November 15, 1995; Volume 19, Issue 24, eff. September 10, 2003; Volume 22, Issue 15, eff. May 3, 2006.