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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 760. Laboratory
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Laboratory equipment and facilities shall be compatible with the raw water source, intended design of the water treatment plant, and the complexity of the water treatment involved.
A. Testing equipment provided shall be adequate for the purpose intended and recognized procedures must be utilized.
B. Sufficient bench space, adequate ventilation, adequate light, storage room, laboratory sink, and auxiliary facilities shall be provided. Office space is not included in the following specified laboratory sizes:
1. Waterworks providing iron or manganese removal, or softening by ion exchange should provide a laboratory with a minimum of 64 square feet of floor area and 20 square feet of bench area.
2. Waterworks providing turbidity removal or softening by precipitation, or both, should provide a laboratory with a minimum of 200 square feet of floor area and 65 square feet of bench area.
3. Waterworks providing turbidity removal or softening by precipitation, or both, and in-plant bacteriological analysis should provide a laboratory with a minimum of 300 square feet of floor area and 100 square feet of bench area.
C. When a bacteriological laboratory is required a separate room of adequate space shall be provided.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR355-18-007.13 § 3.13, eff. August 1, 1991; amended, Volume 09, Issue 17, eff. June 23, 1993.