Section 845.07. Laboratory support.

 

(1)  For delegation level 2, 3 or 4, a county shall have drinking water analyses for inorganics, pesticides and volatile organics performed by the state laboratory of hygiene or by a laboratory certified under s. 299.11 , Stats., and ch. NR 149 . Counties shall have drinking water analyses for coliform bacteria performed by the state laboratory of hygiene or a laboratory certified by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under ch. ATCP 77 . Counties shall have drinking water analyses for radiological substances performed by the state laboratory of hygiene or a laboratory acceptable to the U.S. environmental protection agency.

(2)  The department shall arrange for water samples to be tested for coliform bacteria, nitrates and fluorides, routinely and at no cost to the county, through the state laboratory of hygiene if the sample is collected by a county employee as part of a private water system inspection under level 3.

(3)  As department resources and state laboratory of hygiene scheduling allows, laboratory testing for inorganics, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and pesticides will be available to the county for samples collected by a county employee as part of a private water system inspection under level 3. Samples for inorganics, VOCs and pesticides submitted to the state laboratory of hygiene shall be scheduled for analysis in advance through the appropriate department district office. If the number of samples does not exceed available resources, the department district office may waive the scheduling requirement for inorganics.

(4)  The county may use an unregistered or uncertified laboratory for drinking water analyses for aesthetic parameters except when the purpose of the sampling is to characterize the effect of pollution sources on drinking water or groundwater quality.

(5)  The county shall submit copies of results of drinking water analyses performed at laboratories other than the state laboratory of hygiene to the department within 30 days of receipt of the analyses.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1987, No. 373 , eff. 2-1-87; renum. from NR 145.07, Register, August, 1995, No. 476 , eff. 9-1-95; corrections in (1) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register, April, 2000, No. 532 .