Division of Environmental Health Drinking Water Program

The Department of Environmental Conservation proposes to change regulations on drinking water. The amendments include correction of typos, correction of grammatical errors, corrections to citations of statutory authority, updated cross references, and updated terminology throughout the chapter. The amendments also include clarifications and re-statements of existing sections throughout the chapter to make the resulting sections more clear, readable, and understandable. Other substantive changes are also made throughout the chapter.

Regulations dealing with drinking water standards were adopted by the Department of Environmental Conservation on March 21, 2019, with an effective date of May 3, 2019. The regulations have been made permanent and have been filed by the Lt. Governor. The regulations will appear in Register 230, July 2019, of the Alaska Administrative Code.