INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
(Division of Drinking Water)
Issuing Entity: Alan Rowe, Operations Manager, Division of Drinking Water.
Description of Subject Matter: A company providing drinking water billing services to an apartment complex or similar facility will not be considered a purveyor or public water system (PWS) if that is the extent of their involvement in providing drinking water. The company would not meet the definition of a PWS under WAC 246-290-020(1) and, therefore, the requirements of chapter 246-290 WAC would not apply to them. The apartment complex contracting with the company for billing services, also, will not be classified as a PWS or purveyor subject to regulation under chapter 246-290 WAC, solely because of the presence of a billing contract.
Division Contact: Ethan Moseng, Division of Drinking Water, P.O. Box 47822, Olympia, WA 98504-7822, (360) 236-3562.
Effective Date: February 29, 2000.