15A NCAC 02E .0603      GENERAL INFORMATION

(a)  The provisions of this Section apply to the following classes of water users:

(1)           Publicly owned and privately owned water supply systems;

(2)           State agencies;

(3)           Units of local government;

(4)           Business and industrial water users; and

(5)           Agricultural and horticultural water users.

(b)  All owners and operators of a water delivery system may develop, implement, and require more stringent standards than those set forth in Rules .0612 through .0614 of this Section in response to droughts or emergency water shortages.

(c)  All established and new uses of reclaimed water, consistent with the provisions of 15A NCAC 02U .0100 and any successive rules and amendments that define and the use of reclaimed water, as administered by the Department's Division of Water Resources, shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in this Section.

History Note:        Authority S.L. 2002-167;

Eff. March 19, 2007;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 2022.