11-14-22 Work Session Agenda and MaterialsCITY COUNCIL
KCITY OF WORK SESSION AGENDA
ALISPELL November 14, 2022, at 7:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 201 First Avenue East
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A. CALL TO ORDER
B. DISCUSSION
1. Emerging Issues Regarding Drinking Water Standards
C. PUBLIC COMMENT
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D. CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL, AND MAYOR REPORTS
E. ADJOURNMENT
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Next Regular Meeting — November 21, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
Next Work Session — November 28, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. — Council Chambers
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CITY
KALISPELL
To: Doug Russell, City Manager
From: Susie Turner, Public Works Director
Re: Emerging Issues Regarding Drinking Water Standards
Meeting Date: November 14, 2022
Background:
Kalispell operates a Community Public Water Supply and is required to follow the drinking
water rules and regulations set forth by the State of Montana Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Safe Drinking Water Act
(SDWA) was passed in 1974 to protect public health, by regulating public water systems and
requires the EPA to establish and enforce standards that public drinking water systems must
follow.
SDWA authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to set national
health -based standards for drinking water to protect against both naturally occurring and man-
made contaminants that may be found in drinking water. The legal limit for a contaminant via
the regulation reflects the level that protects human health and what water systems can achieve
using the best available technology. EPA rules also set water -testing schedules/ methods and
public notifications that water systems must follow.
EPA delegates primary enforcement responsibility (also called primacy) for public water systems
in Montana to DEQ. Below are the drinking water rules grouped by contaminant type that
Kalispell is required to follow to serve a community from groundwater sources.
Contaminant Type
Regulation
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Arsenic rule
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Chemical contaminant rules
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Lead and copper rule
Chemical contaminants
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Radionuclides rule
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Nitrate/Nitrite rule
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Variance and exemptions rule
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Ground water rule
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Chlorination rule
Microbial contaminants
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Stage 1 and stage 2 disinfectant/disinfection byproducts rule
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Total coliform rule and revised total coliform rule
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Consumer confidence report rule
Right -to -know rules
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Public notification rule
Meeting Discussion:
To ensure public health is continually protected, the SDWA requires EPA to establish
regulations for new contaminants, in addition to reviewing existing primary and secondary
national drinking water regulations, and as appropriate, revises them to improve public health
protection. In 2021/2022, EPA and DEQ have heightened their drinking water contamination
reviews, publications, and potential regulatory updates for manganese, lead and copper, and per -
and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Additionally, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may also affect the regulatory
requirements established by the EPA and DEQ for the City's wastewater and stormwater
discharge permits.
Given Council's recent legislative platform adoption regarding Environmental Quality, staff will
provide a summary of the contaminants and rules currently being reviewed by EPA and DEQ
and how the potential regulatory requirement of these contaminants might affect future utility
management and the potential economic impacts.
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