Section 602.200  Construction Permit Requirement

a)         A person must not cause or allow the construction of any new community water supply installation, or cause or allow the change of or addition to any existing community water supply, without a construction permit issued by the Agency. 

b)         Construction permits must be obtained by the owner or official custodian of a community water supply:

1)         prior to beginning construction of any proposed community water supply;

2)         prior to all alterations, changes or additions to an existing community water supply that may affect the sanitary quality, mineral quality or adequacy of the community water supply;

3)         prior to adding new chemicals to the treatment process or changing the points of chemical application; and

4)         prior to rehabilitating a water main using a liner.

c)         Except as required by subsection (b), a construction permit is not needed for normal work items such as:

1)         installation of customer service connections to distribution system water mains;

2)         installation or replacement of hydrants and valves in the distribution system;

3)         repair of water mains, including replacement of existing water mains with mains of equivalent size pipe in the same location;

4)         routine maintenance of equipment, such as painting, reconditioning or servicing;

5)         replacement of chemical feeders, pumps, controls, filter media, softener resins, pipes and appurtenances that have the same rated capacity and specification as existing facilities previously permitted by the Agency; or

6)         installation or replacement of meters.

d)         All work performed on a community water supply must be in accordance with accepted engineering practices.

(Source:  Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 8036, effective July 26, 2019)