A. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules necessary to safeguard public health and welfare and prevent pollution of public water supply systems pursuant to the Oklahoma Water Supply Systems Act.
B. The Department of Environmental Quality shall develop an Oklahoma wellhead protection program to assist municipalities, rural water districts, nonprofit water corporations and other public groundwater suppliers in the conservation and protection of their public groundwater supplies which will specify the following:
1. Guidelines specifying the duties of the Department in developing a wellhead protection program;
2. Guidelines specifying the duties of local governments in developing and implementing the wellhead protection program;
3. Guidelines for determining all potential and actual pollution sources which may have an adverse effect on public health;
4. Guidelines for taking into consideration potential sources of pollution when siting new wells for public water supplies;
5. Guidelines for developing contingency plans for pollution release containment, cleanup and the provision of alternative drinking water supplies for each public water system in the event of groundwater well or groundwater wellfield pollution; and
6. Guidelines including such other information or assistance as deemed necessary by the Department.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 241, § 2, eff. July 1, 1997.
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