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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Keable, and Kazarian

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2014

     Referred To: House Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 46-13 of the General Laws entitled "Public Drinking Water

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Supply" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     46-13-3.1. Service interruption, unsafe conditions - Notification by phone required. –

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Any municipal water department or agency, special water district, or private water company

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engaged in or authorized to engage in the supply, treatment, transmission, or distribution of

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drinking water on a wholesale or retail basis, shall implement a system that would notify their

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customers, by means of telephone, of any interruption in services or unsafe conditions within the

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water supply system as determined by the director.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - PUBLIC DRINKING WATER SUPPLY

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     This act would require a municipal water department, agency, special water district, or

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private water company to implement a system that would notify their customers, by phone, of any

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interruption in services or unsafe conditions within the water supply system.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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