New Report Required for Sites with Groundwater
Contamination
The Texas Water Code (TWC) §26.408 requires the TCEQ,
within 30 days of the date the TCEQ receives notice or otherwise
becomes aware of groundwater contamination, to notify owners and
users of private drinking water wells that may be affected by the
groundwater contamination (ingestion standards exceeded).
The TCEQ needs critical local drinking water information within
a short time frame to implement TWC §26.408. For this purpose
a new Drinking Water Survey Report has been developed to provide
information on water wells and sources of drinking water in the
area near groundwater contamination matters reported to the TCEQ
for the first time September 1, 2003 or after.
From this time forward, we ask that the person submit the
Drinking Water Survey Report at the same time as reporting
groundwater contamination. If the Remediation Division has to ask
for a Drinking Water Survey Report, the person will need to reply
within 3 days as to whether they will conduct a search for water
wells, and then must submit the completed Drinking Water Survey
Report within 18 days of receiving the request from us. Therefore,
in order to avoid the short time frame, submit the Drinking Water
Survey Report at the same time as reporting a new case of
groundwater contamination to the Remediation Division.
Guidance and Forms
Review the new guidance document, Preparation
of a Drinking Water Survey Report (RG-428), which outlines the
minimum procedures necessary to prepare and submit a Drinking Water
Survey Report to the Remediation Division.
Use this Transmittal Form in Word
or WordPerfect
when submitting a Drinking Water Survey Report.
Instructions
for Collecting and Submitting Site and Private Water Well Location
Information - use these instructions on how to collect and
format locational data on water wells found during the field
survey.
Database formats
As requested in the Instructions above, please submit locational
data for all water wells found during the water well surveys.
Following are standard database file formats to help you with this
effort.
Example.dbf
file of the water well database.
prvww.mdb
file - populate this database with water well locational
information.
Contact Us
For cases already assigned, contact your Remediation Division
project manager. For general questions regarding TWC §26.408,
contact Maria Lebron at 512-239-1898.
