Section Chief: Eugene Callahan
Address:
401 East State Street
P.O. Box 426
Trenton, New
Jersey 08625-0426
Telephone: 609-292-5550
The Technical Evaluation and Security Section
under the Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, performs
the following functions:
Technical Evaluation
Units (Northern and Southern)
- Review
of analytical data for compliance determination
for all regulated parameters
- Preparation/issuance
of MCL letters
- Preparation/issuance
of monitoring and reporting violation letters
- Review
of current and historical data for reduced/increased
monitoring determination
- Review/modification
of system monitoring schedules
- Respond
to water quality complaints from the general
public, including a general investigation to
determine the legitimacy of the complaint and
necessary actions to resolve any problems that
are determined to exist
- Respond to
telephone calls/emails requesting technical
assistance with systems
- Field general
questions
- Perform
sanitary surveys
- Continuing education
related to newly created regulations and revisions
to current regulations
- Respond to water
main breaks, including review for determination
of whether or not a boil water advisory is
warranted, fielding calls from the public regarding
boil water notices, providing status updates
to various state and local agencies, and reviewing
analytical data to determine when it is safe
to lift advisories
- Daily
review of total coliform results, including
invalidation in SDWIS, creation of repeat sampling
schedule, preparation of correspondence to
water systems
- Review,
validate and code all other violations in SDWIS
- Assist
County Health Departments
- Preparation
and issuance of enforcement referrals
- Preparation
and issuance of storage waivers, including
review of system facilities and interconnection
as part of approval process
- Perform
name/address/facility inventory updates to
SDWIS and NJEMS as necessary
- Coordinate
capacity development activities
- Respond
to the USEPA on the systems found to be in
Significant Non-compliance (SNC) through coordination
with the county Health Departments and Water
compliance and Enforcement
Drinking Water Security Unit
The Drinking Water
Security Unit is responsible for activities under
the Federal Public Health, Security, and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act. These include:
- Provide
training and assistance to water systems
- Assist
water systems with the preparation of their
vulnerability assessments, emergency response
plans, and best management practices activities
- Respond
to emergencies to ensure that proper public
notification, follow-up actions and sampling
are conducted by the public water system
- Perform
inspections regarding security measures
Implementing Regulation
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