A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PRIVATE DRINKING WATER WELLS FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 87‑97(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h)	(Effective until October 1, 2009)  Drinking Water Testing. – Within 30 days after it issues a certificate of completion for a newly constructed private drinking water well, the local health department shall test the water obtained from the well or ensure that the water obtained from the well has been sampled and tested by a certified laboratory in accordance with rules adopted by the Commission for Public Health. The water shall be tested for the following parameters: arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, fluoride, lead, iron, magnesium, manganese, mercury, nitrates, nitrites, selenium, silver, sodium, zinc, pH, and bacterial indicators.
(h)	(Effective October 1, 2009)  Drinking Water Testing. – Within 30 days after it issues a certificate of completion for a newly constructed private drinking water well, the local health department shall test the water obtained from the well or ensure that the water obtained from the well has been sampled and tested by a certified laboratory in accordance with rules adopted by the Commission for Public Health. The water shall be tested for the following parameters: arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, fluoride, lead, iron, magnesium, manganese, mercury, nitrates, nitrites, selenium, silver, sodium, zinc, pH, and bacterial indicators. In addition, the water shall be tested for methyl tert‑butyl ether, ethylene dibromide, 1,2‑dichloroethane, 1,2‑dichloropropane, isopropyl ether, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene only if the well is located within 1,500 feet of a site that produced one or more of the compounds specified in the additional testing parameters, as determined by the local health department."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.