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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".36" citation="COMAR 10.16.06.36" title_num="10" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="06" heading="Water Supply.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An operator shall ensure that the camp's water supply is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Adequate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Easily accessible to the campers; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Of a safe and sanitary quality.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except as provided in §§C and D of this regulation, an operator shall ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The camp's water supply is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>From a public or individual water supply system, or connected to a community water system where available;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Constructed, protected, operated, and maintained in conformance with:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>COMAR 26.04.01 and 26.04.04, as evidenced by written documentation from the local health department or the Maryland Department of the Environment as applicable;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>COMAR 09.20.01, as evidenced by written documentation from the local or State plumbing inspector or a master plumber licensed by the State; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Applicable local ordinances, as evidenced by written documentation from the local approving authority; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Protected against backflow;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An individual water supply system:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Is capable of supplying a minimum flow and pressure to all fixtures as required by COMAR 09.20.01; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is installed in accordance with the county master plan for water and sewerage;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Pumping and disinfection equipment is housed in a structure that is inaccessible to unauthorized persons; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Hose bibs with threads are equipped with nonremovable back siphonage prevention devices.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>An operator may provide written documentation from the building owner that there are no outstanding water supply and plumbing violations for a building used or to be used as a youth camp facility that is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Owned by the State or a local government and used by the public for more than 170 calendar days per year; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Owned and operated as a nonpublic school and used as a school for more than 170 calendar days per year.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An operator shall ensure that the water supply at a primitive camp is:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Filtered and disinfected; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Free from impurities in amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>