# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 04 — Regulation of Water Supply, Sewage Disposal, Solid Waste, and Recyclable Materials

### Chapter 01 — Quality of Drinking Water in Maryland

#### Regulation .07-2 Treatment Techniques for Acrylamide and Epichlorohydrin.

*COMAR 26.04.01.07-2*

A. A supplier of water to a public water system who uses products containing acrylamide or epichlorohydrin shall certify annually, in writing to the Approving Authority, that the product of monomer level and dosage does not exceed the following levels:

  (1) For acrylamide, 0.05 percent dosed at 1 ppm (or an equivalent combination of monomer concentration in the material being added and polymer dosage rate as long as the concentration in the finished water does not exceed 0.0005 milligram/liter of acrylamide); and

  (2) For epichlorohydrin, 0.01 percent dosed at 20 ppm (or an equivalent combination of monomer concentration in the material being added and polymer dosage rate as long as the concentration in the finished water does not exceed 0.002 milligram/liter of epichlorohydrin).

B. The certification shall be in the manner approved by the Approving Authority.