---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1250.87"
title: "21"
number: "1250.87"
heading: "Wash water."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1250.87"
---

# §1250.87. Wash water.


Where systems installed on vessels for wash water, as defined in [§ 1250.3(n)](/cfr/21/1250.3.md?p=n), do not comply with the requirements of a potable water system, prescribed in [§ 1250.82](/cfr/21/1250.82.md), they shall be constructed so as to minimize the possibility of the water therein being contaminated. The storage tanks shall comply with the requirements of [§ 1250.83](/cfr/21/1250.83.md), and the distribution system shall not be cross connected to a system carrying water of a lower sanitary quality. All faucets shall be labeled “Unfit for drinking”.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216, 243, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 5624, Feb. 6, 1975, unless otherwise noted.