---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.20002"
title: "30"
number: "56.20002"
heading: "Potable water."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.20002"
---

# §56.20002. Potable water.

- (a) An adequate supply of potable drinking water shall be provided at all active working areas.
- (b) The common drinking cup and containers from which drinking water must be dipped or poured are prohibited.
- (c) Where single service cups are supplied, a sanitary container for unused cups and a receptacle for used cups shall be provided.
- (d) When water is cooled by ice, the ice shall either be of potable water or shall not come in contact with the water.
- (e) Potable water outlets shall be posted.
- (f) Potable water systems shall be constructed to prevent backflow or backsiphonage of non-potable water.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.