---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 141.714"
title: "40"
number: "141.714"
heading: "Requirements for uncovered finished water storage facilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/141.714"
---

# §141.714. Requirements for uncovered finished water storage facilities.

- (a) Systems using uncovered finished water storage facilities must comply with the conditions of this section.
- (b) Systems must notify the State of the use of each uncovered finished water storage facility no later than April 1, 2008.
- (c) Systems must meet the conditions of paragraph [(c)(1)](#c-1) or [(2)](#c-2) of this section for each uncovered finished water storage facility or be in compliance with a State-approved schedule to meet these conditions no later than April 1, 2009.
  - (1) Systems must cover any uncovered finished water storage facility.
  - (2) Systems must treat the discharge from the uncovered finished water storage facility to the distribution system to achieve inactivation and/or removal of at least 4-log virus, 3-log Giardia lamblia, and 2-log Cryptosporidium using a protocol approved by the State.
- (d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section is a violation of the treatment technique requirement.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 71 FR 769, Jan. 5, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300f, 300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-4, 300j-9, and 300j-11.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 59570, Dec. 24, 1975, unless otherwise noted.