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All public water systems (community and non-transient non-community [excluding State or Federally owned]) serving less then 10,000 people are required to participate in the program. Each system is charged a modest base fee ($250) and a small amount per service connection ($2.57 per connection) annually. These monies are deposited into a fund which is then used to hire a private contractor through the State procurement bid process to collect, transport, analyze and report results of baseline samples to the systems and ADEQ. The fee fund allows the water systems to gain economies of scale when contracting for large volumes of sampling and ensures the proper water quality monitoring is conducted.
The program samples for regulated volatile organic chemicals (VOCs), regulated synthetic organic chemicals (SOCs), and regulated inorganic chemicals (IOCs). Because of the efficiency of the program and the cost-effectiveness of the economies of scale involved, the program was expanded in recent years to include asbestos, radionuclides, nitrite, nitrate, sulfate (in the past) and nickel.
The Monitoring Assistance Program (MAP) does not monitor for bacteria, lead and copper or disinfection byproducts. Testing for these contaminants remains the responsibility of public water systems. Individual systems are also responsible for increased monitoring that may be necessary. MAP will not sample for increased monitoring required by either a Trigger or MCL (maximum contaminant level) result revealed by a base line sample.
The tables below contain the monitoring schedules for systems participating in the program. Please note not all MAP systems will need sampling in a given year except for nitrate. If, after reviewing these schedules, you feel that the information for your system is incorrect, please contact the Drinking Water Section at (800) 234-5677 and ADEQ will assist in making any necessary corrections.
Monitoring Assistance Program (MAP) FAQs Brochure
Detailed Monitoring Schedules 2012 RFP
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