What is the minimum number of service connections required for a public water system?

What is the minimum number of service connections required for a public water system?

• A. 15
• B. 5
• C. 25
• D. 50

Answer: (A)

A public water system is defined by meeting one of two criteria: it either has enough customers connected by service lines, or it regularly serves a certain number of people. Specifically, if the system has at least 15 service connections, it is considered a public water system. The other route is that it regularly serves 25 or more people per day for at least 60 days in a year, even if the number of service connections is fewer than 15. So the smallest number of service connections that triggers public-water-system status through the connection count is 15. The other numbers would be larger thresholds for the connection-based criterion, and the 25-people route is a different way to meet the definition.

A public water system is defined by meeting one of two criteria: it either has enough customers connected by service lines, or it regularly serves a certain number of people. Specifically, if the system has at least 15 service connections, it is considered a public water system. The other route is that it regularly serves 25 or more people per day for at least 60 days in a year, even if the number of service connections is fewer than 15. So the smallest number of service connections that triggers public-water-system status through the connection count is 15. The other numbers would be larger thresholds for the connection-based criterion, and the 25-people route is a different way to meet the definition.