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<br />25 <br /> <br /> <br />00079J <br /> <br />Systems that receive only domestic or sanitary sewage from a <br />building occupied by fifteen persons or less are not regulated <br />under this permit system, <br /> <br />The Commission has thus succeeded to the duties <br />formerly assigned to the Health Department under the Stream <br />and Lake Pollution division of Code Chapter 135 and has been <br />delegated much broader jurisdiction and authority, Activities <br />of the new Commission and the Health Department in the area <br />of water pollution will have to be closely coordinated since <br />the Commission will function as a policy making body with all <br />field work conducted by personnel of the Health Department, <br />This operating relationship is provided for in the statutes and <br />in appropriations to the two agencies, The Division of Water <br />Pollution Control within the Department of Health provides the <br />services of Technical Secretary to the Iowa Water Pollution <br />Control Commission and conducts investigations and studies <br />under the Water Pollution Control Law. <br /> <br />The Commission formulated proposed water quality <br />criteria and held public hearings thereon in November - <br />December, 1966. The criteria were modified somewhat and <br />adopted in February, 1967 by the Commission with the con- <br />currence of the Natural Resources Council. The criteria <br />generally follow the format of the Ohio River Sanitation <br />Commission regulations with some adaptation to Iowa conditions. <br />The criteria adopted, transcripts of the public hearings <br />thereon, and the implementation plan will be forwarded to the <br />Federal Water Pollution Control Administration for review as <br />required by the federal Water Quality Act of 1965, <br /> <br />The Commission is continuing its studies of the quality <br />criteria, particularly in the area of agricultural pollution and <br />its investigations of specific instances of water pollution, <br /> <br />f. Construction of public water supply facilities <br /> <br />The State Department of Health is charged with the <br />duty to ". . . make inspections of the public water supplies. . , and <br />direct the method of installation and operation of the same, " <br /> <br />The Department reviews plans for any public water <br />supply or quasi-public surface water supply and specific rules <br />