NAC705.210. Drinking water.

     1. Drinking water furnished pursuant to this chapter to meet the standards of the State Board of Health must be obtained from sources approved by that Board. Cross connections between potable and nonpotable water supplies are prohibited.

     2. All locomotives and cabooses must have an adequate supply of sanitary, cool drinking water.

     3. Drinking water must be provided by railroads in suitable, sanitary containers, conveniently placed for the use of employees, but not in toilet rooms. Each container must be equipped with either single service drinking cups or drinking fountains with a sanitary water supply.

     4. All containers used to furnish drinking water must be thoroughly cleansed as often as necessary to assure a sanitary water supply.

     5. If no means of cooling water other than ice is available, a railroad shall provide a supply of ice adequate to cool the drinking water provided pursuant to this section. If ice is used for cooling water, the water container must be so constructed and arranged that the drinking water will not come in contact with the ice.

     [Pub. Service Comm’n, Railroad Gen. Order 11 § 16, subsecs. (a) & (b), eff. 6-21-76]—(NAC A by Pub. Utilities Comm’n by R051-01, 12-17-2001)