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KDHE outlines voluntary certification to speed water‑main projects, limits size and requires on‑staff PE
Summary
KDHE proposed a voluntary certification program allowing qualifying public water supply systems to replace or extend distribution pipe without KDHE permits, limited to pipes up to 16 inches, requiring a separate on‑staff professional engineer to review and sign off on projects and annual record-keeping.
The Kansas Department for Health and Environment presented a voluntary certification program intended to shorten project timelines for routine distribution-pipe replacements and extensions by allowing qualifying public water-supply systems to proceed without submitting plans and specifications for KDHE review.
William Carr, Director of the Bureau of Water, said the enabling statute (K.S.A. 65‑163) allows a certification…
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