Cal. Civ. Code § 5:10-15.5
Drinking water test reporting
Operative Text
(a) The owner of a multiple dwelling who is required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report, pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq., or who receives a Consumer Confidence Report from the owner or operator of a public community water system, as that term is defined at N.J.S.A. 58:12A-41, shall post each Consumer Confidence Report it prepares or receives in each common area routinely used by the tenants living in the multiple dwelling unit. (b) The owner of a multiple dwelling who is a supplier of water but is not required to prepare a Consumer Confidence Report, pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq., and who is required to conduct tests of its drinking water by the Department of Environmental Protection, shall post a chart setting forth the results of the water tests in each common area routinely used by the tenants living in the multiple dwelling unit. (c) For any water test report, if there is no common area routinely used by the tenants, the owner of the multiple dwelling shall transmit a copy of the report to each dwelling unit.
N.J.A.C. § 5:10-15.5 establishes rules about how drinking water quality information must be shared with residents of multi-unit dwellings in New Jersey. Depending on the building's relationship to the water supply, owners must either post Consumer Confidence Reports or water test result charts in common areas that tenants regularly use. When no such common areas exist, the water quality information must be delivered directly to each individual dwelling unit.
Plain English — not legal advice.
Under N.J.A.C. § 5:10-15.5, compliant building owners keep track of whether they are required to prepare or receive a Consumer Confidence Report, and they post that report in every common area routinely used by tenants as soon as it is available. Owners who supply water but fall outside the Consumer Confidence Report requirement and are directed by the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct water tests instead post a chart of those test results in the same common areas. When a building has no routinely used common areas, compliant operators distribute copies of the applicable report or chart directly to each dwelling unit.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
N.J.A.C. § 5:10-15.5 gives tenants in multiple dwellings the right to access drinking water quality information — either through posted Consumer Confidence Reports or water test result charts in common areas, or through direct delivery to their unit if no common areas are available. If this information is not being posted or delivered as the provision requires, tenants may consider raising the issue with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, which oversees the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law under which this regulation falls. Tenant-rights organizations in New Jersey can also help residents understand what steps are generally available when a building owner does not appear to be meeting these disclosure obligations.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
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