<html> <head> <title>Rule 74:02:09:04 Open discharge systems exempted.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:09:04"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 74:02:09:04 Open discharge systems exempted."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>74:02:09:04.&nbsp;&nbsp;Open discharge systems exempted.</b> The provisions of §&nbsp;74:02:09:03 do not apply to an open discharge system. An open discharge system is an irrigation pump discharge with an air gap. An air gap is a physical separation between the free-flowing discharge end of a water pipeline and an open receiving vessel. An air gap meets the requirements of this section if the end of the discharge pipe is located above the topmost rim of the receiving vessel, if the distance of the separation is greater than one inch, and if the air gap is located between the irrigation pump discharge outlet and the point of chemical injection.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 15 SDR 81, 15 SDR 84, effective November 27, 1988.</font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-2A-3">34A-2A-3.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-2A-2">34A-2A-2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=34A-2A-3">34A-2A-3.</A></font></p> <p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p> </div> </body> </html>