DAFI48-144 governs the Department of the Air Force drinking water surveillance program and its implementation and management.
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DAFI48-144 covers program roles, surveillance, flushing, sanitary surveys, sampling, analysis, monitoring, record keeping, and reporting. It requires compliance with the publication and establishes procedures for supplements and waivers.
Major changes include clarification of the Drinking Water Working Group (DWWG) responsibilities, sampling for lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities, surveillance of exempt and privatized drinking water systems, and use of the Risk and Resilience Assessment (RRA) to meet the Water Vulnerability Assessment (WVA) requirements.
The authorities to waive wing/unit level requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (“T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3”) number following the compliance statement.
Submit requests for waivers through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to the publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items.