Rhode Island General Laws Title 46. Waters and Navigation § 46-15.2-3. Definitions

(1) “ Distribution facilities” means the pipes and appurtenant facilities employed specifically to deliver, to dispense, to render, or to circulate potable water directly for the benefit of a consumer or a community of consumers.

(2) “ Intersystem facilities” means transmission facilities designed and constructed by the owner of any public water system having the capacity to serve two (2) or more water systems.

(3) “ Transmission facilities” means the pipes, pumping stations, and storage facilities required to carry potable water, or raw water to a treatment facility or storage facility for later treatment, from a water source to or throughout an area served or to be served by a public water system for the specific purpose of supplying water to support a general population. Transmission facilities shall not include the distribution system. Determinations concerning eligible transmission facilities for purposes of this program shall be made by the water resources board.