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Current as of May 05, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Drinking Water Board appointed under Section 19-4-103.
(2) “Community water system” means a public water system that serves residents year-round.
(3) “Contaminant” means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
(4) “Director” means the director of the Division of Drinking Water.
(5) “Division” means the Division of Drinking Water, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(b).
(6)(a) “Groundwater source” means an underground opening from or through which groundwater flows or is pumped from a subsurface water-bearing formation.
(b) “Groundwater source” includes:
(i) a well;
(ii) a spring;
(iii) a tunnel; or
(iv) an adit.
(7) “Maximum contaminant level” means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water that is delivered to a user of a public water system.
(8)(a) “Public water system” means a system providing water for human consumption and other domestic uses that:
(i) has at least 15 service connections; or
(ii) serves an average of 25 individuals daily for at least 60 days of the year.
(b) “Public water system” includes:
(i) a collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facility under the control of the operator and used primarily in connection with the system; and
(ii) a collection, pretreatment, or storage facility used primarily in connection with the system but not under the operator's control.
(9) “Retail water supplier” means a person that:
(a) supplies water for human consumption and other domestic uses to an end user; and
(b) has more than 500 service connections.
(10) “Supplier” means a person who owns or operates a public water system.
(11) “Wholesale water supplier” means a person that provides most of that person's water to a retail water supplier.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 19. Environmental Quality Code § 19-4-102. Definitions - last updated May 05, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-19-environmental-quality-code/ut-code-sect-19-4-102/
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