§ 19-4-102. Definitions.

     As used in this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the Drinking Water Board appointed under Section 19-4-103.

(2) "Contaminant" means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.

(3) "Director" means the director of the Division of Drinking Water.

(4) "Division" means the Division of Drinking Water, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(b).

(5)

(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.

(6) "Maximum contaminant level" means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water that is delivered to a user of a public water system.

(7)

(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.

(8) "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.

(9) "Supplier" means a person who owns or operates a public water system.

(10) "Wholesale water supplier" means a person that provides most of that person's water to a retail water supplier.

Amended by Chapter 360, 2012 General Session