19-4-102 - Definitions. - Utah Statutes

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 ormatter in water.
(3) "Executive secretary" means the executive secretary of the board.
(4) (a) "Groundwater source" means an underground opening from or through whichgroundwater 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.
(5) "Maximum contaminant level" means the maximum permissible level of acontaminant in water that is delivered to a user of a public water system.
(6) (a) "Public water system" means a system providing water for human consumptionand 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 theoperator and used primarily in connection with the system; and
(ii) a collection, pretreatment, or storage facility used primarily in connection with thesystem but not under the operator's control.
(7) "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.
(8) "Supplier" means a person who owns or operates a public water system.
(9) "Wholesale water supplier" means a person that provides most of that person's waterto a retail water supplier.

Amended by Chapter 51, 2008 General Session