As used in this Subchapter:
“Act” shall mean the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, P.L. 93-523 (42USC & 300f, et seq.).
“BGMU” shall mean the Bowling Green Municipal Utilities of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
“Building” shall mean a structure having walls and a roof designed and used for the housing, shelter, enclosure or support of persons, animals or property.
“City” shall mean the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
“Cross Connection” shall mean a physical connection or arrangement between two (2) otherwise separate systems, one (1) of which contains potable water and the other being either water of unknown or questionable safety, or steam, gas or chemicals, whereby there may be flow from one (1) system to the other, the direction of flow depending on the pressure differential between the two (2) systems.
“Easement” shall mean an acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
“General Manager” shall mean the General Manager of the Bowling Green Municipal Utilities (BGMU) of Bowling Green, Kentucky, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
“Health Officer” shall mean any duly authorized agent of the Bowling Green-Warren County Health Department.
“May” is permissive (see “Shall”, this Subchapter).
“Person” shall mean any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
“pH” shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven (7).
“Plumbing Inspector” shall mean the individual assigned by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet to enforce the plumbing laws and codes of the Commonwealth of Kentucky within BGMU of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
“Shall” is mandatory.
“Suspended Solids” shall mean total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and that is removable by standard methods of laboratory filtering.
“TTO” shall mean Total Toxic Organics.
“Total Solids” shall mean solids in water, wastewater or other liquids; includes suspended and dissolved solids; all material remaining as residue after water has been evaporated.
“User” shall mean any person, entity or organization that is connected to and uses water from BGMU.
“Water Distribution System” shall mean the structures, equipment and processes owned and maintained by BGMU, or any public or private utility that purchases water from the BGMU system.
“Water Treatment Plant” (WTP) shall mean an arrangement of devices and structures for treatment and pumping of potable water.
“Watercourse” shall mean a natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.