For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED WELL. A water or monitoring well which is no longer used to supply water, or which is in such a state of disrepair that the well or boring has the potential for transmitting contamination into an aquifer or otherwise threatens the public health or safety.
COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by residents, or regularly serves 25 or more residents for at least 60 days per year.
HEALTH AUTHORITY. The person or persons designated by the DeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Board of Health to enforce this chapter.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The DeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Department of Public Health, including its duly authorized representatives.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR. The individual selected by the DeWitt-Piatt County Board of Health to administer and enforce the policies, ordinances, resolutions and laws of the Board.
NON-COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A public water system which is not a community water system, and has at least 15 service connections used by non-residents, or regularly serves 25 or more non-resident individuals daily for at least 60 days per year.
POTABLE WATER. Water that is suitable for human consumption and which meets health standards for drinking water.
PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM. Any supply which provides water for drinking, culinary and sanitary purposes, and serves an owner-occupied single-family dwelling.
SEMI-PRIVATE WATER SYSTEM. A water supply which is not a public water system, yet which serves a segment of the public other than an owner-occupied single-family dwelling.
WATER WELL. An excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted or otherwise constructed when the intended use of the excavation is for the location, diversion, artificial recharge or acquisition of ground water, except monitoring wells, but the term does not include an excavation made for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals or products of mining or quarrying or for inserting media to re-pressure oil or natural gas bearing formation or for storing petroleum, natural gas or other products or for observation or any other purpose in connection with the development or operation of a gas storage project.
(Ord. passed 9-18-2008)