The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
ABANDONED CISTERN: A water collection system in any place or on any premises which is no longer used to store or supply water, or which contains stagnated water, or which poses a threat to the health or safety of the individuals, or to the public.
CERTIFIED LABORATORY: A laboratory operated by the Illinois Department of Public Health or a laboratory given certification approval by the aforementioned agency for analyzing samples of water for potable use.
CLOSED LOOP WELL: A sealed, watertight loop of pipe buried outside of a building foundation intended to recirculate a liquid solution through a heat exchanger but is limited to the construction of the borehole, piping in the borehole, heat exchange fluid, and the grouting of the borehole and does not include the piping and appurtenances used in any other capacity. “Closed loop well” does not include any horizontal closed loop well systems where grouting is not necessary by law or standard industry practice.
COMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM: A public water system which serves at least fifteen (15) service connections used by residents, or regularly serves twenty-five (25) or more residents for at least sixty (60) days per year.
HEALTH AUTHORITY: That person or persons designated by the Lee County Board of Health to enforce this chapter.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR: The individual selected by the Lee County Board of Health to administer and enforce the policies, ordinances, resolutions, and laws of said board.
NONCOMMUNITY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM: A public water system which is not a community water system, and has at least fifteen (15) service connections used by nonresidents, or regularly serves twenty-five (25) or more nonresident individuals daily for at least sixty (60) days per year.
POTABLE WATER: Water that is suitable for human consumption and which meets public 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.
SEMIPRIVATE WATER SYSTEM: A water supply which is not a public water system, yet serves a segment of the public other than an owner-occupied family dwelling.
WATER WELL: Any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the location, diversion, artificial recharge, or acquisition of groundwater, but such 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 repressure an 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., 9-20-1994; amd. Ord. 06-07-008, 6-19-2007; Ord. 07-14-002, 7-15-2014; Ord. 08-15-012, 8-18-2015; Ord. 2023-06-003, 6-22-2023)