For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD OF HEALTH. The County Board of Health or its authorized representative.
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. A public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by residents or regularly serves at least 25 residents at least 60 days a year.
HEALTH AUTHORITY. The person or persons who have been designated by the Board of Health to administer the affairs of the County Health Department.
NON-COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM. A public water system that is not a community water system, that has at least 15 service connections used by nonresidents, or regularly serves 25 or more nonresident individuals daily for at least 60 days a year.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. A system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if the system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days per year. The term PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM includes any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under control of the operator of the system and used primarily in connection with the system and any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under that control which are used primarily in connection with the system.
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. Any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, driven, dug, or otherwise constructed for the division, artificial recharge or acquisition of groundwater, but does not include wells for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products of mining or quarry or for inserting media to re-pressure oil or natural gas-bearing formations or for storing petroleum products, or monitoring wells.
(Ord. O-65-4-07, passed 4-12-2007)