Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Drinking Water And Municipal Assistance Division › Supplying Water to the Public › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 325.10107 - Definitions; P, R

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 107. As used in these rules:
(a) "Permit" means a public water supply
				  construction permit that is issued to a supplier of water by the department
				  under section 4 of the act, MCL 325.1004.
(b) "Person" means an individual,
				  partnership, copartnership, cooperative, firm, company, public or private
				  association or corporation, political subdivision, agency of the state, agency
				  of the federal government, trust, estate, joint structure company, or any other
				  legal entity, or their legal representative, agent, or assignee.
(c) "PFAS" means per- and polyfluoroalkyl
				  substances.
(d) "Pitless adapter"
				  means a device or assembly of parts that permits water to pass through the wall
				  of a well casing or extension of a well casing and that provides access to the
				  well and to the parts of the system within the well in a manner that prevents
				  the entrance of contaminants into the well and the water produced.
(e) "Plans and specifications" means
				  drawings, data, and a true description or representation of an entire
				  waterworks system or parts of the system as it exists or is to be constructed,
				  and a statement of how a waterworks system must be operated.
(f) "Plant intake" means the works or
				  structures at the head of a conduit through which water is diverted from a
				  source, for example, river or lake, into the treatment plant.
(g) "Point-of-entry treatment device (POE)"
				  means a treatment device applied to the drinking water entering a house or
				  building for the purpose of reducing contaminants in the drinking water
				  distributed throughout the house or building.
(h) "Point-of-use treatment devise (POU)"
				  means a treatment device applied to a single tap used for the purpose of
				  reducing contaminants in drinking water at that 1 tap.
(i) "Political subdivision" means a city,
				  village, township, charter township, county, district, authority, or portion or
				  combination of any of the entities specified in this subdivision.
(j) "PQL" means the practical quantitation
				  levels. The PQL is the lowest concentration that can be reliably achieved by
				  well-operated laboratories within specified limits of precision and accuracy
				  during routine laboratory operating conditions.
(k) "Presedimentation" means a preliminary
				  treatment process used to remove gravel, sand, and other particulate material
				  from the source water through settling before the water enters the primary
				  clarification and filtration processes in a treatment plant.
(l) "Production well" means a well that has
				  been approved for use for a public water supply pursuant to part 8 of these
				  rules.
(m) "Public hearing" means a
				  hearing that is conducted by the director of the department on matters relating
				  to the functions and responsibilities of the division and that seeks public
				  input relevant to such functions and responsibilities.
(n) "Public water supply" or "public water
				  system" means a waterworks system that provides water for drinking or household
				  purposes to persons other than the supplier of the water, and does not include
				  either of the following:
(i) A waterworks
				  system that supplies water to only 1 living unit.
(ii) A waterworks system that consists solely
				  of customer site piping.