New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 19 - WATER SUPPLY ALLOCATION PERMITS › Subchapter 6 - WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT ACT RULES › Section 7:19-6.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings unless the context indicates otherwise:
"Act" means the Water Supply Management Act,
				  58:1A-1 et seq., P.L. 1981,
				  c.262.
"Adverse impact upon wells" means an impaired pumping rate or
				  a required change in the construction of a well affected by lowered water
				  levels or any impairment of water quality.
"Aquifer" means any subsurface water-saturated zone which is
				  significantly permeable so that it may yield sufficient quantities of water
				  from wells or springs in order to serve as a practical source of water
				  supply.
"Area of critical water supply concern" or "critical area"
				  means a region of the State where excessive water usage or diversion presents
				  undue stress, or wherein conditions pose a significant threat to the long-term
				  integrity of a water supply source, including a diminution of surface water
				  supply due to excess groundwater diversion.
"Allocation permit" means the document issued by the
				  Department to a person, granting that person the privilege, so long as the
				  person complies with the conditions of the permit, to divert water for any
				  purpose other than agricultural or horticultural use.
"Class A standard" means the capacity of one or more
				  interconnections with an adjacent water system, having the combined capacity to
				  supply 75 percent of the average water usage of the receiving system, while
				  relying on no more than one adjacent system for more than 25 percent of the
				  average water supply of that adjacent system.
"Class B standard" means the capacity of one or more
				  interconnections with an adjacent water system having the combined capacity to
				  supply 50 percent of the average water usage of the receiving system, while
				  relying on one adjacent system for no more than 35 percent of the average water
				  supply of that adjacent system.
"Class 1 purveyor" means a water purveyor which serves a
				  population of up to 10,000 persons.
"Class 2 purveyor" means a water purveyor which serves a
				  population of 10,001 to 50,000 persons.
"Class 3 purveyor" means a water purveyor which serves a
				  population of over 50,000 persons.
"Confined aquifer" means an aquifer which contains
				  groundwater confined under pressure between or below relatively impermeable or
				  significantly less permeable material so that the water surface rises above the
				  top of the aquifer in a well which derives its water from that aquifer.
"Dependable yield of subsurface sources" means that yield of
				  water from a subsurface source or sources available continuously during
				  projected future conditions, including a repetition of the most severe drought
				  of record, without creating undesirable effects. Undesirable effects may
				  include adverse impact upon other wells of a depth of 50 feet or more,
				  increased risk of introducing or spreading saline water or polluted water in
				  the aquifer or unacceptable reduction of surface flow of streams.
"Dependable yield of combined surface/ground water sources"
				  means the yield of water by a water system which is available continuously
				  throughout a repetition of the most severe drought of record, without causing
				  undesirable effects, as described in the definition of "Dependable yield of
				  subsurface sources" above.
"Drought" means a condition of dryness due to lower than
				  normal precipitation, resulting in reduced stream flows, reduced soil moisture
				  and/or lowering of the potentiometric surface in wells.
"Interconnection" means a water supply connection with
				  another water supply system or systems.
"Multiple sources" means one or more production wells,
				  surface water intakes, or interconnections or a combination of wells, surface
				  water intakes or interconnections utilized to meet the demands of a public
				  community water system.
"Normal demand" means the annual average daily demand during
				  the three preceding non-drought years, including normally occurring
				  peaks.
"Purveyor" or "water purveyor" means any person who owns or
				  operates a public water supply.
"Public community water system" means a public water system
				  which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or
				  regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
"Safe yield from surface sources" means the yield
				  maintainable by a water system continuously throughout a repetition of the most
				  severe drought of record, after compliance with requirements for maintaining
				  minimum passing flows.
"Single prime source" means a single diversion of surface or
				  groundwater, including an interconnection, capable of providing the peak water
				  demand of a public community water supply system.
"Unaccounted-for water" means water withdrawn by a purveyor
				  from a source and not accounted for as being delivered to customers in measured
				  amounts.
"Unconfined" or "semi-confined aquifer" means an aquifer that
				  is either exposed to atmospheric pressure or bounded by layers of materials
				  which do not serve as an effective barrier to water migration.
"User" means any person or other entity which utilizes
				  water.
"Water allocation" or "certification" means the authority to
				  withdraw surface or groundwater for use, pursuant to a permit issued under
				  N.J.A.C. 7:19-1 et seq. or 7:20A-1.1 et seq.
"Water supply system" means a physical infrastructure
				  operated and maintained to deliver water on either a retail or wholesale basis
				  to customers.
"Water table" means the water surface in the uppermost part
				  of the water-saturated zone which is at atmospheric pressure.
"Water table aquifer" means a geological formation which
				  carries water at atmospheric pressure at the top of the saturated zone.
"Yield of a water resource system" means the output of water
				  from a system, available with monthly variations corresponding to the needs of
				  the system.