Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 4 - PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF DRINKING WATER VIOLATIONS › Section 179-4-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Community water system
means a
				  public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year
				  round residents or regularly serves 25 year-round residents.
Department
means the Division of
				  Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Director
means the Director of
				  Public Health of the Division of Public Health or his/her authorized
				  representative.
Drinking water standards
means the
				  rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
Neb. Rev.
				  Stat
. §
									71-5302,
				  which establish maximum levels for harmful materials which, in the judgement of
				  the Director, may have an adverse effect on the health of persons and which
				  apply only to public water systems.
Maximum contaminant level
(MCL)
				  means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water which is
				  delivered to any user of a public water system.
Non-community water system
means a
				  public water system that is not a community water system. A non-community water
				  system is either a "transient non-community water system" (TWS) or a
				  "non-transient non-community water system" (NTNCWS).
Non-transient, non-community water
				  system
means a public water system that is not a community water
				  system and that regularly serves at least 25 of the same individuals over six
				  months per year.
Operator
means the individual or
				  individuals responsible for the continued performance of the water system or
				  any part of such system, during assigned duty hours.
Owner
means any person owning or
				  operating a public water system.
Public water system
means a system
				  for providing the public with water for human consumption through pipes or,
				  after August 5, 1998, other constructed conveyances, if such system has at
				  least fifteen service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25
				  individuals daily at least 60 days per year. Public water system includes (a)
				  any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under control
				  of the operator of such system and used primarily in connection with such
				  system and (b) any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such
				  control which are used primarily in connection with such system. Public water
				  system does not include a special irrigation district. A public water system is
				  either a community water system or a non-community water system. Service
				  connection does not include a connection to a system that delivers water by a
				  constructed conveyance other than a pipe if (i) the water is used exclusively
				  for purposes other than residential uses, consisting of drinking, bathing,
				  cooking, and other similar uses, (ii) the Department determines that
				  alternative water to achieve the equivalent level of public health protection
				  provided by the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act and rules and regulations
				  under the act is provided for residential or similar uses for drinking and
				  cooking, or (iii) the Department determines that the water provided for
				  residential or similar uses for drinking, cooking, and bathing is centrally
				  treated or treated at the point of entry by the provider, a pass-through
				  entity, or the user to achieve the equivalent level of protection provided by
				  the Nebraska Safe Drinking Water Act and the rules and regulations under the
				  act.
Special irrigation district
means
				  an irrigation district in existence prior to May 18, 1994, that provides
				  primarily agricultural service through a piped water system with only
				  incidental residential or similar use if the system or the residential or
				  similar users of the system comply with exclusion provisions of (ii) or (iii)
				  found in 179 NAC 4-002 definition of Public Water System;
Treatment technique
means the use
				  of aeration, settling, filtration, or other physical process and/or the
				  addition of any chemical or chemicals for the purpose of removing,
				  deactivation, or adjusting the level of one or more contaminants present in the
				  raw water supply source.