Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 12 - CONTROL OF LEAD AND COPPER › Section 179-12-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Action level
means the
				  concentration of lead or copper in water specified in 179 NAC 12-003.01 which
				  determines what treatment requirements contained in 179 NAC 12, if any, a water
				  system is required to complete.
Certified operator
means a person
				  who holds a certificate of competency issued by the Department.
Compliance cycle
means the
				  nine-year calendar year cycle during which public water systems must monitor.
				  Each compliance cycle consists of three three-year compliance periods. The
				  first calendar year cycle began January 1, 1993 and ended December 31, 2001;
				  the second began January 1, 2002 and ends December 31, 2010; the third begins
				  January 1, 2011 and ended December 31, 2019.
Compliance period
means a
				  three-year calendar year period within a compliance cycle. Each compliance
				  cycle has three three-year compliance periods. Within the first compliance
				  cycle, the first compliance period runs from January 1, 1993 to December 31,
				  1995; the second from January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1998; the third from
				  January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2001.
Corrosion inhibitor
means a
				  substance capable of reducing the corrosivity of water toward metal plumbing
				  materials, especially lead and copper, by forming a protective film on the
				  interior surface of those materials.
Department
means the Department of
				  Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure.
Director
means the Director of
				  Regulation and Licensure or his/her authorized representative.
Effective corrosion inhibitor
				  residual
means a concentration sufficient to form a passivating
				  film on the interior walls of a pipe.
First draw sample
means a one-liter
				  sample of tap water, collected in accordance with 179 NAC
				  12-009.02B that
				  has been standing in plumbing pipes at least six hours and is collected without
				  flushing the tap.
Large water system
means a water
				  system that serves more than 50,000 persons.
Lead free
1. When used with respect to solders and flux
				means solders and flux containing not more than 0.2 % lead; and
2. When used with respect to pipes and pipe
				fittings means pipes and pipe fittings containing not more than 8.0 % lead.
Lead service line
means a service
				  line made of lead which connects the water main to the building inlet and any
				  lead pigtail, gooseneck or other fitting which is connected to such lead
				  line.
Medium-size water system
means a
				  water system that serves greater than 3,300 and less than or equal to 50,000
				  persons.
Optimal corrosion control treatment
means the corrosion control treatment that minimizes the lead and copper
				  concentrations at users' taps while insuring that the treatment does not cause
				  the water system to violate Nebraska's Regulations Governing Public Water
				  Systems.
Service line sample
means a
				  one-liter sample of water, collected in accordance with 179 NAC
				  12-009.02C, that
				  has been standing for at least six hours in a service line.
Single family structure
means a
				  building constructed as a single-family residence that is currently used as
				  either a residence or a place of business.
Small water system
means a water
				  system that serves 3,300 persons or fewer.