Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 179 - PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Chapter 3 - MONITORING AND ANALYTICAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 179-3-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
means the Code of Federal Regulations as it existed on the effective date of
				  these regulations, and any CFR citations mentioned in these regulations are
				  hereby incorporated by reference. Copies of the CFR as it existed on the
				  effective date of these regulations can be obtained on the DHHS website at
http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Pages/enh_pwsindex.aspx
or by requesting a copy via email from the Department at:
DHHS.drinking water@nebraska.gov
or by calling
				  402-471-2541.
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 ended December 31, 2010; the third began
				  January 1, 2011 and ends 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 ran 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.
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.
Ground water under the direct influence of
				  surface water
means any water beneath the surface of the ground
				  with significant occurrence of insects or other macroorganisms, algae, or
				  large-diameter pathogens such as
Giardia lamblia
or
Cryptosporidium
, or significant and relatively rapid shifts in
				  water characteristics such as turbidity, temperature, conductivity, or pH which
				  closely correlate to climatological or surface water conditions. Direct
				  influence must be determined for individual sources in accordance with criteria
				  established by the Department. The Department determination of direct influence
				  may be based on site-specific measurements of water quality and/or
				  documentation of well construction characteristics and geology with field
				  evaluation as described in 179 NAC 13 Attachment 2.
Initial compliance period
means the
				  three-year compliance period which ended December 31, 1995 except as follows.
				  For the contaminants listed in 179 NAC
				  2-002.04A(1), (5), (8), (11),
				  (17); and in
				  2-002.04B1 (19), (20),
				  (21); and in
				  2-002.04B2(19) to
				  (33); the initial compliance period means the
				  three-year compliance period which began January 1, 1993 and ended December 31,
				  1995 for systems with 150 or more service connections, and means the three-year
				  compliance period which began January 1, 1996 and ended December 31, 1998 for
				  systems having fewer than 150 service connections.