Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445A - Water Controls › PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Water Quality › Section 445A.450 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 445A.450 to 445A.5405, inclusive, unless the
				  context otherwise requires:
1.
				"Commission" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
				NRS
				445A.8075.
2. "District board of health" has the meaning
				ascribed to it in
				NRS
				445A.812.
3. "Division" has the meaning ascribed to it
				in NRS NRS
				NRS
				445A.814.
4. "Federal Act" means the Safe Drinking
				Water Act,
				42 U.S.C.
				§§
										300 f et seq., as amended on
				August 6, 1996, and as amended by the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act,
				Public Law
				111-380, and the Community Fire Safety Act,
				Public Law
				113-64.
5. "Monitoring program" means a program
				developed by a public water system and approved by the Division or the
				appropriate district board of health to sample water quality from a sampling
				point for compliance purposes.
6.
				"Primary standard" means a standard which specifies a maximum contaminant level
				for any constituent found in a public water supply which, if exceeded, may
				adversely affect the health of persons.
7. "Public water system" has the meaning
				ascribed to it in NRS
				NRS
				445A.840 and includes a water authority in a
				county whose population is 700,000 or more.
8. "Sampling point" means a location where
				water samples are taken for compliance purposes in accordance with the
				requirements for the specific contaminant or water quality parameters being
				monitored.
9. "Sanitary survey"
				means an on-site review of the water source, facilities, equipment, operation
				and maintenance of a public water system for the purposes of evaluating the
				adequacy of such source, facilities, equipment, operation and maintenance for
				producing and distributing safe drinking water.
10. "Secondary maximum contaminant level"
				means a maximum contaminant level adopted by the Commission for a constituent
				found in a public water supply that, if exceeded, may cause aesthetic concerns
				to a consumer.
11. "Supplier of
				water" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
				NRS
				445A.845.
12. "Treatment technique" means an
				enforceable water treatment process or procedure, required to be operated at a
				specified effectiveness for removal of a measurable surrogate contaminant, that
				public water systems must employ to ensure effective removal of other
				contaminants for which there is not a reliable, economical, technically
				feasible method to measure at levels of concern.
13. "Water authority" has the meaning
				ascribed to it in
				NRS
				377B.040.
14. The words and terms defined in
				40
				C.F.R. §
										141.2 have the meanings
				ascribed to them in that section, as adopted by reference in NAC
				445A.4525.
Bd. of
				  Health, Water Quality Standards Art. 1, eff. 12-14-77-NAC A 5-23-90; 9-19-90;
				  12-3-90; 8-1-91; 10-22-93; 9-6-96; R048-99, 9-27-99; R118-99, 2-10-2000; A by
				  Environmental Comm'n by R126-05, 10-31-2005; R014-08, 4-17-2008; R194-08,
				  10-27-2009; A by
				  R118-14,
				  eff. 12/22/2014
NRS
					 445A.860