Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 225 - Bottled Drinking Water Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:225-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Approved laboratory"
means a laboratory
				  approved by the Commissioner of Health or certified by the U.S. Environmental
				  Protection Agency ("EPA"), or certified (accredited) by a third-party
				  organization acceptable to the Commissioner of Health.
"Approved source"
when used in reference to a
				  bottled water plant's product water or water used in the plant's operations,
				  means the source of the water whether it be from a spring, artesian well,
				  drilled well, public water system or any other source that has been inspected
				  and the water sampled, analyzed, and found to be of a safe and sanitary
				  quality. Bottled water covered by these rules and regulations must be from a
				  source which is permitted in accordance with the design standards for public
				  water supply facilities.
"Artesian water"
means bottled water from a well
				  tapping a confined aquifer in which the water level stands above the water
				  table. "Artesian Water" shall meet the requirements of "Natural Water".
"Bottled water"
means water that is placed in a
				  sealed container or package and is offered for sale for human consumption or
				  other consumer uses.
"Bottled water plant"
means any place or
				  establishment in which bottled water is prepared for sale.
"Carbonated water"
or
"sparkling
				  water"
means bottled water containing carbon dioxide.
"Distilled water"
means bottled water which has
				  been produced by a process of distillation and meets the definition of purified
				  water in the most recent edition of the United States Pharmacopeia.
"Drinking water"
means bottled water obtained
				  from an approved source that has at minimum undergone treatment consisting of
				  filtration (activated carbon or particulate) and ozonation or an equivalent
				  disinfection process.
"Fluoridated water"
means bottled water
				  containing fluoride. The label shall specify whether the fluoride is naturally
				  occurring or added. Any water which meets the definition of this paragraph
				  shall contain no less than 0.8 milligrams per liter fluoride ion and otherwise
				  comply with the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") quality standards in
				  Section 103.35(d) (2) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations ("C.
				  F.R.").
"Mineral water"
means bottled water that
				  contains not less than 500 parts per million total dissolved solids. "Natural
				  Mineral Water" shall meet the requirements of "Natural Water".
"Natural water"
means bottled spring, mineral,
				  artesian, or well water which is derived from an underground formation and is
				  not derived from a municipal system or public water supply.
"Plant operator"
means any person who owns or
				  operates bottled water plant.
"Purified water"
means bottled water produced by
				  distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis, or other suitable process and that
				  meets the definition of purified water in the most recent edition of the United
				  States Pharmacopeia. Water which meets the definition of this paragraph and is
				  vaporized, then condensed, may be labeled "distilled water".
"Spring water"
means water derived from an
				  underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the
				  earth. "Spring Water" shall meet the requirements of "Natural Water".
"Water dealer"
means any person who imports
				  bottled water or causes bulk water to be transported for bottling for human
				  consumption or other consumer uses.
"Well water"
means water from a hole bored,
				  drilled, or otherwise constructed in the ground which taps the water of an
				  aquifer. "Well Water" shall meet the requirement of "Natural
				  Water".