Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 120 - LOCAL WATER RATIONING PLANS › Section 120.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Applicant
-The governing body of a political
				  subdivision or a public water supply agency which experiences a local water
				  shortage in the service area covered by its plan.
Commonwealth Drought Coordinator
-An officer
				  of the Department appointed by the Secretary of the Department, to carry out
				  responsibilities established in the Pennsylvania Drought Contingency Plan to
				  coordinate Commonwealth planning, preparedness and response action to a drought
				  or water shortage emergency.
Department
-The Department of Environmental
				  Protection.
Designated drought emergency area
-The area
				  of this Commonwealth described in the Governor's proclamation or executive
				  order declaring a state of drought or water shortage emergency.
Emergency service area
-The service area
				  covered by a plan.
Nonresidential water customer
-A water
				  customer who is not a residential water customer. The term includes commercial,
				  industrial, institutional and public users, including educational facilities,
				  hotels, motels and restaurants. The term does not include hospitals or health
				  care facilities.
PEMA
-The Pennsylvania Emergency Management
				  Agency.
Person-
(i) An individual, partnership, association,
				company, corporation, municipality, municipal authority, political subdivision
				or an agency of Federal or State governments.
(ii) The term includes the officers,
				employees and agents of a partnership, association, company, corporation,
				municipality, municipal authority, political subdivision or an agency of
				Federal or State government.
Plan-local water rationing plan
-A drought
				  response plan for the equitable allocation of limited water supplies, submitted
				  by a public water supply agency or the governing body of a political
				  subdivision and approved by the Commonwealth Drought Coordinator.
Political subdivision
-A county, city,
				  borough, incorporated town or township.
Public water supply agency
-A "community
				  water system" as that term is defined in section 3 of the Pennsylvania Safe
				  Drinking Water Act (35 P. S. §
										721.3).
Residential water customer
-A water customer
				  who receives water service for a single or multifamily dwelling unit. The term
				  does not include educational institutions, hotels, motels or similar commercial
				  establishments.
Service area
-The geographical area serviced
				  by a public water supply agency.
Service interruption
-The temporary
				  suspension of water supply or reduction of water pressure below that required
				  for adequate supply to a water customer or to a water supply system or portion
				  thereof.
Water allotment
-The maximum quantity of
				  water allowed for each water customer over an applicable period as established
				  by a plan.
Water customer
-A person who is connected to
				  and receives water service from a public water supply agency. The term includes
				  both residential and nonresidential water customers as defined in this
				  section.
Water rationing provisions
-Provisions of a
				  plan which require specific reductions in the amount of water used by water
				  consumers, either on the basis of a percentage reduction or gallonage
				  allotment. The term does not include prohibitions or restrictions of
				  nonessential uses.