Pennsylvania Code › Title 4 - ADMINISTRATION › Part V - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY › Chapter 119 - PROHIBITION OF NONESSENTIAL WATER USES IN A COMMONWEALTH DROUGHT EMERGENCY AREA › Section 119.1 - 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:
Any water
-Water from any source including
				  publicly or privately owned surface or groundwater sources such as springs,
				  wells, streams, or ponds, including fresh water, brackish water, wastewater and
				  water collected directly from precipitation in rain barrels, cisterns or
				  similar containers.
Arboretum
-A place where trees, shrubs and
				  plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes.
Athletic field
-A surface used for organized
				  professional or amateur sports, including racing, contained within marked
				  boundary lines or barriers. The term does not include foul, out-of-bounds or
				  out-of-play areas.
Beneficial use
-Use of any water that is
				  necessary to serve essential health, safety and economic needs, including the
				  maintenance of human, animal and plant life.
Brackish water
-Water containing more than
				  1,000 parts per million of dissolved salts.
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 of the Commonwealth.
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.
Effective conservation
-Use of water at the
				  minimum rate necessary for the intended purpose, in a manner that does not
				  result in the use of water for purposes that are prohibited by this chapter and
				  in a manner that does not allow application or runoff of water onto areas that
				  are prohibited by this chapter.
Fresh water
-Water withdrawn from a surface
				  water or groundwater source, or from a public water supply system, located
				  within this Commonwealth other than wastewater or brackish water. The term does
				  not include water collected directly from precipitation in rain barrels,
				  cisterns or similar containers.
Irrigation contractor
-A person who is
				  engaged in the business of design, installation or repair of irrigation
				  equipment as a source of income.
Mobile equipment
-A public, private or
				  commercial automobile, truck, bus, trailer, cart, wagon, railroad car, camper,
				  boat or other type of similar equipment.
Newly seeded or sodded grass area
-A grass
				  area from which all growth was removed or tilled under and to which new seed or
				  sod was applied within the previous 12 months.
Nurseries
-Facilities which are used to grow
				  or keep plants, trees, shrubs, vines, bulbs, cuttings, grafts, flowering annual
				  plants, aquatic plants, seeds, turf, grass, sod or tubers for propagation,
				  distribution or sale.
PEMA
-The Pennsylvania Emergency Management
				  Agency.
Paved surfaces
-Any surface, such as streets,
				  roads, sidewalks, driveways, garages, parking areas, tennis courts, decks and
				  patios, which has been covered with concrete, asphalt, tile, wood or other
				  similar materials, but not including walls or vertical surfaces of
				  buildings.
Professional landscaper
-A person who is
				  engaged in the business of installing or maintaining landscape materials as a
				  full-time job.
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).
Sand-based athletic field
-An athletic field
				  with a man-made root zone that contains a minimum of 60% of sand, by weight, in
				  the top 4 to 12 inches of the root zone.
Waste water
-Water which has been previously
				  used for industrial, municipal, domestic or other purpose, and has not been
				  returned to a surface water or groundwater source.
Water user
-
(i) An individual, partnership, association,
				company, corporation, municipality, municipal authority, political subdivision
				or an agency of Federal, State, county or municipal government.
(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, State, county or municipal government.