Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 800 - Environmental Protection - Water Supply › Chapter NR 860 - Water Use Permitting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 860.11 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Baseline" means the amount of a
				  preexisting withdrawal, as determined by the department under s.
				  281.346(4e),
				  Stats.
(2) "Consumptive use" has
				  the meaning specified in s.
				  281.346(1)
				  (e), Stats.
Note: Section
					 281.346(1)
					 (e), Stats., defines "consumptive use" to
					 mean "a use of water that results in the loss o for failure to return some or
					 all of the water to the basin from which the water is withdrawn due to
					 evaporation, incorporation into products, or other processes."
(3) "Days" means calendar days
				  unless otherwise specified.
(4)
				  "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(5) "Great Lakes basin" has the meaning
				  specified in s.
				  281.346(1)
				  (je), Stats.
Note: Section
					 281.346(1)
					 (je), Stats., defines "Great Lakes basin" to
					 mean "the watershed of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River upstream from
					 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, within the jurisdiction of the parties."
(6) "One property" has the meaning
				  specified in s.
				  NR
				  812.07(68).
Note: Section
					 NR
					 812.07(68), Wis. Adm. Code, defines
					 "one property" to mean "all contiguous land controlled by one owner, lessee, or
					 any other person having a possessory interest. Lands under single ownership
					 bisected by highways or railroad right-of-ways are considered
					 contiguous."
(7) "Owner,"
				  for water supply systems other than public water supply, means a person who
				  owns property on which a water supply system is located or proposed to be
				  located or the designated representative of such a person. For public water
				  supply, "owner" means a person who owns the public water supply or designated
				  representative of such a person.
(8) "Permittee" means an owner that is issued
				  a permit.
(9) "Person" has the
				  meaning specified in s.
				  281.346(1)
				  (nm), Stats.
Note: Section
					 281.346(1)
					 (nm), Stats., defines "person" to mean "an
					 individual or other entity, including a government or a nongovernmental
					 organization, including any scientific, professional, business, nonprofit, or
					 public interest organization or association that is neither affiliated with nor
					 under the direction of a government."
(10) "Preexisting withdrawal" means a
				  withdrawal that started prior to December 8, 2008.
(11) "Property" has the same meaning as "one
				  property," as specified in sub. (6).
(12) "Public water supply" has the meaning
				  specified in s.
				  281.346(1)
				  (pm), Stats.
Note: Section
					 281.346(1)
					 (pm), Stats., defines "public water supply"
					 to mean "water distributed to the public through a physically connected system
					 of treatment, storage, and distribution facilities that serve a group of
					 largely residential customers and that may also serve industrial, commercial,
					 and other institutional customers."
(13) "Significant adverse environmental
				  impact" means alteration of groundwater levels, groundwater discharge, surface
				  water levels, surface water discharge, groundwater temperature, surface water
				  temperature, groundwater chemistry, surface water chemistry, or other factors
				  to the extent such alterations cause significant degradation of environmental
				  quality including biological and ecological aspects of the affected water
				  resource.
(14) "Source" means an
				  individual location where water is withdrawn from groundwater or surface water,
				  such as a well or surface water intake.
(15) "Water loss" has the meaning specified
				  in s.
				  281.346(1)
				  (wm), Stats.
Note: Section
					 281.346(1)
					 (wm), Stats., defines "water loss" to mean
					 "the amount of water that is withheld from or not returned to the basin from
					 which it is withdrawn as a result of a diversion or consumptive use or
					 both."
(16) "Water supply
				  system," has the meaning specified in s.
				  281.346(1)
				  (wp), Stats.
Note: Section
					 281.346(1)
					 (wp), Stats., defines "water supply system",
					 when not preceded by "public", to mean "one of the following:
1. Except as provided in subd.
2., the equipment handling water from the
				  point of intake of the water to the first point at which the water is used. 2.
				  For a system for providing a public water supply, the equipment from the point
				  of intake of the water to the first point at which the water is distributed."
Note: The water supply system includes all points of intake
					 of water into a water supply system.