West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-03 - Public Water Systems › Section 64-3-3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. "Bottled
				water" means all water which is sealed in bottles, packages or other containers
				and offered for sale for human consumption, including bottled mineral
				water.
3.2. "Bottled water
				distributor" means a person who buys and sells bottled water on a wholesale
				basis.
3.3. "Bureau" means the
				Bureau for Public Health in the Department of Health and Human
				Resources.
3.4. "Commissioner"
				means the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health or his or her
				designee.
3.5. "Conjunctive
				delineation" means the integrated delineation of the ground water contribution
				area and the surface water contribution area for a public water
				system.
3.6. "Demonstration of
				Capability (DOC)" means before analyzing compliance samples, an analytical team
				shall demonstrate acceptable precision, accuracy, sensitivity and specificity
				for the method to be used, as described in the referenced document in
				subdivision 13.2.1. of this rule.
3.7. "Department" means the West Virginia
				Department of Health and Human Resources.
3.8. "Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)" means the
				basic unit of an ordered grouping of watersheds and sub-watersheds that make up
				the entire drainage network of the United States. This drainage network was
				developed by the United States Geological Survey. Each watershed is assigned a
				unique identification code based on its location and relationship with
				surrounding watersheds. The hydrologic unit identification code is a number
				consisting of between two to 17 digits depending on factors specific to each
				watershed. In West Virginia, most major river basins have been assigned one or
				more eight-digit hydrologic unit codes. Each of these eight-digit hydrologic
				units has been further divided into smaller watersheds identified by 11-, 14-,
				and 17-digit hydrologic unit codes.
3.9. "Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation
				Commission (ORSANCO)" means an interstate water pollution control agency that
				was established as a provision of and to implement the Ohio River Valley Water
				Sanitation Compact, signed in 1948 by the governors of Illinois, Indiana,
				Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
3.10. "Person" means an individual,
				partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm, trust, corporation,
				government corporation, institution, department, division, bureau, agency,
				federal agency, or any other entity recognized by law.
3.11. "Potential Source of Significant
				Contamination (PSSC)" means a facility or activity that stores, uses, or
				produces substances or compounds with potential for significant contaminating
				impact if released into the source water of a public water supply.
3.12. "Proficiency Testing Sample (PT)" means
				a sample provided to the laboratory for the purpose of demonstrating that the
				laboratory can successfully analyze the sample within specified acceptance
				limits specified in this rule. The qualitative composition, quantitative
				composition, or both, of the reference material is unknown to the laboratory at
				the time of analysis.
3.13. "Public
				groundwater supply source" means a primary source of water supply for a public
				water system which is directly drawn from a well, underground stream,
				underground reservoir, underground mine, or other primary source of water
				supplies which is found underneath the surface of the state.
3.14. "Public surface water supply source"
				means a primary source of water supply for a public water system which is
				directly drawn from rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, impoundments, or other
				primary sources of water supplies which are found on the surface of the
				state.
3.15. "Public surface
				water-influenced groundwater supply source" means a source of water supply for
				a public water system which is directly drawn from an underground well,
				underground river or stream, underground reservoir, or underground mine, and
				the quantity and quality of the water in that underground supply source is
				heavily influenced, directly or indirectly, by the quantity and quality of
				surface water in the immediate area.
3.16. "Public Water System" means a public
				water system is:
3.16.1. Any water supply or
				system which regularly supplies or offers to supply water for human consumption
				through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if serving at least an average
				of 25 individuals per day for at least 60 days per year, or which has at least
				15 service connections, and shall include:
3.16.1.a. Any collection, treatment, storage,
				and distribution facilities under the control of the owner or operator of the
				system and used primarily in connection with the system; and
3.16.1.b. Any collection or pretreatment
				storage facilities not under such control which are used primarily in
				connection with the system.