The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(a) Certification--form submitted to the Department, and signed by a responsible system representative that the CCR has been distributed in accordance with these regulations; the information is correct; and the information is consistent with compliance monitoring data previously submitted to the Department. The form also states that, for systems who sell water to adjacent systems, the required information was delivered to the purchasing system(s) no later than April 1.(b) Consumer--any person who regularly consumes water supplied by a community water system. The number of consumers, or population, of a community water system is estimated by multiplying the number of customers by a factor of three.(c) Customer--billing units or service connections to which water is delivered by a community water system.(d) New Community Water System--a community water system permitted by the Department after the effective date of these regulations. This definition shall not include the merger of two or more existing community water systems.(e) Detected for the purposes of this chapter means the level at which an EPA Drinking Water Certified laboratory can find a contaminant.Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-7-14-.02
New Rule: Filed May 2, 2000; effective June 6, 2000. Amended: Filed November 7, 2005; effective December 12, 2005. Amended: Filed December 18, 2007; effective January 22, 2008.Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 09, June 30, 2016, eff. 8/5/2016.Authors: Joe Alan Power, Edgar K. Hughes, Dennis D. Harrison
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-23-33, 22-23-49, 22-22A-5, 22-22A-6.