Section Env-Wq 2101.03 - Definitions(a) "Agricultural water use" means use of water for crop irrigation or for animal operations associated with farming.(b) "Annually" means once each calendar year, but not sooner than 10 months after and not later than 12 months after the prior annual event.(c) "Applicant" means the person who applies for approval of a source pursuant to Env-Dw 301, Env-Dw 302, Env-Dw 303, Env-Wq 403, as applicable and as allowed by those rules, or who otherwise requests an approval or certification identified in Env-Wq 2101.24(a)(5)-(8).(d) "Automatic irrigation system" means an interconnected network of pipes, pumps, valves, and emitters designed to provide water to growing plant material, that is operated by a remote control valve controlled by a mechanical or electronic clock programmed to operate at specified times.(e) "Apparent losses" means water that is metered by the water supplier as going into the distribution system and reaching an end user for which the water supplier is unable to bill. Apparent losses are caused by unauthorized consumption, service meter under-registration, data handling errors, or any combination thereof.(f) "Authorized consumption" means the volume of water removed from the distribution system with the explicit or implicit approval of the water supplier. The term includes water used by registered customers, water delivered to consecutive systems, and water consumed in public service activities including but not limited to fire fighting and training, flushing of mains and sewers, street cleaning, watering of municipal gardens, public fountains, frost protection, bleeder valves for water quality improvement, and water used in construction. Authorized consumption is either metered or unmetered and either billed or unbilled, in any combination.(g) "Authorized metered consumption" means billed metered water plus unbilled metered water.(h) "Billed metered water" means authorized consumption by all customer types that is both metered and billed.(i) "Bottled water" means water that is placed in a sealed container or otherwise packaged and offered for sale for human consumption or other consumer uses.(j) "Bulk water" means water intended for potable uses that is transported in containers greater than 10 gallons for the purpose of treatment, packaging or human consumption.(k) "Community water system (CWS)" means "community water system" as defined in RSA 485:1-a, I, as reprinted in Appendix C.(l) "Consecutive water system" means a public water system that buys or otherwise receives some or all of its finished water from one or more wholesale systems for at least 60 days per year.(m) "Conservation source" means a source specified in Env-Wq 2101.02(c)(1)-(6).(n) "Conservation system" means: (1) Any water system for which an application is filed on or after the 2013 effective date of this part, which will be a CWS or wholesale system if the source is approved;(2) Any CWS that is served in whole or in part by a conservation source;(3) Any wholesale system that is served in whole or in part by a conservation source;(4) Any industrial, commercial, institutional (ICI) water user that is served in whole or in part by a conservation source; and(5) Any consecutive water system or PORS specified in Env-Wq 2101.02(c)(7).(o) "Groundwater" means "groundwater" as defined in RSA 485:C:2, VIII, as reprinted in Appendix C.(p) "Industrial, Commercial, Institutional (ICI) water user" means a water user that: (1) Has its own source of water, in lieu of or in addition to a connection to a community water system; and(2) Uses the majority of its water for other than agricultural water use.(q) "Large community water system" means a community water system that serves more than 1,000 persons.(r) "Large groundwater withdrawal" means "large groundwater withdrawal" as defined in RSA 485-C:2, IX-a, as reprinted in Appendix C.(s) "Monthly" means once every calendar month, but not sooner than 27 days after and not later than 33 days after the date in the prior month on which the event in question occurred.(t) "Nonrevenue water" means water that is metered by the water supplier as going into the distribution system that produces no revenue, equal to unbilled authorized consumption plus apparent losses plus real losses.(u) "Operator" means "operator" as defined in RSA 485:1-a, XII, as reprinted in Appendix C.(v) "Owner" means the person who has legal authority to control the system or source to which the specified requirement applies.(w) "Person" means "person" as defined in RSA 485:1-a, XIII, as reprinted in Appendix C.(x) "Public water system" means "public water system" as defined in RSA 485:1-a, XV, as reprinted in Appendix C.(y) "Privately owned redistribution system (PORS)" means "privately owned redistribution system" as defined in RSA 485:1-a, XIV-a, as reprinted in Appendix C.(z) "Real loss" means water that is physically lost from a water supplier's water storage and distribution system due to overflow from storage tanks, leaking water lines between the source meter(s) and service meters where service meters are in place, and leaking water lines anywhere after the source meter(s) where service meters are not in place.(aa) "Service connection" means the point of connection between the customer's service pipe and the water system's service line.(ab) "Small community water system" means a community water system that is not a large community water system.(ac) "Source activation date" means the date a conservation source is placed into use.(ad) "Specified system" means a conservation system that is listed in Env-Wq 2101.13(a).(ae) "Surface water" means "surface waters of the state" as defined in RSA:485-A:2, XIV, as reprinted in Appendix C.(af) "System input volume" means the volume of water input to the water supply system corrected for known errors, which is equal to the volume of water derived from the water system's own sources, minus water consumed by treatment processes, plus water imported or purchased, plus or minus the net change in water storage where applicable. (ag) "Unauthorized consumption" means any intentional use of water from the distribution system that is not authorized consumption.
(ah) "Unbilled authorized consumption" means any authorized consumption for which the water supplier does not bill, whether metered or unmetered.(ai) "Unbilled metered water" means any authorized consumption that is metered but for which the water supplier does not bill.(aj) "Water balance" means the difference between the system input volume and authorized metered consumption.(ak) "Water conservation" means "water conservation" as defined in RSA 485:1-a, XIX, as reprinted in Appendix C.(al) "Wholesale system" means a public water system or ICI water user that treats source water and then sells or otherwise delivers finished water to a consecutive water system or privately owned distribution system.N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Wq 2101.03
#8353, eff 5-14-05 (See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Wq 2101) (formerly Env-Ws 390.03); ss by #10480-A, eff 12-3-13