R 325.10107 Definitions; P, R.

Rule 107. As used in these rules: (a) "Permit" means a public water supply construction permit that is issued to a supplier of water by the department under section 4 of the act, MCL 325.1004. (b) "Person" means an individual, partnership, copartnership, cooperative, firm, company, public or private association or corporation, political subdivision, agency of the state, agency of the federal government, trust, estate, joint structure company, or any other legal entity, or their legal representative, agent, or assignee. (c) "PFAS” means per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. (d) "Pitless adapter" means a device or assembly of parts that permits water to pass through the wall of a well casing or extension of a well casing and that provides access to the well and to the parts of the system within the well in a manner that prevents the entrance of contaminants into the well and the water produced. (e) "Plans and specifications" means drawings, data, and a true description or representation of an entire waterworks system or parts of the system as it exists or is to be constructed, and a statement of how a waterworks system must be operated. (f) "Plant intake" means the works or structures at the head of a conduit through which water is diverted from a source, for example, river or lake, into the treatment plant. (g) "Point-of-entry treatment device (POE)" means a treatment device applied to the drinking water entering a house or building for the purpose of reducing contaminants in the drinking water distributed throughout the house or building. (h) "Point-of-use treatment devise (POU)" means a treatment device applied to a single tap used for the purpose of reducing contaminants in drinking water at that 1 tap. (i) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, township, charter township, county, district, authority, or portion or combination of any of the entities specified in this subdivision. (j) "PQL" means the practical quantitation levels. The PQL is the lowest concentration that can be reliably achieved by well-operated laboratories within specified limits of precision and accuracy during routine laboratory operating conditions. (k) "Presedimentation" means a preliminary treatment process used to remove gravel, sand, and other particulate material from the source water through settling before the water enters the primary clarification and filtration processes in a treatment plant. (l) "Production well" means a well that has been approved for use for a public water supply pursuant to part 8 of these rules. (m) "Public hearing" means a hearing that is conducted by the director of the department on matters relating to the functions and responsibilities of the division and that seeks public input relevant to such functions and responsibilities. (n) "Public water supply" or "public water system" means a waterworks system that provides water for drinking or household purposes to persons other than the supplier of the water, and does not include either of the following: (i) A waterworks system that supplies water to only 1 living unit. (ii) A waterworks system that consists solely of customer site piping. (o) "Pumping water level" means the distance measured from an established datum at or above ground level to the water surface in a well being pumped at a known rate for a known period of time. (p) "Rated treatment capacity" means 1 or any combination of the following capacities when water treatment is practiced: (i) Rated capacity from an approved surface water supply, ground water supply under the direct influence of surface water, or complete treatment system as contained in R 325.11006. (ii) Firm capacity from an approved ground water supply where firm capacity means the production capability of each respective component of the waterworks system with the largest well, pump, or treatment unit out of service. (iii) Available capacity obtained under contract and capable of delivery from another approved public water supply. (q) "Raw water" means water that is obtained from a source by a public water supply before the public water supply provides any treatment or distributes the water to its customers. (r) "Regional administrator" means the EPA region V administrator. (s) "Regulated VOCs" means a group of volatile organic chemicals for which state drinking water standards have been promulgated but does not include total trihalomethanes. (t) "Removed from service" means physically disconnected from the waterworks system in a manner that would prevent the inadvertent use of the well and would require specific authorization from the public water supply to reconnect. (u) "Repeat sample" means a sample that is collected and analyzed in response to a previous coliform-positive sample. (v) "Resident" means an individual who owns or occupies a living unit. (w) "Routine sample" means a water sample that is collected and analyzed to meet the monitoring requirements for total coliform, as outlined in the written sampling plan.