§ 75-1-2. Definitions

As used in the Rural Infrastructure Act: A. “ department ” means the department of environment; B. “ fund ” means the rural infrastructure revolving loan fund; C. “ local authority ” means a mutual domestic association or water and sanitation district that supplies water, wastewater or solid waste services to, or a municipality that has, a population of less than twenty thousand or a county with a population of less than two hundred thousand; D. “ operate and maintain ” means all necessary activities, including replacement of equipment or appurtenances to assure the dependable and economical function of a facility in accordance with its intended purpose; E. “ secretary ” means the secretary of environment; F. “ solid waste facility ” includes transfer and convenience facilities, landfills or other equipment or systems used for the processing, transformation, recycling or disposal of solid waste; G. “ wastewater facility ” includes collection lines, pumping equipment, treatment works and disposal piping or process units; and H. “ water supply facility ” includes the source of supply of water, pumping equipment, storage facilities, transmission lines, treatment works and distribution systems.