Definitions

Definitions. Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Commercial and institutional water use sector” means water users that supply their own water and use water for commercial and institutional uses, including entities such as motels, hotels, restaurants, office buildings, hospitals, schools and other institutions, both civilian and military. Water use in the commercial and institutional water use sector includes water used for air conditioning and other similar uses and for amusement and recreational purposes, such as snowmaking and water slides. (2) “Consumptive use” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (e) , Stats. (3) “Cost-effectiveness analysis” means a systematic comparison of the total resources costs, including monetary costs and environmental costs, as well as other nonmonetary costs of implementing a conservation and efficiency measure to identify whether avoided costs and environmental benefits exceed the costs of implementing a conservation and efficiency measure over a planning period. (4) “Department” means the department of natural resources. (5) “Diversion” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (h) , Stats. (6) “Ecosystem” means the interacting components of air, land, water, and living organisms, including humans. (7) “Environmentally sound” means not destructive to the ecosystem. (8) “Environmentally sound and economically feasible water conservation measures” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (i) , Stats. (9) “Great Lakes basin” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (je) , Stats. (10) “Increased diversion” means a diversion that exceeds the interbasin transfer amount specified in an approval issued under s. 281.344 (3m) , Stats., or the diversion amount specified in an approval issued under s. 281.346 (4) , Stats. (11) “Increased withdrawal” means a withdrawal that exceeds the baseline established in accordance with s. 281.346 (2) (e) , Stats., or the withdrawal amount established under s. 281.346 (4g) , (4s) , or (5) , Stats. (12) “Industrial water use sector” means water users that supply their own water for use in the manufacturing of metals, chemicals, paper, food, beverage, and other products and for use in mining, quarrying and milling. Industrial water use sector does not include water users that supply their own water for use in brine extraction from oil and gas operations. (13) “Intrabasin transfer” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (jm) , Stats. (14) “Irrigation water use sector” means water users that supply their own water to apply on lands to assist in the growing of crops and pastures or in the maintenance of recreational lands such as parks and golf courses. (15) “Livestock water use sector” means water users that supply their own water for use in raising or keeping animals such as fish, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, and poultry. (16) “Meter” has the meaning specified in s. PSC 185.12 (11) . (17) “New diversion” means a diversion that started on or after December 8, 2008. (18) “New withdrawal” means a withdrawal that started on or after December 8, 2008, and averages 100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period, and a withdrawal that was occurring before December 8, 2008 but was not eligible for a baseline, and that has increased the rate of withdrawal so that it averages 100,000 gallons per day or more in any 30-day period. (19) “Other water use sector” means water users that supply their own water and that are not a public water supply water use sector, commercial and institutional water use sector, irrigation water use sector, livestock water use sector, industrial water use sector, or power production water use sector. Water use in the other water use sector includes water used for fish or wildlife, environmental, navigation and water quality purposes. (20) “Power production water use sector” means water users that supply their own water for use in generating electricity or power. Water use in the power production water use sector includes water used for thermoelectric once-through cooling, thermoelectric re-circulated cooling, and hydroelectric. (21) “Public water supply water use sector” means public water supply systems that distribute water to the public through a physically connected system of treatment, storage and distribution facilities serving a group of largely residential customers that may also serve industrial, commercial and other institutional customers. (22) “Public water system” has the meaning specified in s. NR 809.04 (67) . (23) “Retrofit or retrofitting” means to modify or replace existing fixtures, appliances or equipment that is already in service. (24) “System losses” means the difference between the volume of water entering the distribution system and the volume of water that is sold or otherwise authorized for system uses. (25) “Water conservation and efficiency measures” or “CEMs” means structural or non-structural measures, practices, techniques or devices employed to reduce water use, or increase water reuse or water use efficiency. (26) “Water loss” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (wm) , Stats. (27) “Water reuse” means the collection and adequate treatment of clear water, storm water or other wastewater for subsequent use in toilet flushing, irrigation, or other processes that do not require water to meet drinking water quality standards. (28) “Water use audit” means an examination of water use and reuse data that tracks the flow of water in the system from the point of withdrawal or, if the water is provided to the water supply system through a third party, the point of entry into the system, through any treatment and distribution to the end use. The water use audit assesses the quantitative efficiency of a water supply system, and evaluates impacts to water resources and operational and financial aspects of the system, and identifies and quantifies system losses. (29) “Water use intensity” means a measure of water use per unit production, sales unit, or customer served. (30) “Water use sector” means one of the following types of water use sectors: commercial and institutional, industrial, irrigation, livestock, other, power production, or public water supply. (31) “Withdraw” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (y) , Stats. (32) “Withdrawal” has the meaning specified in s. 281.346 (1) (z) , Stats.