Code of Federal Regulations means the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as it existed on the effective date of these regulations, and any CFR citations mentioned in these regulations are hereby incorporated by reference. Copies of the CFR as it existed on the effective date of these regulations can be obtained on the DHHS website at http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/Pages/enh_pwsindex.aspx or by requesting a copy via email from the Department at: DHHS.drinkingwater@nebraska.gov or by calling 402-471-2541.
Consecutive System means a public water system that receives some or all of its finished water from one or more wholesale systems. Delivery may be through a direction connection or through the distribution system of one or more consecutive systems.
Department means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
EPA means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Ground Water System, for this chapter, means any public water system meeting the applicability statement in 179 NAC 8-001, including consecutive systems receiving finished ground water.
GWUDI means ground water under the direct influence of surface water.
Hydrogeologic Sensitivity Assessment, for this chapter, means a determination of whether ground water systems obtain water from hydrogeologically sensitive settings.
Significant deficiency means a defect in design, operation, or maintenance, or a failure or malfunction of the sources, treatment, storage, or distribution system found during a sanitary survey that the Department determines to be causing, or has the potential for causing the introduction of contamination into the water delivered to consumers.
Wholesale system means a public water system that treats source water as necessary to produce finished water and then delivers some or all of that finished water to another public water system. Delivery may be through a direct connection or through the distribution system of one or more consecutive systems.
179 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 8, § 002