Section Env-Dw 717.03 - Definitions(a) "4-log treatment" means the process of achieving at least 99.99 percent, or 4-log, treatment of viruses, using inactivation, removal, or a combination of 4-log virus inactivation and removal before or at the first customer.(b) "Approved sampling location" means the point in the system at which water samples are taken prior to treatment, that has been approved by the department pursuant to Env-Dw 708.(c) "Compliance deadline" means: (1) December 1, 2009, for any PWS that was subject to these rules as of November 21, 2009; and(2) The deadline established in the source approval issued pursuant to Env-Dw 302 or Env-Dw 305, as applicable, or predecessor rules, for any PWS that was not subject to these rules as of November 21, 2009.(d) "Compliance monitoring" means the requirements for sampling and analysis established in Env-Dw 717.13 through Env-Dw 717.17 for groundwater systems that treat groundwater to at least 4-log treatment.(e) "Confluent growth" means "confluent growth" as defined in 40 CFR 141.2, as reprinted in Appendix B.(f) "Consecutive system" means "consecutive system" as defined in 40 CFR 141.2, as reprinted in Appendix B.(g) "Groundwater system" means: (1) Any public water system (PWS) using groundwater as the sole source of water supply;(2) Any PWS that uses a mixture of surface water and groundwater, unless all groundwater is combined with surface water or with groundwater under the direct influence of surface water and is treated as specified in Env-Dw 716; and(3) Any consecutive PWS that receives water from a groundwater system as described in (1) or (2), above.(h) "Membrane filtration" means "membrane filtration" as defined in 40 CFR 141.2, as reprinted in Appendix B.(i) "Provider system" means a "wholesale system" as defined in 40 CFR 141.2, as reprinted in Appendix B.(j) "Too numerous to count" means "too numerous to count" as defined in 40 CFR 141.2, as reprinted in Appendix B.(k) "Triggered monitoring" means the sampling requirements specified in Env-Dw 717.11 for groundwater systems that do not process groundwater to achieve 4-log treatment.(l) "Treatment plant" means, for the purposes of this part, the location at which a disinfectant is added to groundwater.(m) "Valid sample" means a sample that is not invalidated under Env-Dw 717.06.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Dw 717.03
Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 23, Filed June 7, 2018, Proposed by #12525, Effective 6/1/2018, Expires 6/1/2028.