Section Env-Wq 2102.04 - Part-Specific Definitions(a) "Agriculture water user" means an entity that uses water for operations at a farm as defined in RSA 21:34-a. public water supplier(b) "Boiler blowdown" means water that is discharged periodically from a boiler to control the concentrations of suspended and total dissolved solids in the boiler and to remove sludge from the bottom of the boiler.(c) "Boiler makeup" means water added periodically to a heating or power generating system to replace water lost through evaporation, blowdown, or leakage.(d) "Contact cooling water" means water used to reduce temperature that comes into direct contact with a raw material, intermediate product, waste product other than heat, or finished product and thus becomes classified as process wastewater.(e) "Contact person" means an individual who has been designated by the water user to be the main point of contact for the department relative to a registration under RSA 488.(f) "Destination" means: (1) A location to which water is discharged;(2) A facility to which water is transferred;(3) Any water-containing product created by a water user; or(4) Evaporative losses occurring as a result of water use.(g) "Drainback" means water withdrawn for snowmaking that is not converted to snow but remains within the distribution system until being discharged directly back to the original source at or near the point of withdrawal.(h) "Electronic reporting system" means a computer database with a user interface that has been designed and intended to be used for submitting reports electronically to the department.(i) "Facility" means a fixed facility as defined in (j), below, or a mobile facility as defined in (n) below, or any combination thereof, depending on context.(j) "Fixed facility" means an identifiable geographic location where water is withdrawn, treated, discharged, or otherwise used, whether at a single point or a number of individual points, at a single parcel of real property or place of business. For agricultural users, the term includes farms.(k) "Incoming water" means water received at a facility through withdrawal and transfers in to the facility.(l) "Intermittent water use" means a water use by a mobile facility for time-limited but recurring activities, including but not limited to construction or repair of roads, dust suppression, hydroseeding, and filling pools.(m) "Limited water use" means a one-time incoming water or outgoing water that exceeds 140,000 gallons in any 7-day period and occurs:(1) Not more than 2 times in a rolling 12-month period; and(2) Not more than 4 times every 3 calendar years.(n) "Mobile facility" means a tanker truck or other container that is used to transport water from one location to another.(o) "Non-contact cooling water" means water used to reduce temperature that does not come into contact with a raw material, intermediate product, waste product other than heat, or finished product.(p) "Outgoing water" means water leaving a facility through discharge and transfers out of the facility.(q) "Reclaimed wastewater" means wastewater treatment plant effluent that has been diverted for beneficial use instead of being directly discharged to surface water or groundwater.(r) "Recycled water" means that volume of water that is re-circulated at a fixed facility as part of one or more water-using processes.(s) "Snowmaking water user" means a person that uses water to make snow for recreational purposes, including but not limited to downhill or cross-country ski trails or slopes, freestyle terrain, tubing terrain, ski jumps, and trails for snowmobiles or other off-highway recreational vehicles.(t) "Source" means either a groundwater or surface water supply subject to a withdrawal by a water user, or a facility from which water is transferred to a water user.(u) "Water user" means the owner of a facility where an average of more than 20,000 gallons of water per day is used in any 7-day period or 600,000 gallons is used in any 30-day period.(v) "Well" means any conveyance used to capture or withdraw groundwater.(w) "Wellfield" means a combination of 2 or more wells that supply water from the same aquifer where the horizontal distance between any wellhead and at least one other wellhead does not exceed 100 feet.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 2102.04
Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 15, Filed April 13, 2017, Proposed by #12135, Effective 3/21/2017, Expires 3/21/2027.