Section Env-Wq 403.04 - Part-Specific Definitions(a) "Authorized signer" means an individual officially authorized by an applicant or permittee that is an entity to sign applications and other reports or requests on behalf of the applicant or permittee.(b) "Bottled water" means "bottled water" as defined in Env-Dw 303.03.(c) "Conceptual hydrologic model" means a description, incorporating published information, available field data, and conservative assumptions, of geology, aquifer hydraulics, and mechanisms and rate of recharge for the potential impact area.(d) "Cone of depression" means a depression in the potentiometric surface of a body of groundwater that develops around a well from which water is being withdrawn and corresponds to the zone of influence of the withdrawal.(e) "Department" means the department of environmental services.(f) "Downgradient area" means the area described in RSA 485-C:21 (c), V-e.(g) "Hydrologic cycle" means the pathways along which water moves through the environment.(h) "Hydrology" means the occurrences, movement, and chemical nature of water in the natural environment.(i) "Permitted withdrawal" means a large groundwater withdrawal for which a permit has been issued under Env-Wq 403 or predecessor rules in Env-Ws 387 or Env-Ws 388.(j) "Potential impact area" means the area that is required to be assessed for potential impacts under RSA 485-C:21, V-e.(k) "Potentiometric surface" means the surface where groundwater pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure.(l) "Qualified professional" means an individual who by education and experience is able to quantitatively analyze and interpret hydrology.(m) "Recharge area" means the land surface from which water reaching a location or region originates.(n) "Registered water user" means any water user who is registered and who reports water usage in accordance with RSA 488:3 and Env-Wq 2102.(o) "Water budget" means a balance of the mass of water entering, leaving, and stored within a hydrologic system.(p) "Water well board" means the board established under RSA 482-B:3 to license water well contractors and pump installers and otherwise regulate the construction of water wells under We 100-1000.(q) "Water-related natural resource" means a natural resource that is dependent on water.(r) "Wellhead" means the constructed opening through which groundwater reaches the land surface, such as a well casing, wellfield collector, or spring collection box.(s) "Withdrawal" means the extraction of groundwater for any purpose.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 403.04
(See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Wq 403) #9569, eff 10-17-09
Amended by Volume XXXVIII Number 15, Filed April 12, 2018, Proposed by #12493, Effective 3/21/2018, Expires 3/21/2028.