N.J. Admin. Code § 7:10-11.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 7:10-11.4 - Additional definitions and general provisions

(a) In addition to the words and terms defined at 7:10-1.3, the following terms are defined for the purposes of this subchapter:

1. "Adequate protection" means construction methods which ensure that the water that reaches consumers complies continuously with the physical, chemical, and bacteriological requirements of the State Primary Drinking Water Regulations at N.J.A.C. 7:10-5. The term "adequately protected" shall be construed accordingly.

2. "Dechlorination" means the partial or complete removal of residual chlorine by any chemical or physical process.

3. "Firm capacity" means adequate pumping equipment and/or treatment capacity (excluding coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation), and/or adequate capacity by supply from another water system pursuant to contract to meet peak daily demand as determined under 7:10-11.5(e)1 when the largest pumping or treatment unit is out of service.

4. "Major pollutant source" means any wastewater treatment plant discharge, any documented ground water contamination, any liquid chemical or fuel storage facility with capacity greater than 2,000 gallons, any military facility, any industrial treatment lagoon, any automotive service station, any landfill (open, closed or inactive), any industrial facility (including dry cleaning facilities), any septic system, any cemetery, any salt storage facility, any highway maintenance yard, any truck and/or bus maintenance yard, any underground fuel and chemical storage tank with a capacity of 2,000 gallons or more, any livestock operation, any body of surface water containing salt or brackish water, any quarrying and/or mining facility, any asphalt and concrete manufacturing facility, and any open dump or junkyard.

5. "Minor pollutant source" means any liquid chemical or fuel storage tank with capacity less than 2,000 gallons, any stormwater detention or retention basin, any sanitary sewer line, any sanitary sewer manhole, any sanitary sewer pump station, any septic tank or leaching field, any sewage treatment facility, any active farm, and any facility to which the Department has issued a discharge permit pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:14A.

6. "Modify" means to make any change to a public community water system which results in the addition or replacement of a water supply, treatment process, pumping station, storage tank, or distribution system. The terms "modification" and "modified" shall be construed accordingly. The cleaning and lining of water mains, and the replacement of valves, hydrants, pumps and controls do not constitute a modification to the water system.

7. "Post-chlorination" means the addition of chlorine to the treated water at a water treatment plant effluent, following all other treatment processes, for the purpose of disinfection.

8. "Pre-chlorination" means the addition of chlorine to the water at a water treatment plant, prior to other treatment processes, for disinfection, oxidation, and control of tastes, odors and microbiological growth.

9. "Pretreatment" means a water treatment plant process employed to prepare water for filtration, including mixing, coagulation, flocculation or softening, and sedimentation.

10. "Superchlorination" means the addition of chlorine to the water at a water treatment plant in amounts sufficient to produce chlorine residuals so large as to require dechlorination.

(b) In the case of an extensive or complex proposed public community water system or one that deviates from the standards and requirements of this subchapter as provided in 7:10-11.3, the Department recommends that the applicant request a preapplication conference to discuss preliminary plans and data.

(c) For the purposes of this subchapter and to determine the degree of treatment required, the following classifications apply to natural waters intended as sources of supply for potable water purposes:

1. All water obtained from a subsurface source by a well is classified as ground water.

2. All water obtained from a river, stream, drainage basin, natural lake, artificial reservoir, or impoundment above the water supply intake, and all ground water in which the average total coliform concentration exceeds 50 per 100 milliliters in any one month, based on weekly monitoring, is classified as surface water.

3. All water obtained from a subsurface source by a well, when the well has a casing length less than 50 feet or has a screen or uncased borehole within 50 feet of a surface water body (unless in a confined aquifer or a low risk formation) or when the water has significant occurrences of insect, or other macroorganisms, algae, or large diameter pathogens such as Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium, or fecal coliform, or when the water has significant and relatively rapid shifts in characteristics such as turbidity, temperature, conductivity, or pH, that closely correlate to climatological conditions, is classified as ground water under the direct influence of surface water.

(d) The Department may terminate review of and return without prejudice any application for a permit under this subchapter which has remained technically deficient for three years after the date of submittal.

(e) The review of permit applications under this subchapter is limited to safety, sanitary and certain hydraulic engineering features of public health significance. The review does not include the examination of structural, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical design, or economic factors. The Department reserves the right to deny an application for a permit to construct a public water system that, in the Department's determination, presents a danger to the public health or safety.

(f) The approval of other regulatory programs within the Department and/or of the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) may be required for a public community water system. The Department recommends that an applicant for a permit under this subchapter contact the respective regulatory programs regarding water diversion rights, well drilling permits, stream encroachment permits, and wetlands permits, and the Board of Public Utilities regarding approval of municipal franchises, rates, and charges.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:10-11.4

Amended by R.2004 d.442, effective 12/6/2004.
See: 36 New Jersey Register 295(a), 36 New Jersey Register 5383(b).
In (a), rewrote 3, deleted 7 and recodified former 8 through 11 as 7 through 10.