Part Definitions. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and Compiler’s notes.]

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Waters, Waterways, Drains and Levees
  4. Water Management
  5. Tennessee Water Resources Information Act
  6. Part Definitions. [Contingent Amendment. See First Version of Section and Compiler’s notes.]

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “Board” means the Tennessee board of energy and natural resources, created by § 69-3-104;
  2. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner's duly authorized representative and, in the event of the commissioner's absence or a vacancy in the office of commissioner, the deputy commissioner of environment and conservation;
  3. “Person” means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association, group, utility district, federal, state or local government agency, or any combination of them;
  4. “Source” means a location where surface or ground water is available, including, but not limited to, a water well, cave, spring, stream, river, lake, or impoundment; and
  5. “Withdraw” means to take water from any source on a regular or recurring basis by means of an intake structure, pipe and pump that diverts water away from a source, or by any other conveyance with or without the use of suction. This does not include nonrecurring withdrawals, including, but not limited to, the filling of a swimming pool from a residential water well or accidental withdrawals caused by failure of pipes or equipment.


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