Definitions.

  1. Law
  2. Utah Code
  3. Environmental Quality Code
  4. Safe Drinking Water Act
  5. Definitions.

Checkout our iOS App for a better way to browser and research.

Affected by 63I-1-219 on 7/1/2024

Effective 7/21/2018
19-4-102. Definitions.
  • (1) "Board" means the Drinking Water Board appointed under Section 19-4-103.
  • (2) "Community water system" means a public water system that serves residents year-round.
  • (3) "Contaminant" means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
  • (4) "Director" means the director of the Division of Drinking Water.
  • (5) "Division" means the Division of Drinking Water, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(b).
  • (6)
    • (a) "Groundwater source" means an underground opening from or through which groundwater flows or is pumped from a subsurface water-bearing formation.
    • (b) "Groundwater source" includes:
      • (i) a well;
      • (ii) a spring;
      • (iii) a tunnel; or
      • (iv) an adit.
  • (7) "Maximum contaminant level" means the maximum permissible level of a contaminant in water that is delivered to a user of a public water system.
  • (8)
    • (a) "Public water system" means a system providing water for human consumption and other domestic uses that:
      • (i) has at least 15 service connections; or
      • (ii) serves an average of 25 individuals daily for at least 60 days of the year.
    • (b) "Public water system" includes:
      • (i) a collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facility under the control of the operator and used primarily in connection with the system; and
      • (ii) a collection, pretreatment, or storage facility used primarily in connection with the system but not under the operator's control.
  • (9) "Retail water supplier" means a person that:
    • (a) supplies water for human consumption and other domestic uses to an end user; and
    • (b) has more than 500 service connections.
  • (10) "Supplier" means a person who owns or operates a public water system.
  • (11) "Wholesale water supplier" means a person that provides most of that person's water to a retail water supplier.




Download our app to see the most-to-date content.