Sole source aquifer definition

Sole source aquifer means an aquifer designated by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 1424e of the Safe Drinking Water Act (PL 93-523).
Sole source aquifer means those aquifers designated pursuant to Section 1424(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (42 USC 300h-3).
Sole source aquifer means the sole or principal source of public drinking water for an area designated by the administrator of the environmental protection agency pursuant to Public Law 93-523, Sec. 1424(b).

Examples of Sole source aquifer in a sentence

  • Sole source aquifer" is an aquifer designated as a sole source aquifer under section 1424(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

  • Sole source aquifer designation provides limited federal protection of groundwater resources that serve as drinking water supplies.Proposed federal financially assisted projects that have the potential to contaminate the aquifer are subject to EPA review.

  • U.S. EPA RCW 70.146.020 "Sole source aquifer" means the sole or principal source of public drinking water for an area designated by the administrator of the environmental protection agency pursuant to Public Law 93-523, Sec.1424(b).

  • Sole source aquifer – See “aquifer, sole source.” Species - Any group of animals classified as a species or subspecies as commonly accepted by the scientific community.

  • Sole source aquifer recharge areas are designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as areas important for the replenishment of the surface and underground water supplies.


More Definitions of Sole source aquifer

Sole source aquifer means an aquifer designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as the sole or principal source of drinking water for the area above the aquifer and including those lands where the population served by the aquifer live; that is, an aquifer which is needed to supply 50% or more of the drinking water for that area and for which there are no reasonably available alternative sources should the aquifer become polluted.
Sole source aquifer means the only available aquifer, in any given geographic area, containing potable groundwater with sufficient yields to supply domestic or municipal water wells.
Sole source aquifer means an aquifer designated pursuant to section 1424(e) of the federal safe drinking water act.
Sole source aquifer means the sole or principal
Sole source aquifer means an area designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, Section 1424(e). The aquifer(s) must supply 50 percent or more of the drinking water for an area without a sufficient replacement available.
Sole source aquifer means an aquifer designated pursuant to section 1424(e) of the federal safe drinking water act, 42 USC 300h-3(e).
Sole source aquifer means an aquifer designated by the En- vironmental Protection Agency under section 1424e of the Safe Drinking Water Act (P.L. 93-523).