Water well means an excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, augered, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed for the purpose of exploring for groundwater, monitoring groundwater, utilizing the geothermal properties of the ground, or extracting water from or injecting water into the aquifer. “Water well” does not include an open ditch or drain tiles or an excavation made for obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals, or products mined or quarried.
Water Surface Elevation (WSE means the height, in relation to NAVD 1988, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.
Water surface elevation means the height, in relation to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD) of 1929, the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) of 1988, or other datum, where specified, of floods of various magnitudes and frequencies in the floodplains of riverine areas.
Lot depth means the horizontal distance between the front and rear lot lines. If the front and rear lot lines are not parallel, lot depth means the length of a straight line joining the middle of the front lot line with the middle of the rear lot line. When there is no rear lot line, lot depth means the length of a straight line joining the middle of the front lot line with the apex of the triangle formed by the side lot lines.
water meter means any apparatus for measuring or showing the volume of water supplied to, or of effluent discharged from any premises;
Surface water means all water which is open to the atmosphere and subject to surface runoff.
Deep well means a well located and constructed in such a manner that there is a continuous layer of low permeability soil or rock at least 5 feet thick located at least 25 feet below the normal ground surface and above the aquifer from which water is to be drawn.
Surface waters means water on the surface of the ground where water does not usually accumulate in ordinary watercourses, lakes, or ponds. This includes any waterborne objects.
Sanitary landfill means a disposal facility for solid waste so located, designed and operated that it
PAD means a Preauthorized Debit.
Stormwater runoff means water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
Water Line The water line is the single lateral water service line from the point of the water utility’s connection to the point of the water meter or main shut off line inside the home. The water line also includes well water lines, excluding those exceeding five feet under the surface level of the yard.
Potable means water suitable for drinking by the public.
Horizontal well means a well bore drilled laterally at an angle of at least eighty (80) degrees to the vertical or with a horizontal projection exceeding one hundred (100) feet measured from the initial point of penetration into the productive formation through the terminus of the lateral in the same common source of supply.
Water heater means an appliance for heating water for domestic purposes other than for space heating. (Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 15-2-72; filed Mar 25, 1986, 1:44 pm: 9 IR 2002, eff Jun 15, 1986; readopted filed Nov
Groundwater means all water, which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil.
Wellhead protection area means the surface and subsurface area surrounding a water well or well field that supplies a public water system through which contaminants are reasonably likely to migrate toward the water well or well field.
Water conservation means the preservation and careful management of water resources.
Ground water means water below the land surface in a zone of saturation.
Water closet means a closet which has a separate fixed receptacle connected to a drainage system and separate provision for flushing from a supply of clean water either by the operation of mechanism or by automatic action;
Waterway means any body of water.
Gas well means a well producing gas or natural gas from a common source of gas supply as determined by the commission.
Water means the chemical element defined as H2O in any of its three natural states, liquid, solid and gaseous.
Reclaimed water means water resulting from the treatment of domestic, municipal or industrial wastewater that is suitable for a direct beneficial or controlled use that would not otherwise occur. Specifically excluded from this definition is "gray water."
conservation area means any improved area within the boundaries of a redevelopment project area located within the territorial limits of the municipality in which 50% or more of the structures in the area have an age of 35 years or more. Such an area is not yet a blighted area but because of a combination of 3 or more of the following factors may be considered as a “conservation area”:
Underground storage tank or “UST” means any one or combination of tanks (including underground pipes connected thereto) that is used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances, and the volume of which (including the volume of underground pipes connected thereto) is 10 percent or more beneath the surface of the ground. This term does not include any: