NAC445A.450. Definitions.

As used in NAC 445A.450 to 445A.5405, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

     1. “Commission” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.8075.

     2. “District board of health” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.812.

     3. “Division” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.814.

     4. “Federal Act” means the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f et seq., as amended on August 6, 1996.

     5. “Monitoring program” means a program developed by a public water system and approved by the Division or the appropriate district board of health to sample water quality from a sampling point for compliance purposes.

     6. “Primary standard” means a standard which specifies a maximum contaminant level for any constituent found in a public water supply which, if exceeded, may adversely affect the health of persons.

     7. “Public water system” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.840 and includes a water authority in a county whose population is 400,000 or more.

     8. “Sampling point” means a location where water samples are taken for compliance purposes in accordance with the requirements for the specific contaminant or water quality parameters being monitored.

     9. “Sanitary survey” means an on-site review of the water source, facilities, equipment, operation and maintenance of a public water system for the purposes of evaluating the adequacy of such source, facilities, equipment, operation and maintenance for producing and distributing safe drinking water.

     10. “Secondary maximum contaminant level” means a maximum contaminant level adopted by the Commission for a constituent found in a public water supply that, if exceeded, may cause aesthetic concerns to a consumer.

     11. “Supplier of water” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.845.

     12. “Treatment technique” means an enforceable water treatment process or procedure, required to be operated at a specified effectiveness for removal of a measurable surrogate contaminant, that public water systems must employ to ensure effective removal of other contaminants for which there is not a reliable, economical, technically feasible method to measure at levels of concern.

     13. “Water authority” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 377B.040.

     14. The words and terms defined in 40 C.F.R. § 141.2 have the meanings ascribed to them in that section, as adopted by reference in NAC 445A.4525.

     [Bd. of Health, Water Quality Standards Art. 1, eff. 12-14-77]—(NAC A 5-23-90; 9-19-90; 12-3-90; 8-1-91; 10-22-93; 9-6-96; R048-99, 9-27-99; R118-99, 2-10-2000; A by Environmental Comm’n by R126-05, 10-31-2005; R014-08, 4-17-2008; R194-08, 10-27-2009)