Definitions.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of
terms used in this Section shall be as follows:
COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM
A public water system which serves at least fifteen (15)
service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25)
residents on a year-round basis.
CROSS-CONNECTION
Any actual or potential connection or structural arrangement
between a public water system and any other source or system through
which it is possible to introduce into any part of the public water
system any used water, industrial fluid, gas or substance other than
the intended potable water with which the system is supplied. By-pass
arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or change-over
devices and any other temporary or permanent devices through which
or because of which, backflow can or may occur are considered cross-connections.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
pH
The negative logarithm of the concentration of hydrogen ions
in an aqueous solution.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM
A system for provision to the public of piped water for human
consumption, if the system has at least fifteen (15) service connections
or regularly serves at least twenty-five (25) individuals daily at
least sixty (60) days out of the year. The system includes any collection,
treatment, storage or distribution facilities used in connection with
the system. A public water system is either a community water system
or a non-community water system.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SHALL; MAY
"Shall" is mandatory; "May" is permissive.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Water Works, who is in responsible
charge of the operation and maintenance of the public water supply
serving the Town of Carrollton, Missouri.
SERVICE CONNECTION
Each individual connection of a user to a water main or pipe
for the purpose of conveying water to a point of use.
SERVICE LINE
Any water line or pipe connected to a public water supply's
distribution main or pipe that conveys water to a point of use. Each
service line is owned and maintained by the customer at that service
connection and such line beings at the customer's side of the meter.
TOWN
The Town of Carrollton, Missouri.
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
All piping, conduits, valves, hydrants, storage facilities,
pumps and other appurtenances, excluding service connections, which
serve to deliver water from a water treatment plant or source to the
public.
WATER MAIN
Any water main line or pipe which conveys water to a point
of use from a water treatment plant, source, or water storage facility.
Water mains are owned and maintained by the Town of Carrollton, Missouri.
WATER METER
A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished
and/or installed by the Town of Carrollton, Missouri, or furnished
and/or installed by a user and approved by the Town of Carrollton,
Missouri. Each individual service connection shall have a water meter.
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
A facility which uses specific processes such as sedimentation,
coagulation, filtration, disinfection, aeration, oxidation, ion exchange,
fluoridation, or other processes which serve to add components or
to alter or remove contaminants from a water supply source.