MICHIGAN SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
1976 PA 399, as Amended, and the Administrative Rules
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Rule 102. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means
1976 PA 399, MCL 325.1001 et seq. and known as the
safe drinking water act.
(b) "Action level"
means the concentration of lead or copper in water as specified in
R 325.10604f(1)(c) that determines, in some cases, the treatment
requirements that a water system is required to complete.
(c) "Advisory
board" means the advisory board of examiners appointed by the director
under section 9(2) of the act.
(d) "Alteration"
means the modification of, or addition to, an existing waterworks system, or
portion of the system, that affects any of the following:
(i) Flow.
(ii) Capacity.
(iii) System service area.
(iv) Source.
(v) Treatment.
(vi) Reliability.
(e) "Approved
analytical technique" means a calculation, determination, or other
laboratory examination or procedure that has been approved by the
(f) "Approved
basement" means a basement which has walls and a floor that are
constructed of concrete or its equivalent, which is essentially watertight,
which is effectively drained, and which is in daily use.
(g) "Aquifer"
means an underground water-bearing formation which is saturated and which
transmits water in sufficient quantities to serve as a water supply.
(h) "Artesian"
means a condition of internal pressure which causes the water level in a well
to rise above the aquifer used to supply water at the well location.
(i) "Back-up
operator" means a certified operator designated by the public water supply
to be in charge of the waterworks system or portion of the waterworks system
when the operator-in-charge is not available.
(j) "Bottled drinking
water" means water that is ultimately sold, provided, or offered for human
consumption in a closed container.
History:
1954 ACS 94, Eff. Jan. 12, 1978; 1979 AC; 1991 MR 11, Eff. Nov. 22,
1991; 1994 MR 12, Eff. Jan. 5, 1995; 2000 MR 19, Eff. Dec. 8 2000; 2003 MR 2,
Eff.
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