Georgia § 12-5-201 - Definitions.
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§ 12-5-201. Definitions.
As used in this part, the term: "Authority" means the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority created by Code Section 50-23-3. "District" means the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District created by Code Section 12-5-572. "Emergency plan" means the written emergency water supply plan developed as provided in Code Section 12-5-202. "Essential water needs" means the minimum amount of water needed for residential and commercial means for food processing, drinking, toilet flushing, fire fighting, hospital use, and critical asset use and a portion of the system's unaccounted for water. "Qualified system" means any public water system owned and operated by a city, county, or water authority in the district. (Code 1981, § 12-5-201 , enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 204, § 2/SB 380.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, "the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority" was substituted for "the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority" in paragraph (1).
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