Louisiana § RS 40:5.8 - Definitions

§ RS 40:5.8. Definitions

            The following terms as used in this Chapter relative to public water systems shall have the following meanings:

            (1) "Community water system" means a public water system that serves year-round residents within a residential setting. Examples of "community water systems" include systems serving municipalities, water districts, subdivisions, and mobile home parks.

            (2) "Noncommunity water system" means a public water system that serves persons in a nonresidential setting. Examples of "noncommunity water systems" include systems serving schools, day care centers, hospitals, highway rest areas, restaurants, bars, and grocery stores.

            (3) "Nontransient noncommunity water system" means a noncommunity water system that regularly serves at least twenty-five of the same persons over six months per year. Examples of "nontransient noncommunity water systems" include public water systems serving schools, day care centers, and hospitals.

            (4) "Person" means an individual, a public or private corporation, an association, a partnership, a public body created by or pursuant to state law, the state of Louisiana, an agency or political subdivision of the state, a federally recognized Indian tribe, the United States government, a political subdivision of the United States government, and any officer, employee, and agent of one of those entities.

            (5) "Potable water" means water having bacteriological, physical, radiological, and chemical qualities that make it safe and suitable for human drinking, cooking, and washing uses.

            (6) "Public water system" means a system for the provision to the public of water for potable purposes, through pipes or other constructed conveyances, if the system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves an average of at least twenty-five individuals daily at least sixty days out of the year. The term includes all of the following:

            (a) Any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under the control of the operator of the system and used primarily in connection with the system.

            (b) Any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such control which are used primarily in connection with the system.

            (7) "State health officer" means the legally appointed or acting state health officer as defined in R.S. 40:2 and includes his duly authorized technical representative.

            Acts 1991, No. 537, §1; Acts 1997, No. 814, §1; Acts 2001, No. 862, §1; Acts 2022, No. 271, §4.