16-1-301. Definitions.

(a) As used in this article:

(i) "Account" means the state drinking revolving loan account created by W.S. 16-1-302;

(ii) "Administrative account" means the account which may receive up to four percent (4%) of the federal capitalization funds, loan administration and loan application fees which are used to reimburse costs incurred by state agencies in the administration of the program, including but not limited to costs of servicing loans and issuing debt, program start-up costs, financial, management, and legal consulting fees, and costs for support services by state agencies;

(iii) "Board" means the state loan and investment board to include the office of state lands and investments;

(iv) "Capitalization grant" means the federal grant made to Wyoming by the federal environmental protection agency for the purpose of establishing and funding a state drinking water revolving loan account;

(v) "Capacity development" means that a community water system or nontransient noncommunity water system can adequately demonstrate that it has technical, managerial and financial capabilities to ensure current and future operations of the water system in accordance with all drinking water regulations in effect;

(vi) "Commission" means the Wyoming water development commission and includes the water development office;

(vii) "Community water system" means a public water supply which has at least fifteen (15) service connections used year-round by residents, or that regularly provides water to at least twenty-five (25) residents year-round, including, but not limited to, municipalities and water districts;

(viii) "Department" means the department of environmental quality;

(ix) "Noncommunity water system" means a public water supply which is not a community water system, including, but not limited to, public schools, state park recreational areas and state highway public rest areas;

(x) "Nontransient noncommunity water system" means a public water supply which is not a community system and which regularly provides service to at least twenty-five (25) of the same persons for more than six (6) months of the year who are not full-time residents, including, but not limited to, factories, industrial facilities and office buildings;

(xi) "Office of state lands and investments (OSLI)" means the office which provides administrative and operational management of programs of the state loan and investment board;

(xii) "Operator" means the person who is directly responsible and in charge of the operation of a water treatment plant or water distribution system;

(xiii) "Private" means that pertaining to an individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity which is not a political subdivision of the state, county or local government;

(xiv) "Program" means the drinking water state revolving fund program pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. § 300j-12);

(xv) "Publicly owned water system" means a water system which is owned, operated, managed and maintained by an entity of the state, county, city, township, town, school district, water district, improvement district, joint powers board or any other entity constituting a political subdivision under the laws of this state which provides water for use and consumption of the general public through pipes and other constructed conveyances, and which is not owned, operated, managed or maintained by a private individual, association or corporation;

(xvi) "Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)" means the federal Safe Drinking Water Act including the 1996 amendments (Public Law 104-182, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.);

(xvii) "Source water assessment" means the delineation of the boundaries of an area from which one (1) or more public water supplies receive drinking water, identifying the existence of actual and potential contaminants which may present a threat to public health within the delineated area to determine the susceptibility of the public water supply in the delineated area to such contaminants;

(xviii) "Water supply system" means a system from the water source to the consumer premises consisting of pipes, structures and facilities through which water is obtained, treated, stored, distributed or otherwise offered to the public for household use or use by humans and which is part of a community water system or a noncommunity water system;

(xix) "Wyoming water development office (WWDO)" means the office which provides administrative and operational management of the programs administered by the Wyoming water development commission.