In this section:

(1)

Abandonment means filling and sealing.

(2)

Administrator means the County employee designated by the County Board of Supervisors to administer Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812, pertinent to well abandonment and drillhole abandonment in the County as authorized by the Department.

(3)

Central office means the Bureau of Drinking Water and Groundwater, located in Madison, Wisconsin, which functions as the coordinating authority for the statewide water supply program.

(4)

Community water system means designated in Wis. Admin. Code section NR 811.02(7).

(5)

County office staff means County office personnel trained to answer general well abandonment and drillhole abandonment questions.

(6)

Delegation level means Program level, as set forth in Wis. Admin. Code section NR 845.05, at which a County is authorized to administer and enforce Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812.

(7)

Department. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

(8)

Existing installations means designated in Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812.

(9)

Health hazard means a condition which constitutes:

(a)

A violation of Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812, regarding the installation, construction, operation or maintenance of a private well.

(b)

Confirmed bacteriologically-unsafe well water quality.

(c)

A threat to safety or groundwater quality.

(10)

Noncommunity water system means a public water supply system that is not a community water system. It serves at least 25 persons per day at least 60 days each year. A noncommunity water system commonly serves a transient population rather than permanent year-round residents. This is typically an individual well serving a restaurant, industry, service station, tavern, motel, campground or church.

(11)

Noncomplying well means a private water system not in compliance with all provisions of Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812.

(12)

Person means an individual, corporation, company, association, cooperative, trust, institution, partnership, state, public utility, sanitary district, municipality or federal agency.

(13)

Personal interest means having a financial interest in a property or being related by marriage or birth to a person having a financial interest in a property.

(14)

Primary drinking water standards means those maximum contaminant levels, which represent minimum public health standards, set forth in Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 809.

(15)

Private water system means the water collection, storage and treatment facilities and all structures, piping and appurtenances by which water is provided for human consumption by other than community water systems. For the purpose of this section, it includes noncommunity water systems.

(16)

Private water system ordinance means a County ordinance, approved by the Department, regulating private water systems at the County's authorized delegation level.

(17)

Private well means any drilled, driven point, dug, bored or jetted well constructed for the purpose of obtaining groundwater for potable use, including wells constructed in special well casing depth areas and noncommunity wells. It does not include springs, or private or public wells that require written plan approval from the Department.

(18)

Public water system designated in Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 811.

(19)

Reconstruction means modifying the original construction of a private well. It includes but is not limited to deepening, lining, installing or replacing a screen, undermining, hydrofracturing and blasting.

(20)

Regional office means the Department office located in Spooner, Wisconsin.

(21)

Variance means approval issued by the Department under Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812, allowing a private water system to vary from Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812, requirements, if Department approved conditions are met, and if strict compliance with Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 812, is not feasible.

(22)

Water system means water collection, storage, treatment facilities and all structure, piping and appurtenances by which water is provided.

(23)

Well means designated in Wis. Stats. ch. 162.

(24)

Well construction means procedures, methods, materials and equipment used during the construction or reconstruction of a private well.