For the purpose of this section the definitions contained in section 7.1.6(10) are hereby incorporated by reference.

(1)

Animal confinement facilities means locations of confinement of livestock at a density exceeding three animal units per acre and more than 500 animal units in total.

(2)

Animal units means a unit of measure used to determine the total number of single animal types or combination of animal types, as specified in Wis. Admin. Code NR 243.11, that are at an animal feeding operation.

(3)

Aquifer means a saturated, permeable geologic formation that contains and will yield significant quantities of water.

(4)

Cone of depression means the area around a municipal well, in which the water level has been lowered at least one tenth of a foot by pumping the well.

(5)

Farm plan means a written document which details the conduct and management of agricultural activities on a farm utilizing best management practices and applicable Federal, State, and local standards based on the potential contamination of groundwater. A farm plan must be approved by the Land and Water Conservation section of the Planning and Zoning Department.

(6)

Hazardous chemical means chemicals identified as hazardous by CFR 40 Part 302.

(7)

POWTS means private On-Site Wastewater Treatment System or POWTS, has the meaning given under Wis. Stats. § 145.01(12).

(8)

Recharge area means area in which water reaches the zone of saturation by surface infiltration and encompasses all areas or features that supply groundwater recharge to a well.

(9)

Ten-year time of travel (TOT) means the Ten-Year TOT is the recharge area upgradient of the cone of depression, the outer boundary of which it is determined or estimated that groundwater will take ten years to reach a pumping well.

(10)

Toxic means when ingested or absorbed, is harmful or fatal to living organisms.

(11)

Twenty-year time of travel (TOT) means the Twenty-Year TOT is the recharge area upgradient of the cone of depression, the outer boundary of which his determined or estimated that groundwater will take 20 years to reach a pumping well.

(12)

Wellfield means a piece of land used primarily for the purpose of locating wells to supply a municipal water system.