§ 40:5.8 — Definitions

Louisiana § 40:5.8

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§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.

Legislative History

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