§ 16-1-301 — Definitions

(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Account" means the state drinking water
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;
(xx) "Corrective action account" means as defined by
W.S. 35-11-1415(a)(ii).