§ 42-101. Definitions.

The following definitions shall be applicable to all provisions of this article:

Abandoned well means any well that has been voluntarily abandoned for further use.

Auxiliary intake means any piping connection or device whereby water may be secured from a source other than that normally used.

Condemned well means any well which pollutes or contaminates or tends to pollute the water stratum.

Cross connection means any physical condition whereby a potable water system, whether public or quasi-public, is connected with another supply either inside or outside of any building in such manner that a flow into the potable supply is possible, either because of ineffective or defective check valves or back pressure valves, or for any other cause.

Deep well means a well that is constructed to a depth that penetrates the blue clay known as the Clairborne group or the 500-foot water bearing formation, also the Wilcox group known as the 1,400-foot water bearing formation.

Health department means the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department.

Health officer means the director of the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department or his designated representative.

Potable water supply means any water supply of a quality approved by the health department as being safe for human consumption.

Private or individual water supply system means a water supply system that is confined to or intended only for the persons immediately concerned, including but not limited to individual dwellings and farms.

Public water supply means any water supply whereby the users of the supply are required to pay a fee for services rendered.

Quasi-public water supply means any water supply used or made available by a person to his employees, tenants, members or guests for drinking, or in connection with any commercial or industrial use such as for cooling purposes, manufacturing processes, food preparation and handling or any other uses. The source of a quasi-public water supply may form a quasi-public or a public water supply only.

Shallow well means a well that is constructed to a depth shallower than the stratum of blue clay which is found just above the water bearing sands known as the Clairborne group. This stratum of blue clay in and adjacent to Memphis is usually intercepted at a depth of approximately 100 feet and extends to a depth of from 200 to 300 feet.

(Code 1992, § 29-51; Priv. Acts 1971, ch. 167, § 2)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction, § 1-2.