Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-6-101
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Definitions
Official statutory text
For purposes of this article:
1. "Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR)" means delivery of water
into an aquifer for later recovery and use;
2. "Disposal system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping
stations and force mains and all other devices, construction,
appurtenances and facilities used for collecting, conducting or
disposing of wastewater, including treatment systems;
3. "Drainage basin" means all of the water collection area
adjacent to the highest water line of a reservoir which may be
considered by the Department to be necessary to protect adequately
the waters of the reservoir. The area may extend upstream on any
watercourse to any point within six hundred (600) feet of the
highest water line of the reservoir;
4. "Indirect discharge" means the introduction of pollutants to
a publicly owned treatment works from a nondomestic source;
5. "Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator
residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes,
biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or
discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial,
municipal, and agribusiness waste discharged into waters of the
state;
6. "Public water supply" means water supplied to the public for
domestic or drinking purposes;
7. "Reservoir" means any reservoir, whether completed or in the
process of construction, whether or not used as a water supply, and
whether or not constructed by any recipient of water therefrom;
8. "Sludge" means nonhazardous solid, semi-solid, or liquid
residue generated by the treatment of domestic sewage or wastewater
by a treatment works, or water by a water supply system, or manure,
or such residue, treated or untreated, which results from
industrial, nonindustrial, commercial, or agribusiness activities or
industrial or manufacturing processes and which is within the
jurisdiction of the Department;
9. "Small public sewage system" means a nonindustrial
wastewater treatment system which has an average flow of five
thousand (5,000) gallons per day or less;
10. "Treatment works" means any facility used for the purpose
of treating or stabilizing wastes or wastewater. "Treatment works"
shall be synonymous with "wastewater works"; and
11. "Water supply system" means a water treatment plant, water
wells, and all related pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and
mains and all other appurtenances and devices used for distributing
drinking water to the public and, as such, shall be synonymous with
waterworks.
1. "Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR)" means delivery of water
into an aquifer for later recovery and use;
2. "Disposal system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping
stations and force mains and all other devices, construction,
appurtenances and facilities used for collecting, conducting or
disposing of wastewater, including treatment systems;
3. "Drainage basin" means all of the water collection area
adjacent to the highest water line of a reservoir which may be
considered by the Department to be necessary to protect adequately
the waters of the reservoir. The area may extend upstream on any
watercourse to any point within six hundred (600) feet of the
highest water line of the reservoir;
4. "Indirect discharge" means the introduction of pollutants to
a publicly owned treatment works from a nondomestic source;
5. "Pollutant" means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator
residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes,
biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or
discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial,
municipal, and agribusiness waste discharged into waters of the
state;
6. "Public water supply" means water supplied to the public for
domestic or drinking purposes;
7. "Reservoir" means any reservoir, whether completed or in the
process of construction, whether or not used as a water supply, and
whether or not constructed by any recipient of water therefrom;
8. "Sludge" means nonhazardous solid, semi-solid, or liquid
residue generated by the treatment of domestic sewage or wastewater
by a treatment works, or water by a water supply system, or manure,
or such residue, treated or untreated, which results from
industrial, nonindustrial, commercial, or agribusiness activities or
industrial or manufacturing processes and which is within the
jurisdiction of the Department;
9. "Small public sewage system" means a nonindustrial
wastewater treatment system which has an average flow of five
thousand (5,000) gallons per day or less;
10. "Treatment works" means any facility used for the purpose
of treating or stabilizing wastes or wastewater. "Treatment works"
shall be synonymous with "wastewater works"; and
11. "Water supply system" means a water treatment plant, water
wells, and all related pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and
mains and all other appurtenances and devices used for distributing
drinking water to the public and, as such, shall be synonymous with
waterworks.
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