Legal Documents of Rutledge

The following definitions and terms shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:

1. "Auxiliary intake." Any piping connection or other device whereby water may be secured from a source other than that normally used.
2. "Bypass." Any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the water may be diverted around any part or portion of a water purification plant.
3. "Cross connection." Any physical arrangement whereby the public water system is connected, directly or indirectly, with any other water supply system, whether sewer, drain, conduit, pool, storage reservoir, plumbing fixture, or other device which contains, or may contain, contaminated water, sewage, or other waste or liquid of unknown or unsafe quality which may be capable of imparting contamination to the public water supply as a result of backflow. Bypass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or change-over devices through which, or because of which, backflow could occur are considered to be cross connections.
4. "Interconnection." Any system of piping or other arrangement whereby the public water system is connected directly with a sewer, drain, conduit, pool, storage reservoir, or other device which does or may contain sewage or other waste or liquid which would be capable of imparting contamination to the public water supply.
5. "Person." Any corporation, company, association, partnership, state, municipality, utility district, water cooperative, or federal agency.
6. "Public water system." The waterworks system which furnishes water to the City of Rutledge for general use and which is recognized as the public water system by the Tennessee Department of Health. (1996 Code, § 18-201)