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SECTION 42-44.1-2

§ 42-44.1-2 Definitions. – The following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a differentmeaning, have the following meanings:

(1) "Affected residence" refers to a residence which has anISDS failure or a contaminated domestic water supply;

(2) "Contaminated domestic water supply" refers to theprimary source of drinking and household water for a residence which fails tomeet generally accepted drinking water standards, or which the department ofhealth has certified as undrinkable;

(3) "Domestic individual sewage disposal system" ("ISDS")refers to an existing disposal system which services an owner occupied, singlefamily residence;

(4) "Failed domestic individual disposal system" refers to anISDS system which has been determined to have failed by the land resourcessection of the department of environmental management, or a system which hasrequired pumping out more than four (4) times in a one-year period;

(5) "Multiple domestic individual sewage disposal systemfailure" refers to a number of failed ISDS systems in close proximity to oneanother.

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SECTION 42-44.1-2

§ 42-44.1-2 Definitions. – The following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a differentmeaning, have the following meanings:

(1) "Affected residence" refers to a residence which has anISDS failure or a contaminated domestic water supply;

(2) "Contaminated domestic water supply" refers to theprimary source of drinking and household water for a residence which fails tomeet generally accepted drinking water standards, or which the department ofhealth has certified as undrinkable;

(3) "Domestic individual sewage disposal system" ("ISDS")refers to an existing disposal system which services an owner occupied, singlefamily residence;

(4) "Failed domestic individual disposal system" refers to anISDS system which has been determined to have failed by the land resourcessection of the department of environmental management, or a system which hasrequired pumping out more than four (4) times in a one-year period;

(5) "Multiple domestic individual sewage disposal systemfailure" refers to a number of failed ISDS systems in close proximity to oneanother.

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SECTION 42-44.1-2

§ 42-44.1-2 Definitions. – The following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a differentmeaning, have the following meanings:

(1) "Affected residence" refers to a residence which has anISDS failure or a contaminated domestic water supply;

(2) "Contaminated domestic water supply" refers to theprimary source of drinking and household water for a residence which fails tomeet generally accepted drinking water standards, or which the department ofhealth has certified as undrinkable;

(3) "Domestic individual sewage disposal system" ("ISDS")refers to an existing disposal system which services an owner occupied, singlefamily residence;

(4) "Failed domestic individual disposal system" refers to anISDS system which has been determined to have failed by the land resourcessection of the department of environmental management, or a system which hasrequired pumping out more than four (4) times in a one-year period;

(5) "Multiple domestic individual sewage disposal systemfailure" refers to a number of failed ISDS systems in close proximity to oneanother.