§ 8-16. Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall mean as follows:

Health hazards: Any conditions, devices or practices in a water supply system or its operation which create a possible danger to the health and well being of the water consumer. An example of a health hazard is a structural defect in the water supply system, whether of location, design, or construction, which may regularly or occasionally prevent satisfactory purification of the water supply or cause it to be polluted from extraneous sources.

Individual water supply: A well or other source of water, and pump and piping if any, located on the premises served for supplying only a single home of a family.

Operation of a water supply: The use of a water supply by any person for drinking, culinary or domestic purposes by consent of the owner.

Potable water: Water satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes meeting the quality standards of the Division of Health, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.

Public water supply system: A system serving more than twenty-five (25) persons or otherwise making water available to public groupings or the public in general; including works and auxiliaries for collection, treatment, storage and distribution of water from a source or sources of supply to the free-flowing outlet of the ultimate consumer.

(Ord. No. 74-18, § 4)