(a) "Community Water System" or "System," as
used herein, shall mean a system which supplies to the public piped water for
human consumption, if such system has at least fifteen and no more than two
hundred fifty service connections or regularly serves an average of twenty-five
to one thousand persons daily at least sixty days out of the year, when such
water is supplied as part of a lease or contract. A community water system
includes but is not limited to, (1) any collection, treatment, storage, and
distribution facilities under control of an operator of such system and used
primarily in connection with such system, and (2) any collection or
pre-treatment storage facilities not under such control which are used
primarily in connection with such system. Community water systems may include,
but are not limited to service to: residential sub-divisions, cluster-housing
projects, homeowners associations, municipalities, tax districts, duplexes,
townhouses, apartment buildings or complexes, residential and office
condominium developments, elderly housing projects, convalescent homes, trailer
or mobile home parks, industrial parks, shopping centers or malls, large
manufacturing buildings and other commercial enterprises.
(b) "Feasible Interconnections," as used
herein, shall mean that the extension of an existing utility's water mains is
considered feasible to serve a proposed project with at least fifteen service
connections or twenty-five persons if the developer's investment for such
extension, including service connections and appurtenances, is less than $5,000
(construction costs only) per dwelling or office unit and if there is
sufficient supply and storage facilities to accommodate the anticipated demand
available from the existing utility. If there is insufficient supply and
storage available from the existing utility, the cost of developing such
facilities may be included in the water main extension proposal, as additional
items.
(c) "Duplication of Water
Facilities" as used herein, shall mean that plant and equipment of a community
water system which the Department of Public Utility Control determines is
substantially repetitive to the plant and equipment of another water purveyor
or community water system within one linear mile of the proposed project, as
measured along public or private roadways. Geological factors such as elevation
differences, slope of the land and depth to bedrock will be considered in
determining duplication of facilities.
(d) "Expansion," as used herein, shall mean
the following:
(1) a five percent increase in
the number of service connections to be served by a community water system,
above the number allowed under an existing certificate or permit issued by the
Department of Public Utility Control and the Department of Health Services, or
(2) a five percent increase in the
number of service connections to be served by a community water system above
the number served as of the effective date of these regulations.
(e) "Phase I-A, Phase I-B and
Phase II," as used herein, shall mean the three parts of the application and
review procedure for the construction or expansion of any community water
system.
Phase I-A grants the developer approval of his well sites and
permission to obtain the well drilling permits from the appropriate town to
proceed with groundwater exploration and development of such wells. The
issuance of this approval means that the Department of Public Utility Control
and the Department of Health Services have determined that a main extension to
an existing system is not feasible (for new water systems only) and that there
will be no duplication of service of other existing water utilities in the area
when the project is finished. Phase I-B evaluates the well yield and water
quality data so that proper pump sizing, storage and appurtenant equipment and
any required treatment processes can be incorporated into the design of the
water system. This approval permits the developer to obtain building permits
from the town to clear the site, lay out the roads, construct the drainage
facilities and dig or pour the foundations of the buildings themselves. Phase
II Approval, the final Certificate, permits the developer to go forward with
the remainder of the project, i.e. installing the water distribution system and
waterworks (storage tanks, transfer pumps, meters, etc.) and the septic or
sewer systems (assuming appropriate approvals have already been obtained from
the Department of Health Services or local Directors of Health or Department of
Environmental Protection) for the septic or sewer systems and the diversion of
water.
(f) "Service
Connection," as used herein, means the service pipe from the main to the curb
stop, at or adjacent to the street line or the customer's property
line.
(g) "Customer," as used
herein, means any person, firm, corporation, company, association, governmental
unit, lessee who by the terms of a written lease is responsible for the water
bill, or owner of property furnished water service by a water
company.
(h) "Existing System," as
used herein, shall mean a regulated public service or municipal utility or
regional water authority having an operating water system within one linear
mile of the proposed project as measured along public and private
roadways.
(i) "Satellite system" as
used herein, shall mean a non-connected community water system of an existing
system.
(j) "Regulated Public
Service Utility," as used herein, shall mean a water company, as defined in
Section
16-1 of
the General Statutes of Connecticut, that is under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Public Utility Control.
