W. Va. Code R. § 64-47-2 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Definitions

2.1. Acceptable Application. -- The completed forms, plans, specifications, fee, if required, and other data as specified by this rule or by instructions issued by the commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health.

2.2. Accessible. -- When the location of a public sewer system is adjacent to, or available by right-of-way to, a particular lot, and sewage can discharge by gravity.

2.3. Approved. -- A procedure of operation or construction that is in accordance with design standards, specifications and instructions established by the Department.

2.4. BOD. -- Biochemical oxygen demand.

2.5. Bureau. -- The Bureau for Public Health.

2.6. Chief. -- The chief of the Office of Water Resources of the department of environmental protection, or his or her designee.

2.7. Commissioner. -- The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, or his or her designee.

2.8. Department. -- The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

2.9. Design Standards. -- Application procedures, design requirements, specifications and construction standards promulgated by the Bureau for Public Health.

2.10. Effluent. -- Liquid discharge from a sewage treatment or disposal system.

2.11. Establishment. -- A building, structure or place used or intended to be used for multiple dwelling units, or for manufacturing, commercial, religious, institutional, educational or recreational purposes.

2.12. Individual Sewer System. -- A system with a daily design flow not to exceed one thousand (1,000) gallons per day with subsurface discharge or not to exceed six hundred (600) gallons per day design flow with surface discharge. A single entity owns and performs maintenance of the system.

2.13. Municipal Sewer System. -- A system or group of systems that receives sewage from more than one (1) dwelling or establishment that is operated and maintained by an incorporated municipality, public service district, or sanitary board.

2.14. Percolation Test. -- A method described in this rule for evaluating soils in a particular area for subsurface effluent disposal.

2.15. Permit. -- A written document issued by the Commissioner that gives permission to construct, install, extend, alter or operate an approved sewer system, use a method of sewage disposal, or to collect, remove, transport or dispose of sewage.

2.16. Person. -- Individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm, trust, corporation, government corporation, institution, department, division, bureau, agency, or any other entity recognized by law.

2.17. Public Sewer System. -- A sewage collection system or systems, including municipal sewer systems. with or without treatment facilities, with a daily design flow greater than 1,000 gallons per day with subsurface discharge or greater than 600 gallons per day with surface discharge, serving one or more dwellings or establishments. A single entity owns and performs maintenance on the system.

2.18. Sewage. -- Excreta or liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution including, but not limited to, waste from commodes, urinals, lavatories, bathtubs, laundry tubs, washing machines, drinking fountains, sinks, kitchen equipment, and other sanitary fixtures or facilities.

2.19. Sewer System. -- A publicly or privately owned system that receives and treats sewage and provides for the disposal of effluent and sludge that comes from it. This definition includes individual sewer systems and public sewer systems.

2.20. Sewage Tank. -- A watertight receptacle designed and constructed to receive and retain sewage solids. Sewage tanks include, but are not limited to, septic tanks, aeration type sewage treatment systems, privy vaults, holding tanks or receptacles and self-contained excreta disposal facilities.

2.21. Sewage Tank Cleaner. -- A person engaged in the collection, removal, transportation or disposal of sewage.

2.22. Standard Soil Absorption System -- A system designed to receive effluent from a septic tank and dispose of it at depths ranging from 18 to 36 inches from the original ground surface.

2.23. Subdivision. -- The result of the division of a tract of land into two or more lots, tracts, parcels, plats, sites, areas, units, interests, or other division for the purpose of dwelling or establishment development and including the division of land by deed, metes and bounds description, lease, map, plat or other instrument, or by act of construction.

2.24. Wastewater. -- Water containing human, animal or domestic waste.

2.25. Water Well. -- Any excavation or penetration in the ground, that enters or passes through an aquifer for purposes that may include, but are not limited to, a water supply, exploration for water, dewatering, or heat pump wells. This definition does not include ground water monitoring activities and all activities for the exploration, development, production, storage and recovery of coal, oil, and gas and other mineral resources regulated under W. Va. Code § 22-1-1 et seq., §22A-1-1 et seq., or §22B-1-1 et seq.

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W. Va. Code R. § 64-47-2