§ 8090 Short title
§ 8091 Purpose
§ 8092 Definitions
§ 8093 Maximum contaminant level
§ 8094 Statewide survey

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 80 > Subchapter V - Drinking Water Protection Act

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8092
  • Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8092
  • Government: includes the state and federal governments, and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of either of them. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 4301
  • housing authority: means a corporate body organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 4301
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Maximum contaminant level: means the legal threshold limit on the amount of a substance that is allowed in public water systems. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8092
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • PFAS: includes PFOA and PFOS. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8092
  • PFOA: means perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8092
  • PFOS: means perfluorooctanesulfonic acid or perfluorooctane sulfonate and its salts. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8092
  • project: means any work or undertaking:

    a. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 4301

  • real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302