Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 16 > Chapter 4 > Part 3 - Enforcement

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Agriculture water: means :

  (a)	water used by a farmer, rancher, or feed lot for the production of food, fiber, or fuel;

  (b)	return flows from irrigated agriculture; and

  (c)

  agricultural storm water runoff. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Board: means the Water Quality Board created in Section 19-1-106. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Board: means the Drinking Water Board appointed under Section 19-4-103. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Commission: means the Conservation Commission, created in Section 4-18-104. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Community water system: means a public water system that serves residents year-round. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Contaminant: means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Corporation: means a nonprofit corporation or a profit corporation. See Utah Code 16-4-102 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. Director: means the director of the Division of Water Quality or, for purposes of groundwater quality at a facility licensed by and under the jurisdiction of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, the director of the Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Director: means the director of the Division of Drinking Water. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Discharge: means the addition of a pollutant to waters of the state. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Division: means the Division of Water Quality, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(e). See Utah Code 19-5-102 Division: means the Division of Drinking Water, created in Subsection 19-1-105(1)(b). See Utah Code 19-4-102 Effluent limitations: means restrictions, requirements, or prohibitions, including schedules of compliance established under this chapter, that apply to discharges. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other. Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed pursuant to Section 19-1-104. See Utah Code 19-1-103 Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator. Groundwater source: includes : (i)  a well; (ii)  a spring; (iii)  a tunnel; or (iv)  an adit. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Local health department: means a local health department as defined in 1. See Utah Code 19-1-103 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Person: means an individual, trust, firm, estate, company, corporation, partnership, association, state, state or federal agency or entity, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state. See Utah Code 19-1-103 pollutant: means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Pollution: means a man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological integrity of waters of the state, unless the alteration is necessary for the public health and safety. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Public water system: includes : (i)  a collection, treatment, storage, or distribution facility under the control of the operator and used primarily in connection with the system; and (ii)  a collection, pretreatment, or storage facility used primarily in connection with the system but not under the operator's control. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. Retail water supplier: means a person that: (a)  supplies water for human consumption and other domestic uses to an end user; and (b)  has more than 500 service connections. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims. Sewage sludge: means solid, semisolid, or liquid residue removed during the treatment of municipal wastewater or domestic sewage. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Sewerage system: means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, and other constructions, devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or conducting wastes to a point of ultimate disposal. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Share: means a share as defined in: (a)  Section 16-6a-102 for a nonprofit corporation; and (b)  Section 16-10a-102 for a profit corporation. See Utah Code 16-4-102 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Supplier: means a person who owns or operates a public water system. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Total maximum daily load: means a calculation of the maximum amount of a pollutant that a body of water can receive and still meet water quality standards. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Treatment works: means a plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, incinerator, or other works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or holding wastes. See Utah Code 19-5-102 Underground injection: means the subsurface emplacement of fluids by well injection. See Utah Code 19-5-102 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Vessel: when used with reference to shipping, includes a steamboat, canal boat, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Water company: means a corporation in which a shareholder has the right, based on the shareholder's shares, to receive a proportionate share of water delivered by the corporation. See Utah Code 16-4-102 Wholesale water supplier: means a person that provides most of that person's water to a retail water supplier. See Utah Code 19-4-102 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5