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purpose of withdrawing groundwater for use in irrigating plants,or providing water for livestock, agricultural, residential,open loop geothermal,or other commercial purposes that do not include water used for domestic purposes. 35. "Non-potable water" means water containing pathogens,organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals, or contamination of such quantity or type as to render the water unsafe, harmful, or generally unsuitable for human consumption or domestic use. 36. "Owner' means any person who holds the fee or other property rights in the well being constructed. A well is real property and its construction on land rests ownership in the land owner in the absence of contrary agreement in writing. 37. "Permit' means a permit issued by the OCHD authorizing or allowing the construction or repair of any well as defined in these Rules. 38. "Person" means the term as defined in G.S. 87-85 including all persons, Including Comment[VH16]:NEW STATE DEFINITION/ individuals,firms, partnerships,associations, public or private institutions, OCHD EXISTING REVISED municipalities or political subdivisions, governmental agencies,or private or public corporations organized or existing under the laws of this State, or any other state, or the country. 39. "Plat' means a property survey prepared by a registered land surveyor,drawn to a Comment[VH17]:NEW STATE DEFINITION/ scale of one inch equals no more than 60 feet, that includes:the specific location of OCHD EXISTING REVISED all structures and proposed structures and appurtenances, including decks, porches, pools, driveways, out buildings,existing and proposed wastewater systems, existing and proposed wells,springs,water lines, surface waters or designated wetlands, easements, including utility easements, and existing or proposed chemical or petroleum storage tanks above or below ground. "Plat'also means,for subdivision lots approved by the local planning authority and recorded with the county register of deeds, a copy of the recorded subdivisions plat that is accompanied by a site plan that is drawn to scale. 40. "Potable water' means water that meets water quality standards for biological, bacteriological, inorganic and organic chemical parameters as established by the Environmental Epidemiology Branch of the NC Department of Public Health. 41. "Private drinking water well' means any excavation that is cored, bored, drilled, jetted,dug, or otherwise constructed to obtain groundwater for human consumption and that serves or is proposed to serve 14 or fewer service connections or that serves or is proposed to serve 24 or fewer individuals. The term"private drinking water well' includes a well that supplies drinking water to a transient non-community water system as defined in 40 Code of Federal regulations GS 141.2 (July 1, 2003 edition). 42. "Public water system" means a water system as defined in G.S. 130A-313 (North Carolina Drinking Water Act) 43. "Pumps"and "pumping equipment'(means the terms as defined in G.S. 87-85 Comment[VH18]:NEW STATE DEFINITION/ including any equipment or materials utilized or intended for use in withdrawing or OCHD EXISTING REVISED obtaining ground-water including well seals. 9