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changes or to pumping. A vent can also serve as an access port. 56. "Water supply well"means any well intended or usable to withdraw water from the ground for domestic or non-domestic use. 57. "Water supply system" means pump and pipe used in connection with or pertaining Comment[vHzz]:NEW STATE DEFINITION/ to the operation of a private drinking water well including pumps, distribution service ocHD EXISTING REVISED piping, pressure tanks and fittings, and water treatment devices. 58. "Well" means any excavation that is cored, bored,drilled,jetted, dug or otherwise constructed for the purpose of locating, testing, or withdrawing groundwater or for evaluating,testing, developing, draining or recharging any groundwater reservoirs or aquifer, or that may control, divert, or otherwise cause the movement of water from or into any aquifer. 59. "Well capacity"shall mean the maximum quantity of water that a well will yield continuously as determined by methods outlined in Section II (0)of these Rules. 60. "Well contractor"means any person in trade or business who undertakes to perform a well contractor activity or who undertakes to personally supervise or personally manage the performance of a well contractor activity on the person's own behalf or for any person,firm,or corporation in accordance with the well contractor certification requirements of 15A NCAC 27. 61. "Nell contractor activity" has the same meaning as in G.S. 87-98.2(6)including the comment[VH23]:NEW STATE DEFINITION construction, installation, repair,alteration or abandonment of any well. 62. "Well head" means the upper terminal of the well including adapters, ports,valves, seals, and other attachments. 63. "Nell seal"means the term as defined in G.S. 87-85 and includes an approved comment[VH24]:New STATE DEFINITION/ arrangement or device used to cap a well or to establish and maintain a junction ocHD EXISTING REVISED between the casing or curbing of a well and the piping or equipment installed therein, the purpose or function of which is to prevent pollutants from entering the well at the upper terminal. 64. "Well system"means two or more wells connected to the same distribution or collection system or, if not connected to a distribution or collection system,two or more wells serving the same site. 65. "Yield" means the volume of water expressed in gallons per minute or other unit of time that can be produced by a well under a given set of conditions. History Note: Substitute for NCAC 02C.0302 Eff. July 1, 2008;amended eff. October 23, 2009;March 25, 2020 11