form of the term may be singular or plural. OWTS do not include “graywater” systems pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 17922.12. means a method of testing water absorption of the soil. “Percolation test” The test is conducted with clean water and test results can be used to establish the dispersal system design. means a document issued by a local agency that allows the “Permit” installation and use of an OWTS, or waste discharge requirements or a waiver of waste discharge requirements that authorizes discharges from an OWTS. means any individual, firm, association, organization, “Person” partnership, business trust, corporation, company, State agency or department, or unit of local government who is, or that is, subject to the OWTS Policy. (a.k.a. outhouse, pit-toilet) means self-contained waterless “Pit-privy” toilet used for disposal of non-water carried human waste; consists of a shelter built above a pit in the ground into which human waste falls. means the OWTS Policy for Siting, Design, Operation and “Policy” Management of OWTS. means any substance that alters water quality of the waters of “Pollutant” the State to a degree that it may potentially affect the beneficial uses of water, as listed in a Basin Plan. means wastewater flows into the OWTS determined in “Projected flows” accordance with any of the applicable methods for determining average daily flow in the USEPA Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Manual, 2002, or for Tier 2 in accordance with an approved Local Agency Management Program. Water is a water system regulated by the State Water “Public System” Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water or a Local Primacy Agency pursuant to Chapter 12, Part 4, California Safe Drinking Water Act, Section 116275 (h) of the California Health and Safety Code.
form of the term may be singular or plural. OWTS do not include “graywater” systems pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 17922.12. “Percolation test” means a method of testing water absorption of the soil. The test is conducted with clean water and test results can be used to establish the dispersal system design. “Permit” means a document issued by a local agency that allows the installation and use of an OWTS, or waste discharge requirements or a waiver of waste discharge requirements that authorizes discharges from an OWTS. “Person” means any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, State agency or department, or unit of local government who is, or that is, subject to the OWTS Policy. “Pit-privy” (a.k.a. outhouse, pit-toilet) means self-contained waterless toilet used for disposal of non-water carried human waste; consists of a shelter built above a pit in the ground into which human waste falls. “Policy” means the OWTS Policy for Siting, Design, Operation and Management of OWTS. “Pollutant” means any substance that alters water quality of the waters of the State to a degree that it may potentially affect the beneficial uses of water, as listed in a Basin Plan. “Projected flows” means wastewater flows into the OWTS determined in accordance with any of the applicable methods for determining average daily flow in the USEPA Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Manual, 2002, or for Tier 2 in accordance with an approved Local Agency Management Program. “Public Water System” is a water system regulated by the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water or a Local Primacy Agency pursuant to Chapter 12, Part 4, California Safe Drinking Water Act, Section 116275 (h) of the California Health and Safety Code.