Section 12-5-201. Definitions  


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  •    As used in this part, the term:

       (1) "Authority" means the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority created by Code Section 50-23-3.

       (2) "District" means the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District created by Code Section 12-5-572.

       (3) "Emergency plan" means the written emergency water supply plan developed as provided in Code Section 12-5-202.

       (4) "Essential water needs" means the minimum amount of water needed for residential and commercial means for food processing, drinking, toilet flushing, fire fighting, hospital use, and critical asset use and a portion of the system's unaccounted for water.

       (5) "Qualified system" means any public water system owned and operated by a city, county, or water authority in the district.
Code 1981, § 12-5-201, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 204, § 2/SB 380.