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Interpretation

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In this Law —
"Authority" means the Water Authority established under section 3 of the Water Authority Law (2018 Revision);
"concession" means any instrument by which the Cabinet grants a right or privilege under this Law enabling a person to produce or supply water, or both, under this Law;
"concessionaire" means a person to whom a concession has been granted under this Law;
"domestic use" means the use of water for washing, drinking, flushing closets, private gardening and the other usual household purposes, on any premises which are used solely for private residential purposes;
"licence" means a licence issued by the Office containing the terms and conditions upon which a concession shall be exercised;
"non-potable water" means water which may or may not be potable water but can be beneficially used, and does not include process water, wastewater or trade effluent;
"Office" means the Utility Regulation and Competition Office established under section 4 of the Utility Regulation and Competition Law (2018 Revision);
"potable water" means water which is intended for consumption by humans, that is, water which has no impurities present in amounts sufficient to cause disease or harmful physiological effects, and the bacteriological and chemical and aesthetic quality parameters of which comply with values established under section 4 of the Public Health Law (2002 Revision) or, if none have been established, standards established by the Water Authority;
"process water" means water used in an industrial process, such as water used for rinsing, cooling, chemical reactions, and gas scrubbing, and which may require specific treatment to produce the quality of water needed for the process but does not include water that will be used in the actual product manufactured;
"produce" means to take water from any reservoir, pond, well, cistern or other place and includes the recovery or processing of water by distillation, purification, desalination or any other method with the intention of enhancing its quality so that it will meet the water quality criteria for its fitness for the intended use;
"trade effluent" means any liquid either with or without particles or matter in suspension therein, which is wholly or in part produced in the course of any trade or industry carried on at trade premises and includes waste in a liquid, solid or gaseous state from those premises and may or may not include wastewater;
"wastewater" means any waste substance, liquid or solid, associated with human habitation, or which contains or may be contaminated with human or animal excrement or offal;
"water" means potable water and non-potable water;
"water system" means the operative method whereby the production and supply of water is effected; and
"works" includes wells, desalination plants, pipes, tanks, ponds, reservoirs, pumping stations, valves, hydrants, buildings, machinery, metering devices and other apparatus used in a water system.

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