Critical aquifer recharge areas definition

Critical aquifer recharge areas means areas with a critical recharge effect on aquifers used for potable water, including sole source aquifer recharge areas designated pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, areas where an aquifer is a source of drinking water vulnerable to contamination that would affect the potability of the water, or is susceptible to reduced recharge (WAC 265-190-303(3)).

Critical aquifer recharge areas means those land areas which contain hydrogeologic conditions which facilitate aquifer recharge and/or transmitting contaminants to an underlying aquifer.

Critical aquifer recharge areas means areas that have been identified as sole source aquifers, areas that have a high susceptibility to groundwater contamination, or areas that have been approved pursuant to Chapter 246-290 WAC as wellhead protection areas for municipal or district drinking water systems. Areas with high susceptibility to groundwater contamination occur where aquifers are used for drinking water and there is a combination of permeable soils, permeable subsurface geology, and groundwater close to the ground surface. (Ord. 20-07 § 62; Ord. 41-02 § 2 (20.70.010). Formerly 14.45.010)

Examples of Critical aquifer recharge areas in a sentence

• Critical aquifer recharge areas (CARAs) are those areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water as defined by WAC 365-190-030(2).

• Critical aquifer recharge areas are areas of special concern and are subject to the Mason County Health Codes.

• Critical aquifer recharge areas are those areas which are determined to have an important recharging effect on aquifers used as a source for potable water and vulnerable to contamination from recharge.

• Critical aquifer recharge areas are classified as either Class I (Extremely Susceptible), Class II (Highly Susceptible), Class III (Moderately Susceptible), or Class IV (Low Susceptibility), as described below.

• Critical aquifer recharge areas also include known wellhead protection areas for Class A water systems.

More Definitions of Critical aquifer recharge areas

Critical aquifer recharge areas means areas where an aquifer that is a source of drinking water is both highly susceptible and vulnerable to contamination. High significance/high susceptibility recharge areas – generally uplands and sloping areas underlain predominantly by sand and gravel, and valley floors underlain by relatively coarse alluvium – are considered to be critical recharge areas unless site-specific information demonstrates little or no contaminant loading potential.

Critical aquifer recharge areas means those areas of Thurston County which have a significant aquifer under them and which allow water to enter the soil and geological materials in ways and in quantities that replenish natural ground water systems and aquifers.

Critical aquifer recharge areas means areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water, including areas where an aquifer that is a source of drinking water is vulnerable to contamination that would affect the potability of the water, or is susceptible to reduced recharge.

Critical aquifer recharge areas. (CARA) means those areas with a critical recharging effect on aquifers used for potable water as defined by WAC 365-190-030(2). CARA include:

Critical aquifer recharge areas means areas designated by WAC 365-190-080(2) that are determined

Critical aquifer recharge areas means areas where an aquifer that is a source of drinking water is both highly susceptible and vulnerable to contamination. High significance/high susceptibility recharge areas

Critical aquifer recharge areas means areas with a critical recharge effect on aquifers used for potable water, including sole source aquifer recharge areas designated pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.