§ 6.2-73. Definitions.

Water resource district is a mapped area, which imposes a set of requirements and/or specific development standards or use restrictions.

Aquifer means any stratum or zone of rock beneath the surface of the earth capable of containing or producing water from a well.

Drastic means the standardized system for evaluating groundwater pollution potential using the hydrogeologic settings (parameters) described in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency document EPA-600-2-87-035. (Note: the DRASTIC methodology is the most widely used technique for evaluating pollution susceptibility.)

Pollution susceptibility means the relative vulnerability of an aquifer to being polluted from spills, discharges, leaks, impoundments, applications of chemicals, injections and other human activities in the recharge area.

Pollution susceptibility map means the relative vulnerability to pollution prepared by the Department of Natural Resources, using the DRASTIC methodology. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources Hydrologic Atlas 20: Groundwater Pollution Susceptibility Map of Georgia.)

Recharge area means any portion of the earth's surface where water infiltrates into the ground to replenish an aquifer.

Significant recharge areas means those areas mapped by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources in Hydrologic Atlas 18 (1989 edition).

Wetlands means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. The ecological parameters for designating wetlands include hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation, and hydrological conditions that involve a temporary or permanent source of water to cause soil saturation.

Generalized wetlands means the data sets contained on the current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory maps, which are utilized to develop the water resource protection districts overlay map for the City of Lake Park, Georgia.

Jurisdictional wetland means an area that meets the definitional requirements for wetlands as determined by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Jurisdictional wetland determination means a delineation of jurisdictional wetlands boundaries by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as required by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Subscript 1344, as amended.

Regulated activity means any activity, which will, or which may reasonably be expected to, result in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. excepting those activities exempted in Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act.

(Ord. No. 82, Exh. A, 7-6-04)