An Adequate Water Supply Determination is performed by KCPHD to determine if the water system being proposed is adequate in the ability to supply potable water and protect health and safety of the users of the water system.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011)
A cistern system is an individual water system designed to receive trucked potable water (which may be supplemented with rainwater) that is stored in a cistern or water storage tank until delivery of the water through a treatment system to the tap or other end use in a dwelling unit.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011)
The potable water to be placed in a Cistern System shall be transported from a community-Group A water system with a green or yellow operating permit from the WA State Department of Health. This potable water may also be supplemented with rainwater.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2023-005, 2023)
"Common ownership"
means any type or degree of legal or equitable property interest held by an applicant in any proximate parcel. Common ownership also includes a joint development arrangement between an applicant and any owner of a proximate parcel. A joint development arrangement is defined as involving significant voluntary joint activity and cooperation between the applicant and the owner(s) of one or more proximate parcels with respect to the development of parcels in question. Joint activity and cooperation that is customary or required by land use or other legal requirements does not itself constitute a joint development arrangement. A joint development arrangement may be evidenced by, but is not limited to, agreements for coordinated development and shared use of services or materials for permitting, design, engineering, architecture, plat or legal documents, financing, marketing, environmental review, clearing or preparing land, or construction (including road construction); covenants; agreements for common use of building materials, equipment, structures, facilities, lands, water, sewer, or other infrastructure.
(Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
A dwelling unit is defined as a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking or sanitation that use potable water. Examples of a dwelling unit include, but are not limited to: a single family home, a guest cabin with potable water, studio apartment, converted garage with potable water added, etc.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
Soil materials that have been displaced from their original location.
(Ord. 2018-009, 2018; Ord. 2011-006, 2011)
A four-hour draw down test is defined as a pump test that determines the maximum system design rate with a duration of at least four hours to establish information related to performance and efficiency of the well to demonstrate adequacy of water quantity to meet design criteria while not leading to water quality problems. A four-four draw down test submitted to KCPHD shall encompass pump flow data at least every 30 minutes throughout the entire four hour duration that includes, but is not limited to: GPM measured, static level measured, and pumping level. A four-four draw down test shall be performed by a licensed well driller or pump installer.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
A Group A public water system is defined by RCW 70.119.020 as having fifteen or more service connections, regardless of the number of people; or a system serving an average of twenty-five or more people per day for sixty or more days within a calendar year, regardless of the number of service connections; or a system serving one thousand or more people for two or more consecutive days. The Washington State Department of Health has the final authority to determine what qualifies as a Group A public water system.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
A Group B public water system is defined by RCW 70.119A.020 and the Joint Plan of Responsibility. A Group B water supply system serves fewer than 15 connections and serves fewer than twenty-five people. A water supply system serving three to nine dwelling units and other non-residential small systems serving fewer than 10 service connections and fewer than 25 people are under KCPHD approval authority.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
A water system that serves 1 or 2 single residential dwelling unit. KCPHD has the final authority to determine what qualifies as an individual water system.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018; Ord. 2023-005, 2023)
Kittitas County Public Health Department Fee Schedule, as most recently proposed by the Board of Health and then set by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
Person means a natural person, joint venture, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business trust, or organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, officer, or employee of any of them.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
The building or accompanying land of a lot, tract, or parcel.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
"Proximate"
means all parcels that have at least one of the following attributes:
Share any common boundary; or
Are separated only by roads, easements, or parcels in common ownership; or
Are within five hundred feet of each other at the nearest point.
(Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
The meaning of road for this Chapter shall include but is not limited to, any county, state or federal right of ways and any private road in accordance with Kitittas County Code 12.01.040 Definitions and 12.01.030 Abbreviations. Driveways as defined in Kittitas County Code 12.01.040 are not considered roads under this Chapter.
(Ord. 2023-005, 2023)
An individual water system that serves two residential dwelling units. KCPHD has the final authority to determine what qualifies as a shared water supply system.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018; Ord. 2023-005, 2023)
A storage unit is designed by a licensed engineer to hold water until needed for use in a dwelling unit. A storage unit can include, but is not limited to, a cistern, water storage tank and a flow equalization tank.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
The amount of water available in any year from natural flow of the Yakima River and its tributaries, from storage in various government reservoirs on the Yakima watershed and from other sources to supply the contract obligations of the United States to deliver water and to supply claimed rights to the use of water on the Yakima River, and its tributaries, heretofore recognized by the United States.
(Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
A treatment system is designed by a licensed engineer to remove contaminates from water to ensure that the water is potable prior to use.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
The water distribution system is the system that delivers water from the water source throughout the building until use in the building or at the faucet. It includes but is not limited to pipes, pumps, flow equalization tanks, cisterns or water storage tanks, water treatment systems, and appurtenances.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
A Water Quality Test is a test performed on a drinking water sample to determine if the water is considered potable by KCPHD. The following standards are adopted as passing water quality tests:
1. 
Group A water supply systems shall meet the standards in Chapter 246-290 WAC for testing, water quality standards and monitoring; and
2. 
Group B water supply systems shall meet the standards in Chapter 246-291 WAC for testing, water quality standards and monitoring; and
3. 
Individual water systems serving 1 or 2 residences on separate parcels and water haulers shall meet the standards in Chapter 246-291 WAC for water quality standards. At a minimum, a water quality test for individual water systems, shared water systems and water haulers shall include a nitrate and bacteriological test, and KCPHD may require additional tests to ensure water is potable.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018; Ord. 2023-005, 2023)
The water source is the origin of the water to be used as a potable water supply. An allowed water source is a direct connection to a Group A public water system in green or yellow status, a direct connection to an approved Group B public water system, a groundwater well that is not under the influence of surface water, or a cistern supplied from a Group A water system with optional supplemental rainwater collection. The method of constructing the water source and the use of the water source shall comply with any applicable federal, state, and local requirements. KCPHD has the final authority to determine what an allowed water source is.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)
A water system is a water source connected to a water distribution system for one or more dwelling units or commercial businesses.
(Ord. 2011-006, 2011; Ord. 2018-009, 2018)