(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) âCommunity water systemâ means a public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by yearlong residents or regularly serves at least 25 yearlong residents within the area served by the public water system. (2) âDisadvantaged communityâ means a community with an annual median household income that is less than 80 percent of the statewide annual median household income. (3) âInadequate onsite sewage treatment systemâ has the same meaning as defined in Section 13288 of the Water Code. (4) âNontransient noncommunity water systemâ means a public water system that is not a community water system and that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons more than six months per year. (5) âOnsite sewage treatment systemâ has the same meaning as defined in Section 13290 of the Water Code. (6) (A) âProjectâ means either of the following: (i) A project that consists solely of the installation, repair, or reconstruction of one or more of the following: (I) Drinking water groundwater wells with a maximum flow rate of up to 250 gallons per minute. (II) Drinking water treatment facilities with a footprint of less than 2,500 square feet that are not located in an environmentally sensitive area. (III) Drinking water storage tanks with a capacity of up to 250,000 gallons. (IV) Booster pumps and hydropneumatic tanks. (V) Pipelines of less than three miles in length in a road right-of-way or up to seven miles in length in a road right-of-way when the project is required to address threatened or current drinking water violations. (VI) Water service lines. (VII) Minor drinking water system appurtenances, including, but not limited to, system and service meters, fire hydrants, water quality sampling stations, valves, air releases and vacuum break valves, emergency generators, backflow prevention devices, and appurtenance enclosures. (ii) A project to provide sewer service to a disadvantaged community served by one or more inadequate sewage treatment systems. (B) âProjectâ does not include either of the following categories of projects: (i) Facilities that are constructed primarily to serve irrigation or future growth. (ii) Facilities that are used to dam, divert, or convey surface water. (7) âProject labor agreementâ has the same meaning as in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code. (8) âPublic water systemâ means a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that has 15 or more service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year, and shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: (A) Any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under the control of, and used primarily in connection with, the public water system. (B) Any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under the control of the operator of the public water system, but that are used primarily in connection with the public water system. (C) Any system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that treats water on behalf of one or more public water systems for the purpose of rendering it safe for human consumption. (9) âSkilled and trained workforceâ has the same meaning as provided in Chapter 2.9 (commencing with Section 2600) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. (10) âSmall community water systemâ means a community water system that serves no more than 3,300 service connections or a yearlong population of no more than 10,000 persons. (11) âSmall disadvantaged community water systemâ means either a small community water system that serves one or more disadvantaged communities or a nontransient noncommunity water system that primarily serves one or more schools that serve one or more disadvantaged commun
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