S.D. Admin. R. 20:54:19:01 Definitions

• Library: South Dakota Administrative Rules
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through Register Vol. 50, page 78, December 27, 2023
• Citation: S.D. Admin. R. 20:54:19:01
• Year: 2023

Terms defined in SDCL 36Definition of terms36-25-1 and Chapter 2 of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2015 edition, have the same meaning when used in chapters 20:54:19 to 20:54:28, inclusive. The following terms have the meaning indicated when used in these chapters:

(1) "Administrative authority," the individual official, board, department, or agency established and authorized by a state, county, city, or other political subdivision created by law to administer and enforce the provisions of the state plumbing code as adopted or amended and the State Plumbing Commission;

(2) "Acid neutralizer," see neutralizer;

(3) "Absorption," the physical, electrostatic, surface attraction of an absorbent for molecules of a gas, liquid, dissolved or suspended substance;

(4) "Backwash filter," any filter requiring reverse flow for maintenance;

(5) "Brine," a solution of sodium chloride or salt used for regenerating water softeners;

(6) "Bypass," a connection or a valve system that allows raw water to be supplied while the water conditioner is being cleaned or serviced or the media changed;

(7) "Calcium," one of the principal elements making up the earth's crust, the compounds of which when dissolved in water make the water hard. The presence of calcium in water is a factor contributing to the formation of scale and insoluble soap curds which are means of clearly identifying hard water;

(8) "Calcium carbonate equivalent," a term used for expressing all forms of hardness and other salts in the same terms;

(9) "Capacity," expressed in total gallons of water treated, meeting the manufacturer's specifications and produced in a defined period of time;

(10) "Cartridge," removable preformed or prepackaged component containing the filter media;

(11) "Cartridge filter," a filter using a cartridge or cartridges;

(12) "Cation exchange," in water softening, principally the exchange of calcium and magnesium ions in water for sodium ions on an insoluble ion exchange material;

(13) "Color throw," the imparting of color by any part of a water softener to the effluent during any state of the operating cycle;

(13-A) "Commission," the State Plumbing Commission;

(14) "Corrosion," the attack by water on any part of a water system, causing the wasting away of metal parts;

(15) "Cubic feet," the volumetric unit used for measuring ion exchange materials, measured on an in-place, back-washed, drained, and settled condition;

(16) "Disinfection," the process of destroying harmful microorganisms, done in accordance with § 609.9 of the Uniform Plumbing Code, 2015 edition;

(17) "Distributors," devices to distribute or collect the water;

(18) "Drain line," a line used to carry backwash water, spent regenerant, and rinse water to the waste system;

(19) "Effluent," the water or solution which emerges from a water conditioner during any phase of the operating cycle;

(20) "Filter," a device installed as part of the water system through which water flows for the removal of turbidity, taste, color, or odor;

(21) "Filter area," the effective cross sectional area applicable to the surface filter media only, usually expressed in square feet;

(22) "Filter medium or filter media," see...