S.L. 549.155 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 549. S.L. 549.100. S.L. 549.100. S.L. 549.100. S.L. 549.100. S.L. 549.100.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Environment Protection Act;

"aquifer" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Water Policy Framework Regulations;

"Authority" means the Environment and Resources Authority as established by article 6 of the Act;

"body of groundwater" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Water Policy Framework Regulations;

"direct discharge to groundwater" means the discharge of pollutants into any groundwater body without percolation in the soil or subsoil, and for the purposes of these regulations shall also include any discharge of pollutants at ground surface and, or at any point which is vertically deeper than half the distance between the ground surface and the nearest water table at that point;

"indirect discharge to groundwater" means the introduction of pollutants into any body of groundwater after percolation in the soil or subsoil, and for the purposes of these regulations shall mean any discharge of pollutants at ground surface and, or at any point which is vertically less than half the distance between the ground surface and the nearest water table at that point;

"pollutants" means any substance which may cause pollution, as indicated in the Schedule; GROUNDWATER BODIES)

"pollution" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Water Policy Framework Regulations;

"protected area" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Water Policy Framework Regulations;

"safeguard zone" means a part within a protected area which is subject to additional measures for the protection of water intended for human consumption, and shall consist of any such zone indicated a s s u c h in the water catchment management plan;

"saturated zone" means that part of an aquifer in which all interconnected openings within the geological formation are completely filled with water;

"water catchment management plan" means the plan drawn up for the Malta Water Catchment District, in accordance with the provisions of regulation 13 of the Water Policy

Framework Regulations;

"water table" means the upper limit of the saturated zone.