{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-8-10-403","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 8-10-403","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Petroleum\" means crude oil, gasoline, or any other nonvaporous petroleum product carried in a pipeline that crosses into the watershed of a public surface water supply; (2) (A) \"Public surface water supply\" means a body of water, including without limitation a river, lake, reservoir, or other impoundment and the watershed that drains into the river, lake, reservoir, or other impoundment that is owned, leased, or otherwise used by a public water provider. (B) \"Public surface water supply\" does not include water contained in an aquifer or aboveground water storage tank; (3) (A) \"Public water provider\" means an entity that provides water for domestic, business, or industrial purposes. (B) \"Public water provider\" includes without limitation a consolidated waterworks system created under the Consolidated Waterworks Authorization Act, § 25-20-301 et seq., city government, county government, regional water district, and nonprofit organization; and (4) \"Watercourse\" means a river, stream, bayou, cove, or canal. Added by Act 2013, No. 1484,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Petroleum\" means crude oil, gasoline, or any other nonvaporous petroleum product carried in a pipeline that crosses into the watershed of a public surface water supply;\n\n(2) (A) \"Public surface water supply\" means a body of water, including without limitation a river, lake, reservoir, or other impoundment and the watershed that drains into the river, lake, reservoir, or other impoundment that is owned, leased, or otherwise used by a public water provider. (B) \"Public surface water supply\" does not include water contained in an aquifer or aboveground water storage tank;\n\n(A) \"Public surface water supply\" means a body of water, including without limitation a river, lake, reservoir, or other impoundment and the watershed that drains into the river, lake, reservoir, or other impoundment that is owned, leased, or otherwise used by a public water provider.\n\n(B) \"Public surface water supply\" does not include water contained in an aquifer or aboveground water storage tank;\n\n(3) (A) \"Public water provider\" means an entity that provides water for domestic, business, or industrial purposes. (B) \"Public water provider\" includes without limitation a consolidated waterworks system created under the Consolidated Waterworks Authorization Act, § 25-20-301 et seq., city government, county government, regional water district, and nonprofit organization; and\n\n(A) \"Public water provider\" means an entity that provides water for domestic, business, or industrial purposes.\n\n(B) \"Public water provider\" includes without limitation a consolidated waterworks system created under the Consolidated Waterworks Authorization Act, § 25-20-301 et seq., city government, county government, regional water district, and nonprofit organization; and\n\n(4) \"Watercourse\" means a river, stream, bayou, cove, or canal.","path":["AR Code","Title 8","Chapter 10","Subchapter 4"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"85943983ea3ac69376430635f77f8316e31f675c2d50a5074f207124dc6d7a34","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-8-10-402","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-8-10-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}