{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-2202.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 34-2202.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Authority” means the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority established pursuant to § 34-2202.02(a).\n\n(1A)\n“Contaminant” means a physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.\n\n(2)\n“Cost” means any and all reasonable expenses related to the purposes or activities of the Authority including expenses for operation and maintenance activities; expenses for preconstruction and construction, acquisition, alteration, improvement, enlargement of furnishing, fixturing and equipping, reconstruction and rehabilitation of the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems of the District, including without limitation, the purchase or lease expense for all lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, roads, franchises, easements, and interest acquired or used for, or in connection with the Authority; the expenses of demolishing or removing buildings or structures on land acquired by the Authority, including the expenses incurred for acquiring any lands to which the buildings may be moved or located; the expenses incurred for all utility lines, structures or equipment charges, and interest on financial obligations incurred for a period as the Authority may reasonably determine to be necessary for the effective functioning of the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems; provisions for reserves for principal and interest for extensions, operating and contingency reserves, enlargements, additions, and improvements; expenses incurred for architectural engineering, energy efficiency technology, design and consulting, financial and legal services, letters of credit, bond insurance, debt service or debt service reserve insurance, surety bonds or similar credit enhancement instruments, plans, specification studies, surveys, and estimates of expenses and of revenues; expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility of improvements to the water distribution and sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems, the financing of such improvements, including a proper allowance for contingencies, and the provision of reasonable initial working capital for operating the improved systems and expenses for obtaining potable water for distribution.\n\n(3)\n“Dedicated revenues” means revenues collected pursuant to water and sewer rates, fees, and charges imposed by the Authority.\n\n(3A)\n“Endocrine disruptor compounds” means chemicals that can affect the hormones in the endocrine system of humans or wildlife and cause adverse physiologic effects, such as changes to the reproductive system or to the growth and development of the biological system.\n\n(4)\n“Joint-use sewerage facilities” means the following:\n(A)\nLittle Falls Trunk Sewer;\n(B)\nUpper Potomac Interceptor Sewer;\n(C)\nUpper Potomac Interceptor Relief Sewer;\n(D)\nRock Creek Main Interceptor Sewer;\n(E)\nRock Creek Main Interceptor Relief Sewer;\n(F)\nPotomac River Interceptor Sewer;\n(G)\nPotomac River Sewage Pumping Station;\n(H)\nPotomac River Force Mains;\n(I)\nWatts Branch Trunk Sewer;\n(J)\nAnacostia Force Main (Project 89 Sewer);\n(K)\nAnacostia Force Main \u0026 Gravity Sewer;\n(L)\nOutfall Sewers (Renamed Potomac River Trunk Sewers);\n(M)\nOutfall Relief Sewers (Renamed Potomac River Trunk Relief Sewers);\n(N)\nUpper Oxon Run Trunk Sewer;\n(O)\nUpper Oxon Run Trunk Relief Sewer;\n(P)\nLower Oxon Run Trunk Sewer;\n(Q)\nLower Oxon Run Trunk Relief Sewer;\n(R)\nBlue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant (Blue Plains); and\n(S)\nPotomac Interceptor Sewer.\n\n(5)\n“Other participating jurisdictions” means Montgomery County, Maryland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia.\n\n(6)\n“Revenue bond” means any revenue bond, note, or other obligation (including refunding bonds, notes, or other obligations) used to borrow money to finance, assist in financing, or to refinance undertakings authorized by § 1-204.90, and this chapter.\n\n(7)\n“Service sewer” means a sewer with which connection may be directly made for the purpose of providing sewage facilities to abutting property.\n\n(8)\n“Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems” means all the facilities used, or to be used, for the collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal of sanitary sewage and stormwater flow, including the following:\n(A)\nSewers carrying the following:\n(i)\nSewage mixed with storm and surface water;\n(ii)\nSewage discharged from sanitary conveniences;\n(iii)\nCommercial or industrial wastes;\n(iv)\nWater distributed after use;\n(v)\nStormwater run-off; and\n(vi)\nBoth sanitary sewage run-off and stormwater run-off;\n(B)\nSanitary, stormwater, and combined pumping stations;\n(C)\nWastewater treatment plants, including the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant; and\n(D)\nFacilities for the processing, management, and disposal of biosolids.\n\n(9)\n“Sewer” means a pipe or conduit carrying sewage or stormwater flow.\n\n(9A)\nRepealed.\n\n(9B)\nRepealed.\n\n(9C)\n“Unregulated contaminant” means the contaminants regulated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation for Public Water Systems set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 141.40.\n\n(10)\n“Water and sewer rates” means the fees imposed by the Authority on its retail customers for water, sewer, and stormwater services pursuant to this chapter.\n\n(11)\n“Water distribution system” means all the facilities used, or to be used, for the distribution of potable water situated within the public space of the District.","path":["Title 34. Public Utilities.","Chapter 22. Water and Sewer Authority.","Subchapter II. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-2202.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"3acda28e496b5e88f63313c33457c762a664bf715da0045b5bdc8726637b85c8","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-2201.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-2202.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}