{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-5316","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5316","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-5316","body":"For purposes of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Act, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) Safe Drinking Water Act means the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as the act existed on October 23, 2018;\n\n(2) Construction means any of the following: Preliminary planning to determine the feasibility of a safe drinking water project for a public water system; engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, or economic investigations or studies; surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, or other necessary preliminary actions; erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of public water systems; or the inspection or supervision of any of such items;\n\n(3) Council means the Environmental Quality Council;\n\n(4) Department means the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment;\n\n(5) Director means the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment;\n\n(6) Operate and maintain means all necessary activities, including the normal replacement of equipment or appurtenances, to assure the dependable and economical function of a public water system in accordance with its intended purpose;\n\n(7) Owner means any person owning or operating a public water system;\n\n(8) Public water system has the definition found in section 71-5301 ; and\n\n(9) Safe drinking water project means the structures, equipment, surroundings, and processes required to establish and operate a public water system.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 71"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=71-5316","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"09b61fee8988a412e0e44c1c0b8a29c719541dcb529dd32a9b5743dc440a38b3","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-5315","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-71-5317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}