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A. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

“Contaminated groundwater” means groundwater that is contaminated by the presence of man-made pollutants, including, but not limited to, gasoline, oil, solvents, pesticides, fertilizers, and other deleterious substances whose presence may cause drinking water to fail to meet state, federal, and local standards.

“Development project” means the private or public construction, remodeling, or repair of: buildings, structures, or utilities.

“Groundwater” means water in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the surface of the land or below a surface water body.

“Radius of influence” means the radial distance from the center of a wellbore to the point where there is no lowering of the water table or potentiometric surface (the edge of the cone of depression). This distance can be calculated: a) as an estimate within hydrological groundwater modeling analysis conducted prior to the onset TCD at one or more development project sites, and b) via field observations occurring once TCD activities commenced at one or more development project sites.

“Replacement water” means water purchased by the City Water Utility to offset drinking water supply that would have been produced by city water supply wells, had city water supply well production rates not been impaired by TCD activities.

“Temporary construction dewatering” or “TCD” means the placement of wells or other mechanisms in order to capture, pump, and remove groundwater from a development site in order to conduct excavation, construct underground building features, or utility systems.

“Temporary construction dewatering operating policy” means an administrative operating policy adopted by the City’s Technical Committee that details the requirements for submittals and the methodologies required for submittals, and detail the methodologies the City of Redmond will use during review and oversight of TCD activities.

“Waters of the State” as defined in WAC 173-226-030 and RCW 90.48.020 as hereafter amended. (Ord. 2957 § 7 (part), 2019: Ord. 2831 § 2 (part), 2016).