Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.2-1. Short title and purpose
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Well-Drilling, Pump Installers, and Water-Filtration Contractors Licensing Law.” The purpose of this chapter is to establish a licensing program and minimum standards for governing and enforcing the installation, construction, repair, development, and abandonment of wells, well pumps, water-supply systems, water-treatment systems, and water-filtration systems to ensure competency in the field and to safeguard the public health and to provide an adequate supply of clean and uncontaminated water for all persons in the state. Nothing in this chapter should be construed as relieving a public water-supply system of complying with relevant statutes or with the rules and regulations pertaining to the certification of public drinking-water-supply treatment and public-drinking-water supply transmission and distribution operators (R23-65-DWQ).
History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 6; P.L. 2016, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 2016, ch. 32, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.2-1
- Water-supply system: means and includes any apparatus, equipment, water service pipes, water distribution pipes, and the necessary connecting pipes, control valves, and all appurtenances adjacent to the structure or premises, including the supply of water to the main water distribution line, geothermal, and all other water needs that require storage, pumping, treatment, filtration, or alteration in any way. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.2-2
- Well: means an artificial sanitary excavation or opening in the ground by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn; and for the purposes of this chapter attached as an appurtenance to a building or structure. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-65.2-2