Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 4 > Part IV-A - Bottled Water

• Approved laboratory: means a laboratory approved by the state or department or certified by the U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Approved source: when used in reference to a bottled water plant's product water or water used in the plant's operations, means the source of the water whether it be from a spring, artesian well, drilled well, public or community water system or any other source that has been inspected and the water sampled, analyzed and found of a safe and sanitary quality with or without treatment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
• Bottled water: means water that is placed in a sealed container or package and is offered for sale for human consumption or other consumer uses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Bottled water plant: means any place or establishment in which bottled water is prepared for sale. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Drinking water: means bottled water obtained from an approved source that has at minimum undergone treatment consisting of filtration (activated carbon or particulate) and ozonation or an equivalent disinfection process. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Mineral water: means bottled water that contains not less than 500 parts per million total dissolved solids. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Plant operator: means any person who owns or operates a bottled water plant and who meets the requirements of Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Purified water: means bottled water produced by distillation, deionization, reverse osmosis or other suitable process and that meets the definition of purified water in the most recent edition of the United States Pharmacopeia. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Spring water: means water derived from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface of the earth. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Water dealer: means any person who imports bottled water or causes bulk water to be transported for bottling for human consumption or other consumer uses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732
• Well water: means water from a hole bored, drilled or otherwise constructed in the ground which taps the water of an aquifer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:732