In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires,

“community water and sanitation subsector” means a part of the water  sector that deals with the provision of safe water or sanitation services in  rural communities and small towns in the country;

“defect” means lack of something essential to completeness, shortcoming or failing;

“designed life” means the period of time assigned for the optimum  performance of a water facility;

“delivery point” means a stand post for the fetching of water;

“dug well” means a water extraction facility excavated with hand tools;

“facilitate” means carrying out reasonable acts essential to expedite the implementation of water and sanitation activities including the regulation of the community water and sanitation subsector;

“financing mechanism” means the process for securing funding;

“individual customer” means a property owner whose house or property has a piped connection to the water facility;

“institution” includes basic schools, clinics and health centers;

“institutional connection” means direct piping of water to an entity other than a household;

“institutional customer” means an entity or organization which has a piped connection to the water facility;

“limited mechanized scheme” mean a water supply system with a pumped source, restricted transmission and piped distribution network;

“Management Team” means the Water and Sanitation Management Team established under regulation 3;

“money market instrument” means a low risk and short term interest bearing security with a maturity of not more than one year;

“national community water and sanitation programme” means a part of the  policies and strategies for the provision of safe water and related sanitation  services as well as  the promotion of hygiene nationwide;

“new settlement” means newly developed areas in the same community;

“operational hazard” means a danger that may be encountered in the course  of work;

“ownership” means the legal ownership vested in a District Assembly with  the right of access to the facilities vested in the community which is  responsible for the day to day management of the system;

“pay-as-you-fetch” mean payment for water at the point of collection of the water;

“piped water supply system” means a water supply facility with a pumped source, transmission, piped distribution network and a storage reservoir; used for lifting water from a borehole or dug well into a reservoir or container;

“qualified person” means a person with the basic qualification and minimum  years of experience in the respective assignment;

“safe water” means water that meets the requirements of drinking water  standards set by the Standard Authority;

“sanitation facility” includes a structure constructed with an underground receptacle for use as a toilet in an institution and a facility that separates  human excreta from human contact hygienically; “served community” means a community with water supply needs that fully meets the standard requirements;

“standard” means a basis for assessment set by the Standard Authority Act, 1973 (NRCD 173);

“sustainability” means appropriate measures to ensure and guarantee the continuous provision of safe and reliable water services; “technical assistance” means providing professional advice and quality  assurance of water and sanitation delivery activities as provided for in the Act;

“unit rate” means cost per cubic metre;

“water facility” means a system that serves as a source of water supply; and

 “water safety framework” means a management tool developed by the Agency which provides the strategy for keeping water supply safe for use.