Section 256.400 - DefinitionsAs used in sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.433, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1)"Department", the department of natural resources;(2)"Director", the director of the department of natural resources;(3)"Division", the division of geology and land survey of the department of natural resources;(4)"Major water user", any person, firm, corporation or the state of Missouri, its agencies or corporations and any other political subdivision of this state, their agencies or corporations, with a water source and equipment necessary to withdraw or divert one hundred thousand gallons or more per day from any stream, river, lake, well, spring or other water source;(5)"State geologist", the director of the division of geology and land survey of the department of natural resources;(6)"Water source", any stream, river, lake, well, spring or other water source.L. 1983 H.B. 271 § 1, A.L. 2012H.B. 1179.