3.__Aquifer.__"Aquifer" means those rocks and sediments described in the United States Geological Survey that are capable of yielding groundwater to wells or discharging water into a river or its tributaries.

4.__Board.__"Board" means the Maine Agricultural Water Management Board.

5.__Bureau.__"Bureau" means the Bureau of Land and Water Quality within the department.

6.__Director.__"Director" means the director of the Bureau of Land and Water Quality within the department.

7.__Drought condition.__"Drought condition" means any condition that results in a stream flow that is lower than the water quality stream flow standard for the river stream flow or in which the soil moisture level is lower than 30% of water- holding capacity for the agricultural land associated with the river in question.

8.__Drought protection fund.__"Drought protection fund" means the funds held by the department for the accomplishment of the purposes of this article.

9.__Irrigated land.__"Irrigated land" means farmland that is irrigated by groundwater or surface water and is part of the Maine Agricultural Water Management Board.

10.__Irrigation reduction auction.__"Irrigation reduction auction" means the procedure established pursuant to which Maine Agricultural Water Management Board members submit offers to cease irrigation of a specified number of acres in exchange for a certain sum of money.

11.__Participant.__"Participant" means a person participating in the drought abatement program established by the Maine Agricultural Water Management Board.

12.__Stream flow.__"Stream flow" means the quantity of water passing a given location of a river over a given time period, expressed in cubic feet per second.

13.__Watershed.__"Watershed" means the area of land that drains into a river or its tributaries.