Section 114.28. Definitions.

  In this subchapter:

(1)  "Certificate" means a printed document issued by the department, pursuant to this subchapter, stating that the operator named therein has met the competency requirements for certification.

(2)  "Certified operator" means a person who has met the requirements of this subchapter and has been issued a certificate by the department to work at a water system.

(3)  "Classification" or "class" means a number assigned to a water system based on a rating system.

(4)  "Community water system" has the meaning given in s. NR 809.04 (4) .

(5)  "Department" means the department of natural resources.

(6)  "Direct responsible charge" means the responsibility to provide detailed on-site technical direction of the operation of a water system.

(7)  "Operate" means to be in direct responsible charge of a subclass of operations at a water system.

(8)  "Operator-in-charge" means the person designated by the owner of a water system to be in direct responsible charge of a subclass of operations of the water system. Not included in this definition are managers, engineers, directors or the equivalent, who are not actually involved in day-to-day operations of the system.

(9)  "Owner" means the state, county, town, town sanitary district, city, village, metropolitan sewerage district, corporation, firm, company, institution, association, utility district, school district, joint sewerage commission or individual owning or operating any water system.

(10)  "Subclass" means a letter assigned a plant or system based upon a particular type of process at the plant and the letter assigned to a person based on passing an examination for a specific operational process.

(11)  "Water system" means an other than municipal community or a non-transient non-community public water system as defined in pars. (a) and (b) :

(a) "Other than municipal community water system" means a community water system that is not a municipal water system and is not a waterworks as defined in sub. (11) . Examples of other than municipal community water systems include, but are not limited to, those serving mobile home parks, apartments and condominiums.

(b) "Non-transient non-community water system" means a non-community water system that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons over 6 months per year and is not a waterworks as defined in sub. (11) . Examples of non-transient non-community water systems include, but are not limited to, those serving schools, day care centers and factories.

(12)  "Waterworks" means a community water system owned by, or a private utility serving, a county, city, village, town, town sanitary district, utility district or a county–owned or state–owned public institution for congregate care or correction, which includes but is not limited to correctional institutions, correctional camp systems, county jails or houses of correction, mental health institutes, schools for the handicapped, hospitals, infirmaries and asylums.

History: Cr. Register, December, 2000, No. 540 , eff. 1-1-01.

Note

Section NR 809.04 (4) defines "community water system" to mean "a public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year–round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year–round residents. Any public water system serving 7 or more homes, 10 or more mobile homes, 10 or more apartment units, or 10 or more condominium units shall be considered a community water system unless information is available to indicate that 25 year–round residents will not be served." Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1