Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. "Direct responsible charge" means full and active performance of onsite operation of a water or wastewater treatment facility or a water distribution and storage or wastewater collection and transfer system, where the operator is responsible for technical support of the facility or system and provides direction to other operators, is onsite or on call during shift operations, is responsible for the operation of a major segment of a facility or system, or is the sole person employed as the facility or system operator. 2. "Official census" means the census taken each decade or a special census taken by the United States bureau of the census. 3. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state or political subdivision or agency thereof and any legal successor, representative agent, or agency of the foregoing. 4. "Water treatment facility" includes the source or sources of water or the water treatment plant or both. 5. "Water distribution and storage system" means that portion of the water supply system which obtains, stores, and conveys water from the treatment facility or other supply point to the premises of the consumer. 6. "Wastewater treatment facility" means those systems using mechanical, nonmechanical, or both types of process units for the treatment of wastewater and for the treatment and disposal of solids removed from such wastes. 7. "Wastewater collection and transfer system" means that portion of a wastewater system in which wastewater is conveyed to a treatment facility from the premises of a contributor.