18 AAC 74.900. Definitions

Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this chapter

(1) "applicant" means a person seeking a certificate under this chapter;

(2) "approved" means approved by the department;

(3) "board" means the Water and Wastewater Works Advisory Board created by AS 46.30.020 ;

(4) "certificate" means a certificate of competency, issued to an operator by the department, stating that the operator has met the requirements for the specified level of the certification program;

(5) "department" means the Department of Environmental Conservation;

(6) "direct responsible charge (DRC) experience" means the active, daily,

(A) control of overall water treatment or wastewater treatment system operations in accordance with 18 AAC 74.010;

(B) control of an operating shift of a water or wastewater treatment system in accordance with 18 AAC 74.010; or

(C) on-site control of a major unit process or segment of a system that may directly affect the quality of the discharge, treated water, or product of a water or wastewater treatment system;

(7) "on-site" means to be present at a system during normal operations;

(8) "operating experience" means the time spent at a system in satisfactory performance of operation duties;

(9) "operator" means a person engaged in the operation of a water supply or wastewater system; "operator" does not ordinarily mean an official, such as the city engineer or public works superintendent, exercising only general administrative supervision;

(10) "operator in training" means a person receiving on-the-job training under the supervision of a certified operator or through an organized training program, who desires to obtain a certificate and who is, or can show probable employment as, an operator of a water or wastewater system;

(11) "service connection" means a pipe, with all its parts, that connects a water or sewer main with building plumbing;

(12) "system" means a water system or a wastewater system;

(13) "wastewater collection system" means pipelines or conduits, pumping stations and force mains, and all other related constructions, devices, and appliances used to conduct wastewater to a wastewater treatment system;

(14) "wastewater system" means the system of pipes, structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic or industrial wastewater and dispose of the effluent;

(15) "wastewater treatment system" means devices, structures, and equipment used to treat, neutralize, stabilize, or dispose of wastewater and residuals;

(16) "water distribution system" means post-treatment storage facilities, conduits, mains, lines, pumping stations, or other devices used to carry water to the consumer, and includes a groundwater supply treated only with chlorine;

(17) "water system" means any source of water, intake works, collection system, treatment works, storage facility, or distribution system from which water is available for human consumption; "water system" includes systems providing water to more than one residence, or to a factory, office building, restaurant, school, or similar facility. "Water system" does not include a system serving only a single-family residence;

(18) "water treatment system" means devices, structures, and equipment used to condition, purify, or refine water for human consumption, and does not include a groundwater supply treated only with chlorine.

(19) "CEU" means continuing education unit;

(20) "Class A public water system" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 80.1990;

(21) "Class B public water system" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 80.1990;

(22) "director" means the director of the department's division assigned to facility construction and operation;

(23) "groundwater under the direct influence of surface water" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 80.1990;

(24) "operating shift" means that period of time during which operator decisions that affect human health, safety, and welfare are necessary for proper operation of the system;

(25) "public water system" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 80.1990;

(26) "supervising operator" means an operator who makes process control and system integrity decisions about water quality or quantity that affect human health, safety, and welfare;

(27) "surface water" has the meaning given in 18 AAC 80.1990;

(28) "validated examination" means an examination that is independently reviewed by subject matter experts to ensure that it is based on a job analysis and related to the classification of the system.

History: Eff. 8/21/78, Register 67; am 2/21/81, Register 77; am 8/24/85, Register 95; am 5/29/93, Register 126; am 1/18/2001, Register 157

Authority: AS 46.30.080

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