2005 Idaho Code - 54-2403 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 24
                        DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER
                         PROFESSIONALS LICENSING ACT
    54-2403.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
    (1)  "Backflow assembly tester" means a person who tests backflow
prevention assemblies and who holds a current Idaho backflow assembly tester
license.
    (2)  "Backflow prevention assembly" means a set of mechanical components,
which prevents the undesired backflow of water or other liquids into a potable
water system, and can be in-line tested and repaired.
    (3)  "Board" means the state board of drinking water and wastewater
professionals as provided in section 54-2404, Idaho Code.
    (4)  "Bureau" means the Idaho bureau of occupational licenses.
    (5)  "Certified" means the board has confirmed that an applicant has met
all the requirements for licensure under this chapter and has approved the
issuance of a license to practice in Idaho under the provisions of this
chapter.
    (6)  "Collection system" means that portion of the wastewater system in
which wastewater is received from the premises of the discharger and conveyed
to the point of treatment through a series of lines, pipes, manholes,
pumps/liftstations and other appurtenances.
    (7)  "Distribution system" means that portion of the water utility in
which water is stored and conveyed from the water treatment plant or other
supply point to the premises of a consumer.
    (8)  "Drinking water operator" means any person who operates public
drinking water systems, water treatment plants or other systems in order to
treat water so that it is safe to drink and who holds a current Idaho water
system operator license.
    (9)  "Laboratory analyst" means any person responsible for conducting
laboratory analysis tasks in the laboratory of a wastewater system.
    (10) "License" means a physical document issued by the bureau certifying
that an individual has met the appropriate qualifications and has been granted
the authority to practice in Idaho under the provisions of this chapter.
    (11) "Operator" or "operating personnel" means any person who is employed,
retained, or appointed to conduct the tasks associated with the day to day
operation and maintenance of a public drinking water system or a public
wastewater system.
    (12) "Public drinking water system or public water system" means a system
for the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes
or other constructed conveyances, if such system has at least fifteen (15)
service connections or regularly serves an average of at least twenty-five
(25) individuals daily at least sixty (60) days of the year. Such term
includes any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under
control of the operator of such system, and used primarily in connection with
such system, and any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under
such control which are used primarily in connection with such system. Every
community and nontransient noncommunity water system, and each transient water
system using a surface water source or ground water source directly influenced
by surface water, shall be operated by a certified drinking water operator.
    (13) "Public wastewater system or wastewater system" means those systems,
including collection systems and treatment systems, that are owned by a city,
county, state or federal unit of government, a nonprofit corporation,
district, association, political subdivision or other public entity, or that
generate or collect two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more gallons a day;
or that have been constructed in whole or in part with public funds. This does
not include any wastewater treatment system operated and maintained
exclusively by a single family residence or any wastewater system consisting
solely of a gravity flow, nonmechanical septic tank and subsurface treatment
and distribution system, or industrial wastewater systems under private
ownership.
    (14) "Responsible charge" means active, daily, on-site, or on call
responsibility, for the performance of operations or active, ongoing, on-site
and on call direction of employees and assistants at a public drinking water
system or a public wastewater system.
    (15) "Responsible charge operator" means an operator of a public drinking
water system, designated by the system owner, who holds a valid certificate at
a class equal to or greater than the drinking water system classification, who
is in responsible charge of the public drinking water system.
    (16) "Wastewater operator" means a person who operates public wastewater
systems, or public wastewater treatment plants or other systems, in order to
remove harmful pollutants from domestic and industrial liquid waste so that it
is safe to return to the environment, and who holds a current Idaho wastewater
system operator license.