2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:1281.1 - Definitions

PART XI. WATER AND SEWERAGE

SUBPART A. WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SYSTEMS

§1281.1. Definitions

            A. Committee--shall be the committee of certification.

            B. Certificate--a certificate of competency issued by the state health officer stating that the operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification as defined by the state health officer under R.S. 40:1281.3.

            C. Louisiana conference--is the Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage and Industrial Wastes.

            D. Operator--shall mean the individual, as determined by the committee of certification, in attendance on site of a water supply system or a sewerage system and whose performance, judgment, and direction affects either the safety, sanitary quality, or quantity of water or sewage treated or delivered.

            E. Repealed by Acts 1986, No. 983, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.

            F. Sewage collection system--shall mean all components of a sewerage system except for the sewage treatment plant.

            G. Sewage treatment plant--shall mean the facility or group of units provided for the treatment of wastewater and for the reduction and handling of sludge removed from such wastewater.

            H. Sewerage system--shall mean a system of piping and appurtenances, including sewage treatment facilities, for collecting and conveying wastewater from source to discharge.

            I. State health officer--The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, hereinafter referred to as the "department," or his designee as provided in R.S. 40:2.

            J. Wastewater--shall mean the spent water or sewage of a community containing the liquid or water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, and institutions along with any groundwater, surface water, storm water that may be commingled.

            K. Water distribution system--shall mean that portion of the water supply system in which water is conveyed from the water treatment plant or other supply point to the premises of the consumer.

            L. Water production facility--shall mean the system of water wells, impoundments reservoirs, aqueducts, pumps, pipelines and other appurtenances necessary to produce and deliver the water necessary for treatment and distribution to a community.

            M. Water supply system--shall mean the system of pipes, structures and facilities through which water is obtained, treated and sold, distributed or otherwise offered to the public for household or other uses.

            N. Water treatment plants--shall mean that portion of the water supply system which in some way alters the physical, chemical or bacteriological quality of the water.

            Acts 1972, No. 538, §1; Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1986, No. 983, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1141 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.