Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1281.3

  • Operator: means 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1281.1
  • State health officer: means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as the "department" or his designee as provided in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1281.1
  • Wastewater: means 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, or storm water that may be commingled. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1281.1

            Within one hundred twenty days of adoption of this Subpart*, the state health officer will classify all water production facilities, water treatment plants, water distribution systems, sewage collection systems, and sewage treatment plants actually used or intended for use by the public with due regard to the size, type, character of water or wastewater to be treated, and other physical conditions affecting such treatment plants and collection or distribution systems and prescribe the skill, knowledge, and experience that the operator in charge must have to supervise successfully the operation of the facilities so as to protect the public health, prevent unlawful pollution, and protect the water resources of the state.

            Acts 1972, No. 538, §3; Acts 1986, No. 983, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1143 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

*AS APPEARS IN ENROLLED ACT.