                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 54.1-2300)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:

&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works
Operators and Onsite Sewage System Professionals.

&#8220;Onsite sewage system&#8221; means a conventional onsite sewage system or
alternative onsite sewage system as defined in § 32.1-163.

&#8220;Operator&#8221; means any individual employed or appointed by any owner,
and who is designated by such owner to be the person in responsible charge, such
as a supervisor, a shift operator, or a substitute in charge, and whose duties
include testing or evaluation to control waterworks or wastewater works
operations or to operate and maintain onsite sewage systems. Not included in
this definition are superintendents or directors of public works, city
engineers, or other municipal or industrial officials whose duties do not
include the actual operation or direct supervision of waterworks or wastewater
works.

&#8220;Owner&#8221; means the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any political
subdivision thereof, any public or private institution, corporation,
association, firm or company organized or existing under the laws of this
Commonwealth or of any other state or nation, or any person or group of persons
acting individually or as a group, who own, manage, or maintain waterworks or
wastewater works.

&#8220;Person&#8221; means any individual, group of individuals, a corporation,
a partnership, a business trust, an association or other similar legal entity
engaged in operating waterworks or wastewater works.

&#8220;Wastewater works&#8221; means each system of (i) sewerage systems or
sewage treatment works, serving more than 400 persons, as set forth in §
62.1-44.18; (ii) sewerage systems or sewage treatment works serving fewer than
400 persons, as set forth in § 62.1-44.18, if so certified by the State Water
Control Board; and (iii) facilities for discharge to state waters of industrial
wastes or other wastes, if certified by the State Water Control Board.

&#8220;Waterworks&#8221; means each system of structures and appliances used in
connection with the collection, storage, purification, and treatment of water
for drinking or domestic use and the distribution thereof to the public, except
distribution piping. Systems serving fewer than 400 persons shall not be
considered to be a waterworks unless certified by the Board to be such.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 768, § 54-573.2; 1972, c. 682; 1988, c. 765; 2007, cc. 892,
924.