16 Del. Admin. Code § 4463-2.0
"Acceptable operating experience" means active, on-site leadership in the operation of a treatment plant/distribution system of a public water supply system.
"Advisory Council" means Advisory Council for Certification of Public Water System Operators, as established by this regulation.
"Base-level license" means a water treatment and distribution license that covers general water system information, disinfection by hypochlorination, and distribution operation and maintenance for water supply systems having a flow of less than five hundred (500) gpm at twenty (20) psi.
"Circuit rider/contract operator" means a certified water operator who serves as the direct responsible charge (DRC) for two or more public water systems under separate ownership.
"Combined treatment/distribution system" means any water supply system composed of a water treatment facility together with a water distribution system as defined in this section.
"Continuing education unit" or "CEU" means a measure of professional, educational training, where one CEU is equal to 10 educational contact hours of classroom or laboratory training.
"Department" shall mean the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.
"Direct responsible charge" or "(DRC)" means (1) a certified water system operator assigned active, daily, technical direction and supervision or (2) active, daily, accountability for process control decisions of a facility/major segment of a facility that directly impacts public health or the environment. An operator must be fully licensed for one full year before designation as a DRC.
"Director" means Director of the Division of Public Health or the Director's duly authorized designee.
"Distribution system" means a network of pipes, valves, fire hydrants, service lines, meters, storage tanks, finished water reservoirs and pumping stations. The system delivers water to homes, businesses, and industries for drinking water and other uses.
"Division" means the Division of Public Health.
"Educational contact hour" means the amount of time spent at an approved water operator or water distribution operator training course during the licensing period. One hour of time spent in a training course is equal to one educational contact hour. This does not include travel time or lodging time. For the purpose of these regulations, the initial base certification course does not qualify as educational contact hours.
"Endorsement" means any water treatment operation listed in subsection 5.2 .1 over and above the base-level license.
"gpm" means gallons per minute.
"Hands-on" means the applicant operates a water treatment plant or distribution system and has performed other tasks including but not limited to routine tests, collection of samples, and completion of operational reports. The knowledge possessed was gathered, in part, from daily operating experience, not merely from textbook study.
"Leadership" means activities such as treatment plant startup and hands-on operator training.
"Licensing Period" means the fixed two-year period beginning on the first day of the month after the initial license issue date and ending on the last day of the 24th month thereafter.
"Operator" means the individual who has responsibility for the operation of a water treatment plant or water distribution system and any individual who normally has charge of an operating shift, or who performs process control decisions including analytical control.
"Person" means corporations, companies, associations, firms, municipally-owned water utilities, partnerships, societies and joint stock companies, as well as individuals.
"Process control decision" means a decision that maintains or changes the water quality or quantity of a water system in a manner that may affect the public health or the environment.
"psi" means pounds per square inch.
"Public water system" means a water supply system for the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances either directly from the user's free-flowing outlet or indirectly by the water being used to manufacture ice, foods and beverages or that supplies water for potable or domestic purposes to employees, tenants, members, guests or the public at large in commercial offices, industrial areas, multiple dwellings or semi-public buildings including, but without limitation, rooming and boarding houses, motels, tourist cabins, mobile home parks, restaurants, hospitals and other institutions, or offers any water for sale for potable domestic purposes. A dwelling unit means one or more rooms arranged for the use of one or more individuals as a single housekeeping unit, with cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping facilities. Public water systems are classified as follows:
* "Community water system" or "CWS" means a public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
* "Non-transient non-community watersystem" or "NTNCWS" means a public water system that is not a community water system and regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons over six months per year.
* "Transient non-community water system" or "NCWS" means a public water system which has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year.
* "Miscellaneous public water system" or "MPWS" means a public water system that is neither CWS, NTNCWS, nor NCWS.
"Secretary" means the Administrator of the Department of Health and Social Services of the State of Delaware as defined in 29 Del.C. § 7902(a) or the Director's duly authorized designee.
"Water distribution system" means the pumps, piping, and storage facilities from the source/treatment plant to the property line of the ultimate consumer.
"Water supplier" means any person who owns, operates, or manages a public water system.
"Water supply system" means the work and auxiliaries for collection, treatment, storage, or distribution of water from the source of supply to the free-flowing outlet of the ultimate consumer.
"Water treatment" or "treatment" means any process that is meant to alter the physical, chemical or bacteriological quality of the water.
"Water treatment facility" means that portion of the water supply system that is meant to alter the physical, chemical, or bacteriological quality of the water being treated.
16 Del. Admin. Code § 4463-2.0