(a) Owners and operators of the following public water systems shall comply with this chapter:
- (1) Community water systems.
- (2) Nontransient noncommunity water systems.
- (3) Consecutive systems.
(b) Owners and operators of the following wastewater systems shall comply with this chapter:
- (1) Wastewater systems.
- (2) Collection systems with pump stations.
(c) Owners and operators of the following systems are exempt from the requirements of this chapter:
- (1) A wastewater treatment system with a permitted average daily discharge flow of less than 2,000 gallons per day.
- (2) A wastewater treatment system regulated under Chapter 73 (relating to standards for onlot sewage treatment facilities).
- (3) An industrial wastewater system used to treat, recycle or impound industrial or agricultural wastes within the boundaries of the industrial or agricultural property.
- (4) An industrial wastewater pretreatment system in which treated wastewater is released to a collection system of a wastewater treatment plant that is regulated by this chapter.
- (5) An industrial wastewater treatment system that is an NPDES permitted point source discharge.
- (6) A system designed to only collect and treat stormwater.
- (7) Other systems that are exempted by the Department by rules and regulations, guidelines or policy.
- (d) Operators of industrial wastewater treatment facilities may voluntarily obtain a wastewater system operator’s certificate consistent with this chapter.