Any wastewater treatment system classified as Class I that serves 500 or more people using only stabilization ponds must be under the supervision of an operator who has been certified as a Class I Stabilization Pond or Class I (orhigher) Wastewater Treatment Operator. The wastewater collection system for these systems must be under the supervision of an operator who has been certified as a Class I (orhigher) Wastewater Collection Operator.

Groundwater systems classified as Class I that serve less than 500 people that do not treat the water must be under the supervision of an operator who has been certified as a Class I Very Small Water System Operator or a Class I (orhigher) Water Distribution Operator.

Groundwater systems classified as Class I that serve less than 500 people that treat the water must be under the supervision of an operator who has been certified as a Class I Small Water Treatment System or Class I (orhigher) Water Treatment Operator. The distribution system for these systems must be under the supervision of an operator who has been certified as a Class I (orhigher) Water Distribution Operator.

Source: 27 SDR 53, effective December 4, 2000; 34 SDR 304, effective June 9, 2008.

General Authority: SDCL 34A-3-24.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-3-2 , 34A-3-3 , 34A-3-4.