Register April 2022 No. 796
Chapter NR 114
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR WATERWORKS, WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, SEPTAGE SERVICING AND WATER SYSTEM OPERATORS
Subchapter I — Certification of Waterworks Operators
NR 114.04 General requirements.
NR 114.05 Examinations and applications.
NR 114.07 Issuance of certificates.
NR 114.10 Classification of waterworks.
NR 114.11 Qualification of waterworks operators.
NR 114.12 Required grades for the operation of waterworks.
NR 114.13 Operator-in-charge designation.
Subchapter II — Certification of Septage Servicing Operators
NR 114.152 Applicability.
NR 114.16 General requirements.
NR 114.17 Certification grades.
NR 114.18 Operator-in-charge and master operator.
NR 114.19 Examinations and applications.
NR 114.195 Non-delinquency certificate from the department of children and families and the department of revenue.
NR 114.21 Issuance of certification.
NR 114.22 Certificate renewals.
NR 114.23 Continuing education and training requirements.
Subchapter III — Certification of Water System Operators
NR 114.29 Classification of water systems.
NR 114.30 General requirements.
NR 114.31 Requirements for water system owners.
NR 114.32 Requirements for water system operators.
NR 114.33 Examinations and applications.
NR 114.35 Issuance of certificates.
NR 114.36 Renewal of certification.
Subchapter IV — Certification of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators
NR 114.53 General requirements.
NR 114.54 Examinations and applications.
NR 114.56 Classification of wastewater treatment plants.
NR 114.57 Qualifications and level of wastewater treatment plant operators.
NR 114.58 Certificate issuance, renewal and continuing education.
NR 114.60 Subclass Conversions.
Ch. NR 114 Note
Note: Pursuant to s.
281.98, Stats., any person who violates this chapter shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $5,000 for each violation. Each day of continued violation is a separate offense.
NR 114.01
NR 114.01 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish rules for the certification of waterworks operators pursuant to s.
281.17 (3), Stats.
NR 114.01 History
History: Cr.
Register, September, 1995, No. 477, eff. 10-1-95;
correction made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register, December, 2000, No. 540; am.,
Register, December, 2000, No. 540, eff. 1-1-01;
CR 13-054: am.
Register June 2014 No. 702, eff. 7-1-15.
NR 114.02
NR 114.02 Applicability. The provisions of this subchapter are applicable to all owners and operators of waterworks as defined in this subchapter.
NR 114.03
NR 114.03 Definitions. In this subchapter:
NR 114.03(1)
(1) “Certificate" means a printed document issued by the department, pursuant to this subchapter, stating that the operator named therein has met the competency requirements for one or more operator grades and subclasses.
NR 114.03(2)
(2) “Certified operator" means a person who has met the requirements of this subchapter and has been issued a certificate by the department to work at one or more of the classifications of waterworks.
NR 114.03(3)
(3) “Classification" or “class" means a number assigned to a waterworks based on a rating system.
NR 114.03 Note
Note: Section
NR 809.04 (4) defines “community water system" to mean “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. Any public water system serving 7 or more homes, 10 or more mobile homes, 10 or more apartment units, or 10 or more condominium units shall be considered a community water system unless information is available to indicate that 25 year–round residents will not be served."
NR 114.03(4)
(4) “Department" means the department of natural resources.
NR 114.03(5)
(5) “Direct responsible charge" means to provide detailed on-site technical direction of the operation of a waterworks.
NR 114.03(6)
(6) “Experience in the operation of a waterworks" means to have performed the basic duties involved with the operation of a specific treatment subclass for 12 months, or to have provided daily on-site technical supervision of the operator or operators performing those duties.
NR 114.03(7)
(7) “Grade" means a number indicating the classification assigned to a person based on successful completion of an examination and experience, except that the operator-in-training grade is denoted by the letter “T".
NR 114.03(9m)
(9m) “Non-transient non-community water system" means a non-community water system that regularly serves at least 25 of the same persons over 6 months per year and is not a waterworks as defined in sub.
(15). Examples of non-transient non-community water systems include but are not limited to those serving schools, day care centers and factories.
NR 114.03(10)
(10) “Operate" means to be in direct responsible charge of a subclass or subclasses of operations at a waterworks.
NR 114.03(11)
(11) “Operator-in-charge" means the person designated by the owner of a waterworks to be in direct responsible charge of a subclass of operations of the waterworks. Not included in this definition are utility managers, city engineers, directors of public works or the equivalent, who are not actually involved in day-to-day operations.
NR 114.03(11m)
(11m) “Other than municipal community water system" means a community water system that is not a municipal water system and is not a waterworks as defined in sub.
(15). Examples of other than municipal community water systems include but are not limited to those serving mobile home parks, apartments and condominiums.
NR 114.03(12)
(12) “Owner" means the state, county, town, town sanitary district, city, village, corporation, firm, company, institution, association, utility district, school district, or individual owning or operating any waterworks.
NR 114.03(13)
(13) “Subclass" means a letter assigned to a waterworks based upon a particular type of process at the waterworks and the letter assigned to a person based on passing an examination for a specific operational process.
NR 114.03(14m)
(14m) “Water system" means an other than municipal community or a non-transient non-community water system as defined in subs.
(11m) and
(9m) respectively.
