Rule 11-6-3.2 - DefinitionsA. "Association" means the Mississippi Water and Pollution Control Operator's Association.B. "Certificate," the certification of competency issued by the Department stating that the operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification.C. "Commission," the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality.D. "Community water system" means any water system serving piped water for human consumption to fifteen (15) or more individual service connections used year-round by consumers or regularly serving twenty-five (25) or more individual consumers year- round, including, but not by way of limitation, any collection, pretreatment, treatment, storage and/or distribution facilities or equipment used primarily as part of, or in connection with, such system, regardless of whether or not such components are under the ownership or control of the operator of such system.E. "Department," the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.F. "Experience," means direct observation of and/or participation in the operation and maintenance of a wastewater facility, including, but not limited to, process control activities, facility maintenance, record keeping and NPDES monitoring activities. Experience requirements must be in accordance with the facility minimum visitation schedule as outlined in Section 5, Operator Responsibilities.G. "Operator," the person who directly supervises and is personally responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of a wastewater facility, community water system or commercial nonhazardous solid waste management landfill.H. "Person," the state or other agency or institution thereof, any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association or other entity, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or public or private corporation, or the United States or any officer or employee thereof.I. "Pollution," the contamination or other alteration of the physical, chemical or biological properties of any waters of the state, including change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of the waters, or the discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive or other substance or heat into any waters of the State.J. "Professional Reference," a certified operator (other than a relative or a subordinate) who is familiar with the applicant's experience working in a wastewater facility.K. "Wastewater Facilities," the pipelines or conduits, pumping stations, force mains, treatment plants, lagoons or any other structure, device, appurtenance or facility, whether operated individually or in any combination, used for collecting, treating and/or disposing of municipal or domestic wastewater, by either surface or underground methods, which is required to have a permit under the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. Section 49-17-29.L. "Waters of the state," the waters within the jurisdiction of this state, including all streams, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, situated wholly or partly within or bordering upon the state, and such coastal waters as are within the jurisdiction of the state, except lakes, ponds or other surface waters which are wholly landlocked and privately owned. Miss. Code Ann. §§ 21-27-201, et seq., 49-2-1, et seq. and 49-17-1, et seq.