Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1118
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Hiring or contracting of licensed public water supply or
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wastewater operators.
A. A municipality, sewer improvement district, water or sewer
public trust, or rural water or sewer district may hire or contract
for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and
certified by the Department of Environmental Quality, to operate the
entity’s publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems.
The entity may contract with a small publicly owned water supply
system or small publicly owned wastewater system to provide the
services of the entity’s certified operator or operators to assist
in the operation of the small system.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 905
B. A consortium of small publicly owned water supply systems or
small publicly owned wastewater systems may hire or contract for the
services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified
by the Department, to provide certified operator services for those
small publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems.
C. A substate planning district may hire or contract for the
services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified
by the Department, to provide certified operator services for small
publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems within the
substate planning district.
D. The Oklahoma Rural Water Association may hire or contract
for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and
certified by the Department, to provide certified operator services
for small publicly owned public water supply or waste water systems.
E. The Environmental Quality Board shall adopt rules defining a
small system for purposes of this section, and establishing such
requirements, restrictions and conditions relating to the hiring and
contracting of operators as it deems necessary to ensure proper
operation of publicly owned public water supply or wastewater
systems.
A. A municipality, sewer improvement district, water or sewer
public trust, or rural water or sewer district may hire or contract
for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and
certified by the Department of Environmental Quality, to operate the
entity’s publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems.
The entity may contract with a small publicly owned water supply
system or small publicly owned wastewater system to provide the
services of the entity’s certified operator or operators to assist
in the operation of the small system.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 905
B. A consortium of small publicly owned water supply systems or
small publicly owned wastewater systems may hire or contract for the
services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified
by the Department, to provide certified operator services for those
small publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems.
C. A substate planning district may hire or contract for the
services of one or more operators, properly licensed and certified
by the Department, to provide certified operator services for small
publicly owned public water supply or wastewater systems within the
substate planning district.
D. The Oklahoma Rural Water Association may hire or contract
for the services of one or more operators, properly licensed and
certified by the Department, to provide certified operator services
for small publicly owned public water supply or waste water systems.
E. The Environmental Quality Board shall adopt rules defining a
small system for purposes of this section, and establishing such
requirements, restrictions and conditions relating to the hiring and
contracting of operators as it deems necessary to ensure proper
operation of publicly owned public water supply or wastewater
systems.
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