BOARD/COMMISSION:  Water Supply Systems and Wastewater Treatment Facilities Advisory Council

The council consists of 11 members including one member from the MDH, Division of Environmental Health, appointed by the commissioner of MDH, one member from the MPCA; appointed by the commissioner of the MPCA; three members who must be certified water supply system operators, appointed by the commissioner of MDH; three members who must be certified wastewater treatment facility operators, appointed by the commissioner of the MPCA; one member representing an organization that represents municipalities, appointed by the commissioner of MDH with the concurrence of the commissioner of the MPCA; and two members of the public who are not associated with water supply systems or wastewater treatment facilities. One of the members of the public shall be a representative of academia in a water or wastewater-related field. One must be appointed by the commissioner of and the other by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. One of the water supply system operators and one of the wastewater treatment facility operator must be from outside the metro area, and one wastewater operator must come from the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services. One of the water supply system operators must representative a nonmunicipal community or nontransient noncommunity water supply system. The council meets quarterly in St. Cloud.

The council advises the commissioners of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) regarding classification of water supply systems and wastewater treatment facilities, qualifications and competency evaluation of water supply system operators and wastewater treatment facility operators, and additional laws, rules and procedures that may be desirable for regulating the operation of water supply systems and of wastewater treatment facilities.