{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90a-20","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90A-20","heading":"Purpose.","body":"It is the purpose of this Article to protect the public health and to conserve and protect the water resources of the State; to protect the public investment in water treatment facilities; to provide for the classifying of public water treatment facilities; to require the examination of water treatment facility operators and the certification of their competency to supervise the operation of water treatment facilities; and to establish the procedures for such classification and certification. Further, it is the purpose of this Article to provide for the certification of personnel operating the distribution portion of a water treatment facility. (1969, c. 1059, s. 2; 1989, c. 227, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 90A. Sanitarians and Water and Wastewater Treatment Facility Operators.","Article 2. Certification of Water Treatment Facility Operators."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_90A/GS_90A-20.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:12:52Z","sha256":"51e7ccc8664fe8fb9e0312140d4006392eb5a9ddca85ae6b5db86427e0db7cc6","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90a-1-through-90a-19","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-90a-20.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}