Translation of "Opérateur en chef au traitement de l'eau " (French → English) :

costs of compensating the operators or owners concerned for the treatment, the destruction and subsequent removal of plants, of plant products and of other objects, and for the cleaning and disinfection of premises, land, water, soil, growing media, facilities, machinery and equipment.

39. Calls for strict implementation of existing waste water treatment standards and compulsory water management plans by operators, in cooperation with the drinking water companies and the competent authorities; stresses, however, that existing treatment plants are ill-equipped to treat hydraulic fracturing waste water and may be discharging pollutants into rivers and streams; considers, to this end, that a full assessment of all the relevant water treatment plants in the Member States concerned should be carried on by the competent authorities;

39. Calls for strict implementation of existing waste water treatment standards and compulsory water management plans by operators, in cooperation with the drinking water companies and the competent authorities; stresses, however, that existing treatment plants are ill-equipped to treat hydraulic fracturing waste water and may be discharging pollutants into rivers and streams; considers, to this end, that a full assessment of all the relevant water treatment plants in the Member States concerned should be carried on by the competent authorities;

It provides training to the operators in the water treatment plants, and it does so for a period from a few months to a couple of years.

The final document will be published and will form the basis of an expanded technical document to be used by drinking water authorities and treatment plant operators to ensure that in every jurisdiction safe and reliable water is possible.

As an example, in March 2003, some 8 per cent of water treatment plant operators were certified; as of March 2007, the number of trained operators had risen to 37 per cent.