Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as
follows:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension or lateral from the building drain to the public
sewer or other place of disposal.
CITY ENGINEER
The professional engineer retained as City Engineer for the
City of Watertown or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
CITY MANAGER
The individual duly appointed to the office of that name
in the City of Watertown.
CODE
The City’s Municipal Code at Chapter
253, entitled “Sewers.”
[Added 1-5-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer which carries both sanitary sewage and storm and
surface water.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICER
The physician employed by the City of Watertown in the Health
Department.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastes from industrial processes and commercial establishments
which are distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
PERSON
An individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group and all government entities (local, state and federal).
[Amended 3-20-1995 by L.L. No. 2-1995]
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch in
any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface,
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SANITARY WASTE
Nonprocess washwater, culinary wastes, the liquid waste containing
only human excreta and similar matter flowing in or from a building
drainage system or sewer originating in a dwelling, business building,
factory or institution.
[Added 1-5-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground- , surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works of the City of Watertown
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SURCHARGE
A charge for any wastes that exceed the maximum strength
and concentration standards for normal sanitary sewage, which surcharge
shall be in addition to the sewage service charge.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
TRUCKED OR HAULED POLLUTANTS (also known as "hauled waste")
Any water and/or waste which has been removed and transported
from any pit, sump, holding tank, septic tank, wastewater treatment
facility or industrial facility. A person seeking to discharge hauled
waste that originates at a facility that it owns or operates shall
be referred to as a “generator,” and a person that transports
the hauled waste to the City wastewater treatment plant for discharge
shall be referred to as a “hauler.”
[Added 1-5-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
The City wastewater pollution control plant located at 700
William T. Field Drive, Watertown, New York.
[Added 1-5-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.