For the purpose of this Part 1, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein, unless
the context specifically indicates otherwise. When not inconsistent
with the context, words used in the present tense include the future,
words in the plural number include the singular number, words in the
singular number include the plural number, and the masculine shall
include the feminine. The word "shall," as used herein, is mandatory,
and the word "may" is permissive.
The Northwest Bergen County Sewer Authority, which is the
district sewer system into which the municipal sewer system shall
connect.
The Board of Health of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
The Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
That part of the sewer lateral beginning five feet outside
the inner face of the building wall which receives the discharge from
the house drain and conveys it to the house sewer lateral.
The plans showing points of connection for the house connection
laterals.
The lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system within
a building which receives the discharge from soil and waste pipes
and conveys it to the house connection, and shall include those drains
leading from dwellings, business establishments and industrial buildings.
That part of the sewer lateral that extends from the main
sewer to the curb to provide a connection point for the house connection,
all as shown on the house connection maps.
The liquid waste from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
The sewers laid longitudinally along the center lines or
other part of the street or other right-of-way in which all owners
of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by
the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
The Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus sewer system and all appurtenances
thereto.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, corporation,
society or group.
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the weight
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
The practice of installing, maintaining, extending, repairing
and altering plumbing systems. It is also the installed plumbing system
piping, materials, plumbing fixtures and appurtenances of such systems
in connection with the following: sanitary drainage or storm drainage
facilities, together with their venting systems, a public or private
water-supply system and fire-protection systems within or adjacent
to any building, structure or conveyance.
A person licensed and authorized to inspect plumbing pursuant
to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 26:1A-38 to 26:1A-44 and N.J.S.A. 26:3-20
and in the employment of the Board of Health of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
The sanitary and storm drainage facilities, together with
their venting systems and plumbing fixtures, a public or private water
supply and the fire-protection systems within or adjacent to any building,
structure or conveyance to a point of connection to a public or private
sewage system, public or private water supply or other acceptable
terminal.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
The same as "main sewer."
Sewage (including properly shredded garbage) discharging
from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses
and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions, and free
from stormwater and surface water.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not admitted.
Any liquid waste containing animal, chemical or vegetable
matter in suspension or solution.
Any arrangement or devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The person or firm of duly licensed engineers retained or
appointed by the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus in connection with the construction,
installation and maintenance of the municipal sewer system and, if
no one has been appointed or such services have been completed, the
term shall mean the Borough Engineer.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or quantity of flow, exceeds,
for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five
times the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal
operation.
A sewer which carries stormwater or surface water and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial waste.
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.
Any water or waste containing no free or emulsified grease
or oil; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances imparting taste
and odor in receiving waters; toxic and poisonous substances in suspension,
colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous gases. It shall
contain not more than 10,000 parts per million (1,000,000) by weight
of dissolved solids, of which no more than 2,500 parts per million
(1,000,000) shall be as chloride, with permissible volume subject
to review by the Authority, and not more than 10 parts per million
(1,000,000) each of suspended solids and BOD. The color shall not
exceed 50 parts per million (1,000,000).
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
