Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following terms,
phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given
herein, unless the context specifically indicates otherwise:
ASTM
The American Society for Testing Materials.
AUTHORITY
The Bergen County Sewer Authority that maintains the district
sewer system into which the Township sewer system shall connect.
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Advisory Board of Health of the Township of Washington
or any officer, employee or agent designated by the Advisory Board
of Health to act in the matter on behalf of the Board.
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 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
The lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system that receives
the discharge from soil and waste pipes and conveys it to the building
sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
That part of the sewerage system beginning five feet outside
the inner face of the building wall which receives the discharge from
the building drain and conveys it to the house connection.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
HOUSE CONNECTION
That part of the sewerage system that runs from the main
sewer to the curbline and includes all necessary fittings, all as
shown on connection location plans.
INTERCEPTOR
A device designed and installed so as to separate and retain
deleterious, hazardous or otherwise undesirable matter such as grease,
oil or sand from normal wastes and permit only normal sewage or liquid
wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal.
MAIN SEWER or PUBLIC SEWER
The sewers laid in the street or sewer easement in which
all owners of abutting properties have rights and which is controlled
by the Township of Washington.
MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEM
The Township of Washington sanitary sewer system, including
the entire network of public sewers in the Township and all appurtenances
thereto.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a stream, watercourse, pond, ditch, lake
or other body of stormwater, surface water or groundwater.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, corporation,
partnership, society or group, or any group or combination thereof.
pH
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the weight
of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PLUMBER
Any person, firm or company that practices plumbing, as defined
below.
PLUMBING
The practice of installing, maintaining, extending, repairing
and altering plumbing systems. It shall also mean 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.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
A person licensed and authorized to inspect plumbing pursuant
to the provisions of New Jersey statutes pertinent thereto and who
is in the employ of the Township of Washington.
PLUMBING SYSTEM
The sanitary and storm drainage facilities, together with
their venting systems and plumbing fixtures, a public or private water
supply system and the fire protection systems of any building, structure
or conveyance to a point of connection to a public or private sewerage
system, public or private water supply or other acceptable terminal.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Ordinary nonindustrial sewage (but not including stormwater,
groundwater and surface water), for example, sewage discharging from
toilets, washbowls, bathtubs and like sanitary conveniences installed
in dwellings, apartment houses and hotels, office and commercial buildings,
factories and institutions.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that has been designed to carry sewage and not stormwater,
surface water and groundwater.
SEWAGE
Any liquid waste containing animal, chemical or vegetable
matter in suspension or solution.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping and disposing of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe, conduit or any other method for carrying sewage.
SEWER ENGINEER
The person or firm of duly licensed engineers retained or
appointed by the Township of Washington in connection with the design,
construction and maintenance of the municipal sewer system.
SEWER INSPECTOR
The Sewer Inspector of the Township of Washington or his
authorized agent.
SLOPE
The grade or pitch of a line of pipe in reference to a horizontal
plane. It shall be expressed as the fall in feet per foot of length
of pipe.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer, gutter, culvert, catch basin, inlet or like facility
designed to carry stormwater, surface water or groundwater and not
domestic sewage or industrial waste.
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.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Washington or any officer, employee or agent
designated by the Township to act in the matter on behalf of the Township.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
WYE PLANS
A plan prepared by the Sewer Engineer showing existing building
sewer laterals.