Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of the terms used in these rules and regulations shall be as follows:
AUTOMATIC METER READING (AMR)
The reading of meters electronically. AMR shall also refer
to the equipment and devices necessary to read meters via the telephone
system including the encoder type water meter, meter interface unit
telephone jacks, wires and all other equipment and appurtenances owned
by, leased by or under the control of the Township.
BUILDING CONNECTION/SERVICE LINE
The supply pipe connected to the service pipe at the curb
stop and leading therefrom to the building on the customer's
premises.
CHECK VALVE
An automatically operated valve designed to permit the flow
of water in one direction only.
CONNECTING PIPE
The supply pipe connected to the service pipe at the curb
stop and leading therefrom to the meter on the customer's premises.
CONNECTION FEE
A charge imposed upon the owner or occupant of property or
premises to be connected to the Township's water system representing
a fair payment toward the cost of the water system and calculated
pursuant to Municipal and County Utilities Authority Law, N.J.S.A.
40:14B-21. The connection fee is an addition to the actual cost of
the physical connection or "tapping fee" imposed pursuant to the rate
schedules annexed to these Rules and Regulations.
CURB STOP
The fitting attached to the service pipe at the curb, for
turning on and shutting off water.
CUSTOMER
A person, partnership, firm, corporation, governmental subdivision
or agency receiving water service to premises, as hereinafter defined.
DEPARTMENT
The Township of Allamuchy Water and Sewer Utilities Department.
DISTRIBUTION MAIN
A pipe which delivers water to the service pipes attached
thereto to serve the premises of customers.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
EMERGENCY CUT-IN VALVE
A device installed on auxiliary fire service lines designed
to open automatically when downstream pressure drops below a pre-set
head; and which automatically closes when pressure rises above the
pre-set amount.
FIXTURE UNIT
Each plumbing unit including but not limited to sink, toilet,
urinal, tub or shower.
FLOW EQUALIZATION
The reduction in peak rates of flow, through the use of water
storage facilities or equalization tanks.
INDIRECT CONNECTION
A connection serving more than one service unit with one
or more owners through a single meter (master meter).
LICENSED OPERATOR
The licensee approved by the NJDEP, who is on-site a significant
amount of time, although not necessarily full-time, and who has active
involvement in and is responsible for the operation, maintenance,
and effectiveness of the water system and who holds a license equal
or superior to that required for the system.
MAIN
A pipe or conduit that carries potable water.
MASTER METER
A single meter serving premises that include more than one
service unit with one or more owners.
MAY
Is permissive (see "shall").
METER
A mechanical device which registers and records the quantity
of water supplied to the customer.
OFF-SITE
Located outside the lot lines of the lot in question but
within the property (of which the lot is a part) which is the subject
of a development application or contiguous portion of a street or
right-of-way.
OFF-TRACT
Not located on the property which is the subject of a development
application nor on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
ON-SITE
Located on the lot in question.
ON-TRACT
Located on the property which is the subject of a development
application or on a contiguous portion of a street or right-of-way.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
PREMISES
Includes the following:
A.
A building or other structure under one roof owned or leased
by one customer.
B.
A combination of buildings owned or leased by one customer,
in one common enclosure, occupied by one customer.
C.
A building owned or leased by one customer having a number of
apartments, offices, or lofts which are rented to tenants, using one
or more halls and entrances in common.
D.
A combination of buildings owned or leased by one customer,
in one common enclosure, none of the individual buildings of which
is adapted to separate ownership.
E.
A cooperative apartment, condominium, townhouse or similar development
served by one or more master meters for distribution of water to a
greater number of unit owners or occupants.
G.
A single plot, such as a park, playground or cemetery.
H.
Any other service unit or group of service units under single,
joint or common ownership.
PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE
A device which is placed in pipe lines to maintain automatically
a given working pressure on its outlet side regardless of the pressure
on the inlet side.
PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE
A device installed in pipe lines and other pressure systems
to relieve automatically excess house system pressure, above the predetermined
setting of the relief valve.
PUBLIC MAIN
A common water main controlled by a governmental agency or
public utility.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
These entire "Rules and Regulations for Water Service" as
the same may be amended or revised from time to time.
SERVICE CHARGE
Rents, rates, fees and other charges for direct or indirect
connection for the use of products or services of the water system,
or sale of water, or water services, facilities or products.
SERVICE CONNECTION
That portion of the public water system which extends from
the main in the street or easement to the or curb stop closest to
the water main. (Also called "house connection.")
SERVICE PIPE
A supply pipe installed by the Township at the customer's
expense leading from the corporation stop at the main to the curb
stop and not to exceed two inches in diameter.
SERVICE PIPE - LARGE DIAMETER
A supply pipe installed by the customer at the customer's
expense leading from a shut-off valve at the main to the customer's
premises and is larger than two inches in diameter.
SERVICE UNIT
A residential, commercial, industrial or other unit of property
to which water service is provided either by direct connection or
a master meter serving other units.
SHALL
Is mandatory (see "may").
TAMPERING
To interfere with the water system in a manner that is harmful
to the condition, operation, and maintenance of the water system.
TAP or CORPORATION STOP
The fitting inserted in the distribution main to which the
service pipe is attached. It is used for shutting off water in case
of repairs to the service pipe.
TRANSMISSION MAIN
A pipe line of large diameter (usually 10 inches and larger)
which delivers water from the various treatment facilities, pumping
stations and distribution reservoirs to the distribution mains.
WATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment, and processes required to supply,
treat, store, and/or distribute.
WATER MAIN EXTENSION
An addition to the existing system of transmission and distribution
mains, constructed by the Township.
WATER SYSTEM
The facilities, structures and other real and personal property
acquired, constructed or operated by the Township for the purposes
of supplying, treating, storing, transmitting, and distributing water,
including wells, conduits, pipe lines, mains, pumping stations, treatment
plants and works, storage tanks and reservoirs, connections, service
pipes and other structures, conveyances, and other real and personal
property, and rights therein, and appurtenances.
WATER TREATMENT WORKS
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating water.
Sometimes used as synonymous with "water treatment plant."