Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates
otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.,
as may be amended.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from waste and other drainage pipes inside
the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning
five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called the “house lateral”
or “service lateral,” and the portion in the public highway
or easement also called the Town service lateral.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS OR DESIGNEE
The person or persons, whether an individual or individuals,
partnership, corporations or other entities designated by resolution
of the Glenville Town Board to act as or in the capacity of Commissioner
of Public Works for the Town of Glenville or the authorized designee
thereof.
CONTAMINATION
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through
poisoning or through the spread of disease.
COUNTY
The County of Schenectady or its designated representatives.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
ground water.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven and
a hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction in the amount of pollution in wastewater to
a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollution into a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except
as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General Pretreatment Regulations for
Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by federal Section 212 of the
Act (33 U.S.C. 1292). Includes any sewers that convey wastewater to
the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not
connected to a facility providing treatment.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with minor quantities of ground-, storm- and surface waters
that are not admitted intentionally.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWER DISTRICT
Any sewer district owned, maintained and operated by the
Town of Glenville.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user who has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average work day, or has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in
the municipality's wastewater system, or has in the wastes, toxic
pollutants as defined pursuant to federal Section 307 of the Act,
or has been identified as one of the 21 industrial categories pursuant
to Section 307 of the Act or is found by the municipality to have
significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing
industries, on the treatment or collection system.
SLUG
Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
SPDES
The State Pollution Discharge Elimination System established
by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of
New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharge to the waters
of the state.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as “nonfilterable
residue.”
TOWN INSPECTOR
The Town-designated engineer, senior engineering technician,
Commissioner of Public Works or designee, Building Inspector, environmental
health technician or person or persons designated by resolution of
the Town Board to act as or in the capacity of Town Inspector for
the Town of Glenville or the authorized deputy or representative thereof.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge; sometimes used as a synonym with waste
treatment plant or wastewater treatment plant or water pollution control
plant.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.