Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BOD (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
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 from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGES
The costs of retiring sewage disposal bond issues, including
reserve fund requirements which are assessed to users in accordance
with the adopted rates.
[Amended 1-28-1981 by Ord. No. 119]
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
INFLOW
Water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system (including
sewer service connections) from sources such as roof leaders, cellar
drains, yard drains, area drains, foundation drains, drains, from
springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between
storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage. Inflow does not include
and is distinguished from infiltration.
[Amended 1-28-1981 by Ord. No. 119]
MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT
The Department of Public Works (DPW) Foreman, or such other
person as appointed by the Township Board by resolution.
[Amended 4-19-2004 by Ord. No. 285]
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried domestic wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, and
normal amounts of infiltration. The normal domestic sewage shall be
considered to have a loading of 200 mg/l BOD and 300 mg/l suspended
solids.
[Amended 1-28-1981 by Ord. No. 119]
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
The satisfactory provision for assuring proper and efficient
functioning of the treatment works in accordance with the NPDES permit
and USEPA grant conditions.
[Amended 1-28-1981 by Ord. No. 119]
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
The costs to operate and maintain the sewer system, excluding
capital costs for new construction.
[Amended 1-28-1981 by Ord. No. 119]
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PRELIMINARY TREATMENT (PRETREATMENT)
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the sewer system. The
reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological
processes, process changes or by other means except as prohibited
by Section 403.6(d) of Public Law 92-500, as amended.
[Amended 1-28-1981 by Ord. No. 119]
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 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.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
The expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment,
accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the service
life of the sewer system to maintain the capacity and performance
for which the system is designed and constructed.
[Amended 1-28-1981 by Ord. No. 119]
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwaters 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/DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
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.