Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in these regulations shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
The Atlantic County Utilities Authority.
BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter or in satisfying the oxygen demand of other materials
present during incubation for a given time and at a specified temperature.
It shall be reported as the amount of oxygen, expressed in milligrams
per liter, used in a period of five days at 20º C.
CHIEF ENGINEER
The Chief Engineer of the Atlantic County Utilities Authority
or such other official of the Authority having responsibility for
operation of the county sewer system.
CHLORINE DEMAND
Expressed in milligrams per liter, the difference between
the amount of chlorine added to wastewater and the amount of residual
chlorine remaining at the end of a twenty-minute contact period.
COMMERCIAL USER
Any mercantile establishment or place of business discharging
less than 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary waste or its equivalent
into the (local) sewer system. See definition of "sanitary waste."
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
BOD, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria and
such other additional pollutants as are now or may be in the future
specified and controlled in the Authority's NPDES permit for its wastewater
treatment plant where said plant has been designed and used to reduce
or remove such pollutants.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD, SS or toxic substances as limited in §
227-15B of these regulations.
COUNTY SEWER SYSTEM
All intercepting sewers, pumping stations, force mains, wastewater
treatment plants and appurtenances thereto owned and operated by the
Atlantic County Sewerage Authority.
EFFLUENT
Wastewater after some degree of treatment, flowing out of
any treatment device or facilities.
FORCE MAIN
A pipeline carrying flow under pressure.
GREASE or OIL
Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample
of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any nongovernmental user of the county sewer system identified
in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, as amended
and supplemented, under the following divisions:
A.
Division A, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
C.
Division D, Manufacturing.
D.
Division E, Transportation, Communications,
Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services.
E.
Division I, Services (as selectively identified
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency).
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any liquid, gaseous or solid substances or a combination
thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade
or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resource,
as distinct from sanitary wastes.
INFILTRATION
Water entering the county sewer system from the ground through
such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections
or manhole walls. "Infiltration" does not include and is distinguished
from inflow.
INFLOW
Water discharged into the county sewer system from such sources
as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains,
foundation drains, cooling water discharges, drains from springs and
swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections from storm sewers
and combined sewers, catch basins, stormwaters, surface runoff, street
wash waters or drainage. "Inflow" does not include and is distinguished
from infiltration.
INFLUENT
Wastewater, raw or partly treated, flowing into any wastewater
treatment device or facilities.
LOCAL SEWER
Any sewer or system of sewers which receives flow from a
local sewer.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation,
association, group or society, and includes the State of New Jersey
and agencies, districts, commissions and political subdivisions created
by or pursuant to state law.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
POLLUTANTS
May be so defined now or hereafter by appropriate local,
state or federal agencies or by the Authority as substances which
may be present in wastewater, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, the
amount of which may contain soluble or insoluble solids of organic
or inorganic nature which may deplete the dissolved oxygen content
of natural waters, contribute solids, contain oil, grease or floating
solids which may cause unsightly appearance on the surface of such
waters or contain materials detrimental to aquatic life.
PREMISES
Any parcel of real property, including land, improvements
or appurtenances as buildings, ground, etc.
PRETREATMENT
Application of physical, chemical and biological processes
to reduce the amount of pollutants in or alter the nature of the pollutant
properties in a wastewater prior to discharging such wastewater into
the county sewer system.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable federal rules and regulations implementing
Section 307 of PL 92-500, as well as any nonconflicting state or local
standards. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations, the more
stringent thereof shall be applied.
PUMPING STATION
A facility in which wastewater is conveyed from a lower hydraulic
elevation to a higher hydraulic elevation using mechanical or pneumatic
devices.
REGULATORY AGENCY
Agencies such as but not limited to the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers which have authority
over the operation of and/or discharges from the Authority's wastewater
treatment plant.
RESERVED CAPACITY
Any portion of the county sewer system which has been exclusively
reserved by and for a user through a formal, written agreement between
the user and the Authority.
RESIDENTIAL USER
The owner or occupant of any residence, apartment, condominium,
mobile home or other dwelling permanently connected to the sewer system.
SANITARY WASTE
Wash water, culinary wastes and liquid waste containing only
human excreta and similar matter, flowing in or from a building drainage
system or sewer originating in a dwelling, business building, factory
or institution. For the purposes of these articles, sanitary waste
shall be characterized as containing 250 milligrams per liter BOD
and 250 milligrams per liter total suspended solids.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit, generally closed, for carrying wastewater.
SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle having a dimension greater than 1/2
inch in any direction.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the county sewer system whose flow
exceeds 50,000 gallons per day or whose compatible pollutant loan
exceeds 5% of the daily capacity of the regional wastewater treatment
plant or whose waste contains incompatible pollutants or pollutants
subject to pretreatment standards.
SS (denoting suspended solids)
The laboratory determination of the dry weight, expressed
in milligrams per liter, of solids that either float on the surface,
are in suspension or are settleable and can be removed from wastewater
by filtering through a Gooch crucible.
STORMWATER
The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage
area or building during or immediately following a period of rain
or snow melt.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Atlantic County Sewerage Authority
or his duly appointed deputy, agent or representative.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when
discharged into the sewer system in sufficient quantities, may tend
to interfere with any treatment process, to constitute a hazard to
recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from the wastewater
treatment plant, to pose a hazard to men working in the sewer system
or to constitute a hazard to fish or animal life.
UNSHREDDED GARBAGE
Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food or food products and from the handling, storage and sale of
produce.
USER
Any person discharging or permitting the discharge of wastewater
to the county sewer system.
WASTEWATER
The water-carrying domestic, human or animal wastes from
residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places,
together with such groundwater infiltration and industrial and commercial
wastes as may be present.