Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Part 2 shall be as follows:
A.
Clarification
of word usage: "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
B.
NPDES PERMIT
PERSON
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
General
definitions.
Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued
by the Administrator, or, where appropriated by the Director, after
enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972,
to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to section 402 of
the Federal Act.
Any and all persons,
natural or artificial including any individual, firm, company, municipal,
or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise,
governmental agency or other entity.
The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect,
carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport
effluent to a watercourse.
C.
ADMINISTRATOR
FEDERAL ACT
FEDERAL GRANT
Federal government.
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.) as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of
Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-500 and Pub. L. 93-243).
The United States government participation in the financing
of the construction of treatment works as provided for by Title II
grants for construction of treatment works of the Act and implementing
regulations.
D.
DIRECTOR
STATE ACT
STATE GRANT
State government.
The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
The Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970 (30 ILCS 405/1
et seq.)
The State of Illinois participation in the financing of the
construction of treatment works as provided for by the Illinois Anti-Pollution
Bond Act and for making such grants as filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Illinois.
F.
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
EFFLUENT CRITERIA
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER
pH
POPULATION EQUIVALENT
PPM
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
SEWAGE
SLUG
STANDARD METHODS
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
UNPOLLUTED WATER
WASTEWATER
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
Wastewater and its characteristics:
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.
Are defined in any applicable NPDES permit.
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.[2]
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial
or business establishment or process or from the development, recovery
or processing of any natural resource as distinct from sanitary sewage.
An industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works
that:
Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day; or
Has a flow greater than 10% of the flow carried by the municipal
system receiving the waste; or
Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined
in standards issued under Section 307(a) of the Federal Act; or
Is found by the permit issuance authority, in connection with
the issuance of the NPDES permit to the publicly owned treatment works
receiving the waste, to have significant impact, either singly or
in combination with other contributing industries, on the treatment
works or upon the quality of effluent from the treatment works.
A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent.
It is 0.001 gram of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced
the unit formerly used, commonly parts per million, to which it is
approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water and wastewater
analysis.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in Standard
Methods.
Used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other waste
on a treatment works or stream. One population equivalent is 100 gallons
of sewage per day, containing 0.22 pounds of BOD and 0.22 pounds of
suspended solids.
Parts per million by weight.
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, and no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
Used interchangeably with "wastewater."
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste 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.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater" published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control
Federation.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or industrial waste, and which are removable by
a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended
solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard
Methods.
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 benefitted by discharged to the
sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The spent water of a community. From this standpoint, of
course, 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.
Defined in the Water Pollution Regulations of Illinois.
G.
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINED SEWER
EASEMENT
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWER
SEWERAGE
STORM SEWER
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Sewer types and appurtenances:
That part of the lowest 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
or other approved point of discharge, beginning five feet (1.5 meters)
outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
A sewer which is designed and intended to receive wastewater,
stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
Village. It shall also include sewers within or outside the Village
boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge
into the Village sanitary (or combined) sewer system, even though
those sewers may not have been constructed with Village funds.
A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both, and into which storm- , surface, and groundwaters or unpolluted
industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste
liquids, including storm- , surface and groundwater drainage.
The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage.
A sewer that carries storm- , surface and groundwater drainage
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling
water.
That portion of the precipitation that is drained into the
sewers.
H.
PRETREATMENT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
Treatment:
The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction
into the wastewater treatment works.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with waste
treatment plant or wastewater treatment plant or pollution control
plant.
I.
NATURAL OUTLET
WATERCOURSE
Watercourse and connections:
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface or groundwater.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
J.
CONTROL MANHOLE
INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(2)
RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL OR NONINDUSTRIAL USER
USER CLASS
User types:
A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes
are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an interior
drop. The purpose of a control manhole is to provide access for the
Village representative to sample and/or measure discharges.
Any nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment
works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual,
1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented,
under the following divisions:
A user in the divisions listed may be excluded
if it is determined by the Director of Public Works that it will introduce
primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
Any user of the treatment works not classified as an industrial
user or excluded as an industrial user as provided for in this section.
The type of user either residential or commercial (nonindustrial)
or industrial as defined herein.
K.
BASIC USER CHARGE
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE
REPLACEMENT
SEWERAGE FUND
SURCHARGE
USEFUL LIFE
USER CHARGE
WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE
Types of charges:
The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer
system.
The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of
interest, principal and coverage of loan, bond, etc., outstanding
and shall be computed by dividing the annual debt service by the number
of users connected to the wastewater facilities.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works are designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance"
includes replacement.
The principal accounting designation for all revenues received
in the operation of the sewerage system.
The assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt
service charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater
in strength than the concentration values established in § 235-15.
The estimated period during which the collection system and/or
treatment works will be operated and shall be 30 years from the date
of start-up of any wastewater facilities constructed with a state
grant.
A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost
of operation and maintenance.
The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the
wastewater facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined
in § 235-13 and shall consist of the total or the basic
user charge, the debt service charge and a surcharge, if applicable.
