Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the
following terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the
meanings herein indicated:
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.
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 spread of disease.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from
sanitary sewage.
MUNICIPAL OR PUBLIC SEWER
Sewer pipelines of the Village of Chester in streets, alleys or rights-of-way obtained by the Village of Chester. Such term shall also include the service connection pipeline up to the inside edge of the sidewalk or, if there is no sidewalk, up to the point of connection as defined under §
79-3 herein.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet 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 weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, elimination of
pollutants or alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in
wastewater to a less harmful state before or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment
works. 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 of
Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food,
shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely
under flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no
particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by § 1292 of Title
33 of the United States Code (33 U.S.C. § 1292). Includes
any sewers that convey wastewater to the publicly owned treatment
works but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not
connected to a facility providing treatment.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with
such ground-, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER INSPECTOR
The person appointed as the authorized agent of the Board
of Trustees or his duly authorized deputy or representative in matters
falling under this chapter.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user who:
(1)
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average workday;
(2)
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the
wastewater system of the Village;
(3)
Has in his wastes toxic pollutants, as defined
pursuant to § 1317 of Title 33 of the United States Code
(33 U.S.C. § 1317);
(4)
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial
categories pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1317; or
(5)
Is found by the Village 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, for any period of
duration longer than 15 minutes, exceeds more than five times the
average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation
and adversely affects the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
SPDES
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 discharges to waters
of the State of New York.
STORM SEWER or STORM 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.
VILLAGE
The Village of Chester, New York.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.