Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.
ADMINISTRATOR
The Supervisor or Working Supervisor, whichever is applicable,
of the Sewer Department.
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BOD (DENOTING "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. [68° F.] expressed in parts per million (ppm) or
milligrams per liter (mg/l).
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building sanitary
drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and
other sanitary drainage pipes inside the walls of any building and
conveys such discharge to the building sewers, beginning five feet
outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
That part of the horizontal piping of a sanitary drainage
system which extends from the end of the building drain and which
receives the discharge of the building drain and conveys it to a public
sewer or other point of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
COOLING WATER
The water discharge from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic or commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food or from handling, storage and sale
of produce.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any individual or commercial establishment with a classification
as designated in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972
Edition, as published by the Executive Office of the President, and
who utilizes the services of the Village of Liberty sanitary sewer
system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The fluid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or other duly authorized official of said Department.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (shredded or unshredded) refuse, woods, coffee grounds,
sawdust, shavings, eggshells, bark, sand lime, cinder, ashes and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes.
PERMITTEE
Any person who obtains a permit for sewer connection.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
PH
The intensity of the acid or alkaline reaction of a solution
in terms of hydrogen concentration, but is not a measure of the total
concentration of acid or alkali present. The "pH" is expressed as
the common logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen concentration
in moles per liter:
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage,
garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials,
radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock,
sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste
discharged into water.
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 pollutant properties in wastewater
to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into a wastewater treatment facility.
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.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any privy, septic tank, cesspool or other sewage disposal
facility owned and operated by a person other than a municipal sewage
system.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has 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 having a dimension greater than 1/2
inch in any dimension.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or any other body of surface or ground
water into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SCAVENGER WASTES
The conditioned human waste matter collected from privies,
septic tanks, cesspools and chemical toilets.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial
wastes or other wastes also shall be considered "sewage" within the
meaning of this definition.
SEWAGE CHARGE
The demand payment for the use of public sewer and/or sewage
treatment plant for handling any sewage, industrial wastes or other
wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the quantity or characteristics
thereof exceed the maximum values as defined herein.
SEWAGE SYSTEM
All facilities within the Village of Liberty for collecting,
regulating, pumping and transporting sewage to the Village of Liberty
Water Pollution Control facility.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any user who has a flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average
work day, has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the Village of
Liberty wastewater system, has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act, has been identified as one of
the 21 industrial categories pursuant to Section 307 of the Act or
is found by the Village of Liberty to have significant impact, either
singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the
wastewater 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 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 discharges to the waters
of the state.
STORM SEWER (STORM DRAIN)
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters
and other unpolluted waters.
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.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or, where
appropriate, a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized
official of said agency.
VILLAGE SEWER SYSTEM
The interceptor sewers, trunk sewers, lateral sewers, force
mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other appurtennant
structures owned and operated by the Village of Liberty.