As used in this Part 1, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOD
Five-day, 20° C. biochemical oxygen demand, the accepted
wastewater parameter indicating wastewater strength.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called "house connection."
CONCENTRATION
The amount of a wastewater parameter related to the unit
volume of water, usually expressed as milligrams per liter (mg/l).
CONNECTION POINT
The location on the boundary of private land with the public
right-of-way, land or easement where a fixed private system discharges
into the publicly owned treatment works.
CONTRACT
A written agreement between the Sewer District and certain
users of the sewer system, as determined in the Rate Schedule.
CONTROL MANHOLE
Standard or special chamber constructed at any connection
point or nearest to the connection point where wastewater quality
cannot be altered, for the purpose of self-monitoring requirements
by the user and for the quality-control monitoring by any authorities
governing the use of the system.
COUNTY
Pertaining to Niagara County, regarding its laws and regulations
as affecting this Part 1.
DAILY AVERAGE FLOW
The total number of gallons generated or measured in a reporting
period, such as a month, quarter, billing period, year, etc., divided
by the number of days in that reporting period expressed as gallons
per day.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
the primary state authority affecting this Part 1.
DOMESTIC WASTE
Wastewater generated from typical household activities and
fixtures in a household, such as toilets, washbasins, sinks, showers,
baths, tubs, dishwashers, clothes washing machines and related fixtures.
EASEMENT
The acquired legal right of using land owned by other persons
for selected purposes related to this Part 1 by the Sewer District.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, the primary
federal authority as affecting this Part 1.
FECAL COLIFORM
The accepted wastewater parameter which expresses the indication
of biological hazard of water.
FEDERAL
Pertaining to the United States of America, regarding its
public laws and statutes, rules and regulations as affecting this
Part 1, particularly as found under Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
FLOATABLE OIL
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 fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
FLOW
The amount of wastewater related to an interval of time,
most commonly expressed as gallons per day (gpd) or million gallons
per day (mpd).
FLOW RECORDING
Development of flow-data history by continually and intermittently
performing flow measurements at specified intervals or by employing
specialized equipment to continuously and uninterruptedly enter flow
measurements.
FORCE MAIN
The pressurized line used to convey sewage from a pumping
unit to a gravity sewer system.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from handling, preparation,
cooking and serving foods.
GRINDER PUMP UNIT (GPU)
The packaged unit needed to pump sewage from an individual
household into the public sewer system.
GROUNDWATER
Any water below the earth's surface or grade, including
temporary and permanent subsurface waters.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any establishment that discharges industrial waste or is defined as such by the Standard Industrial Classification Manual (latest edition), prepared by the Statistical Documents Division, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of the United States, in Division A, B, D, E and I of this manual, that discharges more than 25,000 gallons per day or any industrial or commercial establishment which may discharge toxic, prohibited or incompatible pollutants as described in the federal and state regulation or determined by the Sewer District or any user defined as industrial by the Sewer District or latest federal or state regulation or any establishment owning or operating pretreatment facilities as defined in Article
VI.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial process, trade or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
LOAD
The amount of a wastewater parameter related to unit time,
usually expressed as pounds per day (ppd).
LOCAL
Pertaining to the Sewer District.
NCHD
The Niagara County Health Department, the primary regional
authority affecting this Part 1.
OWNER
Person in possession of the freehold of the premises or lesser
estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents,
receiver, executor, trustee, lessee or other person, firm or corporation
in control or person exercising dominion and control over premises.
PEAK FLOW
The highest or maximum instantaneously recorded or measured
flow, commonly expressed as gallons per day or million gallons per
day.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The accepted wastewater parameter which expresses the nature
of acid or alkaline conditions of water.
PRETREATMENT
Facilities required through local, county, state or federal
regulation to reduce wastewater parameters to levels acceptable for
utilization of the publicly owned treatment works after the connection
point.
PRIVATELY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS
The entire system owned and operated by persons other than
the Sewer District, which system is to include collection, treatment
and discharge, as found on lands owned by persons other than the Sewer
District.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC DISCHARGE PERMIT
The single permit to discharge wastewater from the Sewer
District, as issued to the Sewer District by the state in accordance
with state and federal regulations, identified as State Pollution
Discharge Elimination System Permit No. NY0030651. Sanitary discharge
locations (see definition of "sanitary discharge locations" in this
section) of the Sewer District are identified in this permit.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer controlled by the Somerset-Barker Sewer District
as a governmental agency or public utility.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
The entire system owned and operated by the Sewer District,
including collection, treatment and discharge, as found on owned lands,
leased lands or lands within public rights-of-way.
QUALITY CONTROL MONITORING
Selected announced and unannounced sampling and analysis
and flow measurement at the connection point by local, county, state
and federal authorities to determine the precision and accuracy of
self-monitoring by users and owners of private systems.
SAMPLING AND ANALYSES
The determination of wastewater parameters in accordance
with test procedures as found and described in federal regulations.
SANITARY SEWER (COLLECTION) SYSTEM
All appurtenances, including sewers and fittings, such as
manholes, tees, wyes, risers and facilities, such as pump stations,
holding tanks and offline tunnels, used for the conveyance of wastewater.
SANITARY SEWER
Sewer intended to convey wastewater as regulated in this
Part 1.
SELF-MONITORING
Selected sampling and analysis and flow measurement at the
connection point as required of a user or owner of a private system
by local, county, state and federal regulation.
SEWER
Closed conduits which convey wastewater or stormwater.
SS
Suspended solids or nonfilterable residue, which is a laboratory
determination to express a wastewater parameter, generally accepted
as an important indicator of certain solid and other matter in water.
STATE
Pertaining to the State of New York, regarding its laws and
regulations as affecting this Part 1, particularly as found in the
New York Code.
STORM SEWER
Sewer intended to convey stormwater, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
STORMWATER
Naturally occurring water as a result of precipitation.
STREAM
Surface waters or naturally occurring bodies of water, including
but not limited to lakes, ponds, rivers, brooks or creeks, or the
constructed extensions to these bodies, including but not limited
to ditches, impoundments, canals, reservoirs or storm sewers. (See
definition of "storm sewer" in this section.)
STREAM CLASSIFICATION
The identification of streams, by basin, location and name,
as found in the New York State Code of Rules and Regulations.
TOWN
The Town of Somerset.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
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 benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater.
USER
A person who utilizes the publicly owned treatment works
for disposal of wastewater generated on private land.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of the community. From the standpoint of
source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes
from the residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
WASTEWATER HAULER
A user who collects waste from private systems and transports
this waste to designated points of waste acceptance in the public
sewer system or sewage treatment plant.
WASTEWATER PARAMETER
Expressions of the amount and characteristic of the specific
waste constituents in water as defined and described in federal regulations.
WATER
Includes origins from natural (private and public) sources,
including drinking supplies, prior to the introduction of waste.