The purpose of this article is to determine the meaning of the terminology used in this Part 1, whether or not such terminology appears elsewhere.
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ASTM (AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS)
BOD
BUILDING SEWER
CONCENTRATION
CONNECTION POINT
CONTRACT
CONTROL MANHOLE
COUNTY
DAILY AVERAGE FLOW
DEC
DOMESTIC USER
DOMESTIC WASTE
EASEMENT
EPA
FECAL COLIFORM
FEDERAL
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW
FLOW MEASUREMENT
FLOW RECORDING
FORCE MAIN
GARBAGE
GRINDER PUMP UNIT (GPU)
GROUNDWATER
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LOAD
LOCAL
NCHD
OWNER
PEAK FLOW
PERSON
pH
PRETREATMENT
PRIVATELY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC DISCHARGE PERMIT
PUBLIC SEWER
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
QUALITY CONTROL MONITORING
SAMPLING AND ANALYSES
SANITARY DISCHARGE LOCATION
SANITARY SEWER (COLLECTION) SYSTEM
SANITARY SEWER
SANITARY WASTE
SELF-MONITORING
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWER
SOMERSET-BARKER SEWER DISTRICT (SEWER DISTRICT)
SS
STATE
STORM SEWER
STORMWATER
STREAM
STREAM CLASSIFICATION
TOWN
TOWN OF SOMERSET SEWER DEPARTMENT
UNPOLLUTED WATER
USER
VILLAGE
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER HAULER
WASTEWATER PARAMETER
WATER
As used in this Part 1, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The latest published amendments or revisions of the specifications
and standards promulgated by the Society.
Five-day, 20° C. biochemical oxygen demand, the accepted
wastewater parameter indicating wastewater strength.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called "house connection."
The amount of a wastewater parameter related to the unit
volume of water, usually expressed as milligrams per liter (mg/l).
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.
A written agreement between the Sewer District and certain
users of the sewer system, as determined in the Rate Schedule.
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.
Pertaining to Niagara County, regarding its laws and regulations
as affecting this Part 1.
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.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
the primary state authority affecting this Part 1.
All users which are not industrial users.
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.
The acquired legal right of using land owned by other persons
for selected purposes related to this Part 1 by the Sewer District.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency, the primary
federal authority as affecting this Part 1.
The accepted wastewater parameter which expresses the indication
of biological hazard of water.
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.
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.
The amount of wastewater related to an interval of time,
most commonly expressed as gallons per day (gpd) or million gallons
per day (mpd).
Determination of flow.
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.
The pressurized line used to convey sewage from a pumping
unit to a gravity sewer system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from handling, preparation,
cooking and serving foods.
The packaged unit needed to pump sewage from an individual
household into the public sewer system.
Any water below the earth's surface or grade, including
temporary and permanent subsurface waters.
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.
The wastewater from industrial process, trade or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
The amount of a wastewater parameter related to unit time,
usually expressed as pounds per day (ppd).
Pertaining to the Sewer District.
The Niagara County Health Department, the primary regional
authority affecting this Part 1.
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.
The highest or maximum instantaneously recorded or measured
flow, commonly expressed as gallons per day or million gallons per
day.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The accepted wastewater parameter which expresses the nature
of acid or alkaline conditions of water.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A common sewer controlled by the Somerset-Barker Sewer District
as a governmental agency or public utility.
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.
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.
The determination of wastewater parameters in accordance
with test procedures as found and described in federal regulations.
The outfall point of treated wastewater to the receiving
stream.
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.
Sewer intended to convey wastewater as regulated in this
Part 1.
Domestic waste.
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.
Wastewater.
Facility intended for the reduction of waste from wastewater.
Closed conduits which convey wastewater or stormwater.
An area in the Town of Somerset, including the Village of
Barker, designated by local authority as the Sewer District.
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.
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.
Sewer intended to convey stormwater, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
Naturally occurring water as a result of precipitation.
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.)
The identification of streams, by basin, location and name,
as found in the New York State Code of Rules and Regulations.
The Town of Somerset.
Department responsible for operation and maintenance of the
facilities within the Sewer District.
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.
A person who utilizes the publicly owned treatment works
for disposal of wastewater generated on private land.
The Village of Barker.
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.
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.
Expressions of the amount and characteristic of the specific
waste constituents in water as defined and described in federal regulations.
Includes origins from natural (private and public) sources,
including drinking supplies, prior to the introduction of waste.
