Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms in these rules and regulations shall be as follows:
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 20º C. (68º F.) expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l). Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
CHLORINE DEMANDThe difference between the amount of chlorine added to water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature.
COMBINED SEWERA sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and sewage.
COMMISSIONThe Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature to the Albany County Sewer District.
CONTAMINATIONAn 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 the spread of disease.
COOLING WATERThe water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD, or suspended solids, in excess of 10 parts per million by weight, or toxic substances as limited elsewhere herein.
COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEMThe trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators, water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other appurtenant structures owned and operated by the Albany County Sewer District.
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICTAny county sanitary sewer district as created, altered or modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
DIRECTORThe Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District or, in the case of a sewer district outside the Albany County Sewer District, the Superintendent of the Department of Sanitation.
GARBAGEFood wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling and storage and sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICERThe duly appointed Commissioner of Health of Albany County.
INDUSTRIAL WASTESThe liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLETAny outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL SEWAGESewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed, show by weight the following characteristics:
(1) BOD: 2,000 pounds per million gallons (240 milligrams per liter) or less.
Chlorine demand: 208 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams per liter) or less.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams per liter) or less.
OTHER WASTESGarbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes.
PERSONSAny individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group contributing directly or indirectly to a Town sewer system.
pHThe negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midpoint of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline conditions, and those below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
POLLUTIONThe man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENTThe 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 POTW. 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.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the public sewer to which it is discharged, with no particle having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)As defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. §
1292); includes any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY SEWAGESewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial wastes and other wastes.
SANITARY SEWERA sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGEA combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground- , surface and storm water 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 SURCHARGEThe demand payment for the use of a Town sewerage system for handling and sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage.
SEWERA pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERA user who:
(1) Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average work day;
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the municipality's wastewater system;
Has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to Section 307 of the Act (33 U.S.C. §
1292);
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial categories pursuant to Section 307 of the Act (33 U.S.C. §
1292); or
Is found by the municipality to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the treatment or collection system.
SLUGAny 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 flow during normal operation.
SPDESDenotes 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.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.
SUPERINTENDENTThe duly designated Superintendent of the Department of Water and Wastewater Management of the Town of Guilderland, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDSSolids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by flotation, skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
TOWNThe Town of Guilderland and the lands contained therein.
TOWN BOARDThe legally constituted Town Board of the Town of Guilderland.
TOXIC SUBSTANCESAny substance whether gaseous, liquid or solid which, when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous to sewer district personnel, tend to interfere with any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard to human beings or animals, or to inhibit aquatic life, or to create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant.