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 DEMAND
The 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 SEWER
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
COMMISSION
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature
to the Albany County Sewer District.
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 the spread of disease.
COOLING WATER
The 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 SYSTEM
The 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 DISTRICT
Any county sanitary sewer district as created, altered or
modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
DIRECTOR
The 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.
GARBAGE
Food wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling and storage
and sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICER
The duly appointed Commissioner of Health of Albany County.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, 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.
(2)
Chlorine demand: 208 pounds per million gallons
(25 milligrams per liter) or less.
(3)
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons
(300 milligrams per liter) or less.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (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.
PERSONS
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group contributing directly or indirectly to a Town sewer system.
pH
The 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.
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 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.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated
or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewage 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 SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm- , surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A 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 SURCHARGE
The 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.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
A user who:
(1)
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average work day;
(2)
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the
municipality's wastewater system;
(3)
Has in his wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant
to Section 307 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292);
(4)
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial categories
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292); or
(5)
Is found by the municipality to have significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment or collection system.
SLUG
Any 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.
SPDES
Denotes 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.
SUPERINTENDENT
The duly designated Superintendent of the Department of Water
and Wastewater Management of the Town of Guilderland, or his authorized
deputy, agent or representative.
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 flotation,
skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater.
TOWN
The Town of Guilderland and the lands contained therein.
TOWN BOARD
The legally constituted Town Board of the Town of Guilderland.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any 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.