As used in this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
ABNORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics
of normal sewage. See "sewage, normal."
ACT or "THE ACT"
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.,
as may be amended.
ADMINISTRATOR
The Regional Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
AMMONIA
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
APPLICANT
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
APPROPRIATE AGENCIES
With respect to the Inspector's exercise of judgment in fulfilling
his/her responsibilities and obligations under this chapter, shall
include, in the discretion of the Inspector on a case-by-case basis,
any or all of the following: the WWTP Chief Operator, Water and Sewer
Public Works Superintendent, the Town Board, the Town Engineer or
consulting engineer, NYSDEC, NYSDOH, NYCDEP and US EPA.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NYSDEC is delegated approval
authority responsibility by the USEPA.
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
The procedure defined as "standard methods" in this article,
or other procedures approved by the Inspector for flow measurement
or determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates
in waters, wastewater, and/or sludge.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
(1)
A principal executive officer or his designee,
if the industrial user is a corporation;
(2)
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial
user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
(3)
A duly authorized representative of the individual
designated above, if such representative is responsible for the overall
operation of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
BOD, denoting "biochemical oxygen demand"
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical
oxidation of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
BUILDER
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the building walls, and conveys it to the building lateral,
which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING LATERAL
The portion of a lateral that extends from the property line
(or theoretical curb cut) up to the foundation of the structure being
served by the sewer system.
CAPACITY OF MUNICIPAL WWTP SEWER SYSTEM
The maximum amount of wastewater flow (in gallons per day)
that the municipal WWTP sewer system can effectively treat. This is
the same as the municipal WWTP sewer system's design flow permitted
under its SPDES permit.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the difference between the amount of chlorine added to
a sample and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at the
end of a specified contact time at room temperature, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
CITY OF NEW YORK'S WATER SUPPLY
The New York City public water supply system includes all
watercourses, wetlands, reservoirs, reservoir stems and controlled
lakes tributary thereto.
COD, denoting "chemical oxygen demand"
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the oxygen requirement of that portion of matter, in a
sample, that is susceptible to oxidation, by a specific chemical oxidant,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
COLOR
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum
absorption, relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance
is equivalent to zero optical density.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples
of wastewater taken at selected intervals, for a specified time period.
The individual samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
CONNECTION
Attachment of a structure with plumbing to a sewer main or
lateral.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
The term shall refer to approval authority, or to the Inspector
when the Town has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions
of 40 CFR 403.11.
CONTROL MANHOLE
A manhole accessible to wastewater treatment plant and/or
sewer system personnel in or upstream of the street lateral, such
that samples collected from the manhole represent the flow to the
municipal WWTP sewer system from a specific source.
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
A pollutant that the municipal WWTP sewer system was designed
to treat, defined in accordance with the Act.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no
polluting substances which would produce COD or suspended solids in
excess of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited
elsewhere in this chapter.
DEVELOPER
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing,
or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
DIRECT DISCHARGE
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the State of New York. (For references, see "indirect
discharge.")
DRY SEWERS
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to the municipal WWTP sewer system but which is not used, in the meantime,
for transport of storm or sanitary sewage.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
END OF PIPE
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article
VII (Discharge Restrictions), shall mean the control manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the municipal WWTP sewer system.
EPA, USEPA, or U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
The agency of the federal government charged with the administration
and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules, and regulations;
also may be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly
authorized official of this agency.
EXTENSION
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an
existing sewer line.
FACILITY
All buildings, other structures, grounds and contiguous property
at any locations related to or connected with a user at the user's
location.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, grease, or fat in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment
facility.
FLOW RATE
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
GARBAGE
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, from the handling, storage, and sale of produce, and from
the packaging and canning of food.
GRAB SAMPLE
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical,
chemical, and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one
point and time.
GREASE TRAP
A device designed and installed so as to separate and retain
deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from normal wastes while
permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the drainage
system by gravity.
ICS FORM
The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform
and update the industrial chemical survey.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
The introduction of wastewater into the Municipal WWTP sewer
system for treatment and ultimate discharge of the treated effluent
to the state's waters. (For reference, see "direct discharge.")
INDUSTRIAL
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce,
trade, business, or institution, and is distinguished from domestic
or residential.
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL SURVEY (ICS)
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by
the NYSDEC, to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility,
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INFILTRATION
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding building drains) from the ground through such means as
defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow. Infiltration
is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built into the
sewer or drain.
INFLOW
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including building drains) from sources such as, but not limited
to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs
and swampy areas, manhole covers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters,
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
INSPECTOR
Individual (or his or her authorized representative) chosen
by the Town Board who is responsible to oversee municipal WWTP sewer
system operations in the Town. He/she is responsible for receiving
permit applications for the construction of sewer laterals and/or
connections and for rendering determinations on such actions. The
Inspector is also responsible for enforcing the Town of Shandaken
Sewer Use Law.
INTERFERENCE
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources.
(1)
Inhibits or disrupts the municipal WWTP sewer
system, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes,
use or disposal; and
(2)
Therefore, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the municipal WWTP sewer system's SPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or prevents
sewage sludge use or disposal by the municipal WWTP sewer system in
accordance with the following statutory provisions and regulations
or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):
(a)
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;
(d)
Toxic Substance Control Act; and
(e)
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
LATERAL
Pipe or conduit that goes from the sewer main up to the foundation
of a structure with plumbing that is used to transmit sewage from
the structure to the sewer collection system.
LATERAL, BUILDING
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street
lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
LATERAL, STREET
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property
line or easement line.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307B and C of the Act (22 U.S.C.
§ 1347), which applies to a specific category of industrial
users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical process
(end of process).
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to state's waters.
NEW OWNER
That individual or entity who purchased property within the
service area of the municipal WWTP sewer system after the effective
date of this chapter.
NEW SOURCE
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of the proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307C
(33 U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which
will be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter
promulgated.
NEW USER
A discharger to the municipal WWTP sewer system who commences
discharge after the effective date of this chapter.
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (NYCDEP)
An agency of the City of New York that is involved principally
with water supply and environmental protection activities, including
watershed protection activities, in both New York City proper and
the city's east and west of Hudson watershed areas.
NUISANCE
The use or lack of use of the Municipal WWTP sewer system
in such a manner so as to endanger life or health, give offense to
the senses, or obstruct or otherwise interfere with the reasonable
use or maintenance of the wastewater treatment and sewage collection
system.
NYC RULES AND REGULATIONS
Rules and Regulations For the Protection from Contamination,
Degradation and Pollution of the New York City Water Supply and Its
Sources, 10 NYCRR Part 128, 18 RCNY Chapter 18, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
OIL AND GREASE
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease, and oil, in a sample,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
OLD OWNER
That individual or entity who owns or owned a property, within
the service area of the municipal WWTP sewer system, purchased prior
to the effective date of this chapter, or who inherited the property
at any time and intends to sell the property, or has sold the property
to a new owner; also the agent of the old owner.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes, and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes; also, the discarded matter not normally present in sewage
or industrial waste.
PASS-THROUGH
The discharge which exits the municipal WWTP sewer system
into waters of the state in quantities which, alone or in conjunction
with discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the municipal WWTP sewer system's SPDES permit(s) (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERMIT
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of municipal
WWTP sewer system for specified wastes over a limited period of time,
containing sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring
other actions as authorized by this chapter.
PERSON
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, federal, state, or local agency or entity, association,
trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
pH
The logarithm (Base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH value of
7.0, the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0
represent alkaline conditions. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
PHOENICIA WASTEWATER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
A group of five individuals, chosen by the Town Board, to serve the Town Board in an advisory capacity on matters relating to the WWTP sewer system. Each individual member shall be a resident and/or owner of property connected to the sewer system. Members shall serve at the discretion of the Town Board for terms of three years. The members shall serve without compensation. The Town Board may delegate some or all of its authority or decisionmaking under Articles
III and
V hereof to this Committee by Board resolution on an annual basis. The Town Board shall consult with the Committee prior to establishing the sewer rent under Article
XIII and prior to making allocation determinations under §
103-81B and
C.
POLLUTANT
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands
and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that water,
land and/or air by any living thing at any time.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters, lands
and/or airs resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into these
media.
(POTW) PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292). This definition includes any sewers and
appurtenances that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment plant,
but does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected
directly or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater, and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
PRETREATMENT (TREATMENT)
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature 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
and sewage collection system. The reduction or alteration can be achieved
by physical, chemical, or biological process, changes, or by other
means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(D).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial
user.
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA, in accordance with the Act and filed with the Secretary of State.
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, and with no particle having a dimension greater
than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
RECORDS
Shall include, but not be limited to, any printed, typewritten,
handwritten or otherwise recorded matter of whatever character (including
paper or electronic media), including but not limited to, letters,
files, memoranda, directives, notes and notebooks, correspondence,
descriptions, telephone call slips, photographs, permits, applications,
reports, compilations, films, graphs and inspection reports. For the
purposes of this chapter "records" shall mean records of and relating
to waste generation, reuse and disposal, and shall include records
of usage of raw materials.
ROOF DRAIN
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
SEPTAGE
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools, or approved type of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions, and industries; also sludge from small sewage treatment
plants.
SEPTIC TANK
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with any local, state, and New York City requirements.
SERVICE AREA OF THE POTW
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established,
altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated
by action of the Town Board, subject to applicable law.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and
such ground-, surface, and stormwater as may be inadvertently present.
The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial wastes
and other wastes shall also be considered "sewage," within the meaning
of this definition.
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
All facilities used for collecting, regulating, pumping,
and transporting sewage to a wastewater treatment plant.
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC (DOMESTIC WASTES)
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial (restaurants and institutions
serving food on-premises are not considered commercial for purposes
of this definition) preparation, cooking, and handling of food, liquid
wastes containing human excrement and similar matter from the sanitary
conveniences in dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings,
and institutions, or liquid wastes from clothes washing and/or floor/wall
washing. Therefore, domestic sewage includes both black water and
grey water. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
SEWAGE, NORMAL
(1)
Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes,
which show, by analysis, the following characteristics:
(a)
B.O.D. (five-day): 2,090 pounds per million
gallons (250 milligrams per liter), or less.
(b)
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons
(300 milligrams per liter), or less.
(c)
Phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15
milligrams per liter), or less.
(d)
Ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30
milligrams per liter), or less.
(e)
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: 417 pounds per million
gallons (50 milligrams per liter), or less.
(f)
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons
(25 milligrams per liter), or less.
(g)
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 pounds per million
gallons (350 milligrams per liter), or less.
(h)
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons
(100 milligrams per liter), or less.
(2)
In spite of satisfying one or more of these
characteristics, if the sewage also contains substances of concern
in significant concentrations, it may not be considered normal sewage.
SEWAGE, SANITARY
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories,
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial,
and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
SEWAGE, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal sewage and/or which contains substances of concern in significant concentrations which could result in an exceedance of one or more of the objectives set forth in §
103-3A hereof.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit used for carrying or transporting sewage
to a wastewater treatment plant.
SEWER, COMBINED
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
SEWER, PUBLIC
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights to its use.
SEWER, SANITARY
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm-, surface,
and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
SHANDAKEN WWTP or MUNICIPAL WWTP
The owned wastewater treatment plant that, with its sewage
collection system, comprises a part of the Town wastewater collection
and treatment facilities. For purposes of this chapter, all references
to discharges to the Shandaken WWTP or the municipal WWTP shall include
discharges to the WWTP's sewage collection system except where specifically
stated otherwise.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
(1)
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits,
defined here as those, in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken
during a six-month period, which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily
maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
(2)
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations,
defined here as those, in which 33% or more of all of the measurements
for each pollutant parameter taken during a six-month period, which
equal or exceed the product of the daily maximum limits multiplied
by the applicable TRC (TRC equals 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and
grease; TRC equals 1.2 for all other pollutants);
(3)
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent
limit (daily maximum or long-term average) that the Inspector, after
consultation with appropriate agencies, determines has caused, alone
or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through
(including endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general
public);
(4)
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Inspector's exercise of its emergency authority under Article
IX (Enforcement; Penalties) of this chapter;
(5)
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule
date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a local control
mechanism or enforcement order for starting construction, completing
construction, or attaining final compliance;
(6)
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the
due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day
compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports
on compliance with compliance schedules;
(7)
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
(8)
Any intentional discharge of stormwater or groundwater
into house laterals or directly into sewer mains; and
(9)
Any other violation which the Inspector, after
consultation with appropriate agencies, determines will adversely
affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
SLUG
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration (See "normal sewage") sufficient to cause
interference.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
STANDARD METHODS
Procedures contained in the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American
Public Health Association, procedures established by the Administrator,
pursuant to Section 304(G) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR Part
136, and amendments thereto. (If 40 CFR Part 136 does not include
a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question,
then procedures set forth in EPA publication Sampling and Analysis
Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants,
April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used, or any other procedure
approved by the Town Board.)
STORMWATER
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to people or the environment
including the Parameters of Concern listing in Appendix B.
SUMP PUMP
A machine used for removing standing water from one location
and disposing it elsewhere.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float
on the surface of, or are in suspension, or are settleable, and can
be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
TEN STATES STANDARDS (10 STATES STANDARDS)
Latest edition of Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities
by the Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi Board of State and Provincial
Health and Environmental Managers.
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during
the acid digestion of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the total quantity of orthophosphate, in a sample of
wastewater, following the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed
as milligrams of phosphorus per liter of sample.
TOWN
The Town of Shandaken, an incorporated municipality of the
State of New York.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to the POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere
with any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a
sewage treatment plant or overflow point.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
USER, CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL (CIU)
An industrial user of the POTW that is subject to categorical
pretreatment standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter
N.
USER, EXISTING
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before
the effective date of this chapter.
USER, INDUSTRIAL
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewater.
USER, NEW
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL (SIU)
An industrial user of the POTW who is:
(2)
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.3(t)(2), any
other industrial user that discharges an average of 25,000 gallons
per day or more of process wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact
cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater) to the POTW; or
(3)
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.3(t)(2), any
other industrial user that contributes a process wastestream which
makes up 5% or more average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity
of the POTW; or
(4)
Any other industrial user that the Town designates
as having a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's
operation or for violating a pretreatment standard or requirement.
WASTEWATER
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewater
from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities,
and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and
stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP)
That portion of a wastewater treatment and sewage collection
system or POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater, and to
treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment. Includes privately
owned treatment plants.
WATERSHED (NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED)
The drainage basins of the Catskill and Delaware and Croton
Systems. Maps of the watershed are located at various offices within
the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
WATERS OF THE STATE (STATE'S WATERS)
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof.