This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Town of Warwick
Sanitary Sewer Ordinance."
A.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINED SEWER
EASEMENT
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
HEALTH OFFICER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
NATURAL OUTLET
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWER
SEWER INSPECTOR
SLUG
SPDES
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "storm sewer")
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
UNPOLLUTED WATER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20º C., expressed
in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which
receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning five
feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other
place of disposal, also called "house connection."
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater or surface
water.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate
by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated
and does not interfere with the collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and serving of foods.
Representative of the Orange County Health Department.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business as distinct
from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section 307(b) and
(c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies to a specific category
of industrial users.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven and a hydrogen ion concentration
of 10.
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.
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with minor
quantities of ground- , storm- and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
The official or employee of the Town of Warwick designated by the
Town Board as the enforcer of this chapter.
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 flows during normal operation and adversely affects the collection system
or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
State pollutant discharge elimination system.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water
or unpolluted water from any source.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of or is
in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that is removable
by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
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 treatment facilities provided.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it
may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry
away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge, sometimes used as synonymous with "waste treatment
plant" or "wastewater treatment plant" or "water pollution control plant."
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously
or intermittently.
