Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the
meaning of specific terms in this Part 2 shall be as follows:
ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from a building wastewater plumbing facility
to the public wastewater facility.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or
surface water.
COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II)
Includes any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment
not within the definition of an "industrial user (Class III)" and
which is connected to the wastewater facilities.
DAY
The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
DER
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
GARBAGE
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation,
cooking and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL USER (CLASS III)
Any nonresidential user identified in Division A, B, D, E
or I of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual. "Class III"
shall also include any user which discharges wastewater containing
toxic or poisonous substances, or any substance which causes interference
in the wastewater facilities.
INTERFERENCE
Inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater
treatment process or sludge disposal system, or their operation, which
substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
MANAGEMENT
The Manager of the Patterson Township Municipal Authority's
wastewater system or an authorized designee.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any other
body of surface or ground water.
NPDES
The national pollutant discharge elimination system permit
program, whether administered by the EPA or by DER.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private
property with wastewater facilities which discharge or will discharge
to the Patterson Township Municipal Authority's wastewater facilities.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality or other similar organization, agency or
group.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by Standard
Methods.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to discharge to the Patterson Township Municipal
Authority's wastewater facilities.
PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which
applies to industrial users.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing
in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2)
inch in any dimension.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
office buildings, industrial plants or institutions.
STANDARD METHODS
The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association,
Water Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORM SEWER
A sewer for conveying storm, surface and other waters which
are not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
SURFACE WATER
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or in in suspension in water or wastewater, as determined by Standard
Methods.
TOXICS
Any of the pollutants designated by federal regulations pursuant
to Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
WASTEWATER
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water or stormwater that may be present.
WASTEWATER SEWER
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary
to collect and transport wastewaters to the treatment facility.
WPCF
The Water Pollution Control Federation.