Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of dissolved oxygen required for biochemical
oxidation of decomposable organic matter under aerobic conditions
in a period of five days at a temperature of 20° C., expressed
in parts per million by weight. Such "BOD" shall be determined as
described under the heading "Biochemical Oxygen Demand" in the Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes
(latest edition), as published jointly by the American Public Health
Association, the American Water Works Association and the Federation
of Sewage and Industrial Wastes Association.
CONSULTING ENGINEER
The registered professional engineer employed by the Township
for the design and supervision of construction of sewers and appurtenances
and a new sewage treatment plant within the Township, or any member
of his staff.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation or cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or waterborne wastes
or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing,
trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing
of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewerage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, pond, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of the solution.
PRIVATE WELL
Any well owned by any person for his private use in providing
water for any purpose whatever.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage which has 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 one-half
(1/2) inch in any dimension.
RECORDS
Includes books, documents, papers, apparatus, data, readings,
records of analysis, plans and graphs.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions and commercial and industrial
establishments.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes
and to which storm-, surface and ground waters are not intentionally
admitted.
SEWAGE
Any combination of water-carried waste from residences, buildings,
industrial establishments, institutions, manufacturing plants, processing
plants, commercial establishments or other places in which such wastes
are produced, together with such ground-, surface, storm- or other
water as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any devices and/or structures and facilities used for treating
of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating
and disposal of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm- and surface water, drainage
and some industrial water discharges, such as cooling and air-conditioning
waters, but excludes sanitary sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The dry weight of the solids physically suspended in a flow
of sewage, industrial waste or water, expressed in parts per million
by weight, as determined by the method of determining suspended matter
described under the heading "Suspended Matter" in the Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes (latest
edition), as published jointly by the American Water Works Association,
the American Public Health Association and the Federation of Sewage
and Industrial Wastes Association.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Upper Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
The Engineer employed by the Township of Upper Merion or
an authorized member of his staff.