Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms in this chapter shall be as follows:
Prior to actual connection between the sanitary building
drain and the sanitary building sewer, an approval to connect shall
be required from the DPW. This approval will only be considered just
prior to final connection, upon completion of testing and inspection
by the Superintendent.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5)
days at twenty degrees Celsius (20° C.), expressed in milligrams
per liter.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation
of organic matter with a strong chemical oxidant, expressed in milligrams
per liter as determined under standard laboratory procedure.
A substance that is amenable to removal in substantial amounts
by the wastewater treatment plant. "Compatible pollutants" include,
but are not limited to, coliform bacteria, suspended solids and those
that exert BOD.
Referred to hereinafter as "Construction Standards and Rules
and Regulations."
A person, partnership or corporation which has been actively
engaged in work associated with construction, rehabilitation or repair
of sewer facilities and which has sufficient equipment, labor and
resources to construct the proposed work.
The owner of record of a subdivision or a parcel of property
or owner of record of a single lot upon which a new dwelling or structure
is to be constructed, hereinafter referred to as the "applicant."
The Department of Public Works of the Town of Ashland, Massachusetts,
hereinafter referred to as "town" or "DPW."
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
The consulting engineer or firm employed by the DPW for review
of design and construction proceedings.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
More than the limits established in these regulations or
of such magnitude that, in the judgment of the DPW, may cause damage
to any facility, may be harmful to the wastewater treatment process
or reduce its efficiency, cannot be removed in the wastewater treatment
plant to the degree required to meet the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act of 1972, Public Law 92-500, may create any hazard in the receiving
waters, may exceed the capacity of the Massachusetts Water Resources
Authority (MWRA) sewerage system or may otherwise endanger life, limb
or public property or may constitute a public nuisance.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility.
Any building wherein is kept or stored one (1) or more vehicles,
including, among others, a public or private garage, carport, motor
vehicle repair shop or paint shop, service station, lubritorium, car
wash or any building used for similar purposes.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
A substance that is not amenable to removal in substantial
amounts by a wastewater treatment plant. "Incompatible pollutants"
include, but are not limited to, toxic metals and persistent organics
and toxic biocumulative organics.
The owner of record of an existing dwelling for which a sanitary
building sewer is to be installed, hereinafter referred to as "applicant."
Any user identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual of the United States Office of Management and Budget, as amended
and supplemented, under the following divisions:
A.
Division A: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
B.
Division B: Mining.
C.
Division D: Manufacturing.
D.
Division E: Transportation, Communication, Electric,
Gas and Sanitary Service.
E.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LICENSED PIPELAYER
NATURAL OUTLET
PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT SEWER LINES
PERSON
PH
PLANNING BOARD AGENT
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
PUBLIC SEWER MAIN
SANITARY BUILDING DRAIN
SANITARY BUILDING SEWER
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SLUG
STATE SEWER SYSTEM EXTENSION OR CONNECTION PERMIT
STORM DRAIN
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWN
WATERCOURSE
Division I: Services.
The wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade
or business, and shall include solid, liquid or gaseous wastes or
wastewater resulting from industrial or manufacturing processes or
discharged from a commercial, governmental or institutional facility
or from the development, recovery or processing of natural resources.
The person, partnership or corporation authorized by the
DPW to perform this type of work and responsible for the actual construction
of the addition, repair or alteration to the municipal sewerage system.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
Required prior to installation of any exterior piping systems
which will eventually connect to the Ashland municipal sewerage system
and applied for in the name of the licensed pipelayer and the individual
homeowner or developer. Application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable
fee as set by the Department of Public Works, a layout of the proposed
construction, a copy of the certificate of insurance, a copy of the
state and local highway opening permit and a performance bond of five
thousand dollars ($5,000), if applicable, and other pertinent data
further detailed in the following sections of this chapter.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
partnership, group or any political subdivision of the commonwealth.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in moles per liter of solution.
The authorized representative of the Ashland Planning Board
(P.B. Agent).
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
foods 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 one-half (1/2) inch
in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by the Ashland DPW.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
Any system of sewer pipe, eight (8) inches or larger in diameter,
servicing more than one (1) building or dwelling, constructed within
a public or private way or easement or under authority of a special
permit or license, which will eventually become a part of the municipal
sewer system, such as developments, etc.
The pipe within the building or structure extending to a
point ten (10) feet beyond the exterior side of the foundation wall,
conveying the discharge of wastewater (sewage).
The pipe extending from a point ten (10) feet beyond the
exterior face of the foundation wall to the public sewer main, conveying
the discharge of wastewater (sewage).
Liquid and water-carried human and domestic wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, exclusive
of ground-, storm- and surface waters, roof and surface runoff, uncontaminated
cooling water and noncontact industrial process waters and exclusive
of industrial wastes.
A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and industrial waste.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
wastewater, industrial wastes or sludge.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
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 fifteen (15) minutes
more than five (5) times the average twenty-four-hour concentration
of flows during normal operation and which may adversely affect the
sewerage system.
A state water pollution control sewer extension or connection
permit is required for any main line extension or system change in
use or flow on main line systems with a valid permit. In addition,
any new service connection to an existing permitted main line requires
a permit if the discharge is to exceed two thousand (2,000) gallons
per day. Any existing permitted service connection planning a change
in use or flow must reapply, and any service connection existing prior
to May 10, 1979, which is planning an increase in discharge greater
than two thousand (2,000) gallons per day over existing discharge
must apply for a new permit.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than uncontaminated
cooling water.
The authorized representative of the DPW.
[Amended 10-18-2000 ATM, Art. 14]
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
The Town of Ashland, Massachusetts.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
" Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
