This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Sewer Use Law of the Village of Depew, New York."
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 20° 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 storm 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. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
Any industrial or commercial establishment with a classification
as designated in the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual,"
1972 edition, as published by the Executive Office of the President
and who utilizes the services of the Town's sewer system.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Is permissive. (See "shall.")
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or
groundwater.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or other duly authorized official of said Department.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
or group.
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 10-7.
That portion of the municipal system which is designed to
provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) wastes received
by the municipal system.
The reduction of the amount of pollutant properties in wastewater
to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration
can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process
changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General
Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
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 treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292). Includes any sewers that convey wastewater
to the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances
not connected to a facility providing treatment.
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.
Shall be interpreted as being storm sewer(s) and drainage
facilities (e.g., receivers, culverts, etc.), sump pump(s), roof drain(s),
roof downspout(s), footing drains, yard and area drain(s), and other
facilities which may convey illegal waters to the public sanitary
sewer collection system.
[Added 12-22-2003 by L.L. No. 6-2003]
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
Is mandatory. (See "may.")
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
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
Denotes the State Pollution Discharge Elimination System
established by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of
the State of New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges
to the waters of the state.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water, or polluted water from any source.
The enforcement officer designated by the Board of Trustees
to enforce this chapter.[1]
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.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
