Unless otherwise defined herein, technical terms shall be defined
in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, published by the American Health Association, the
American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or
required by subject matter or context:
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials and its latest
published applicable standards.
BOARD or JOINT SEWAGE BOARD
The Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Board, established
under the agreement between the City of Binghamton and the Village
of Johnson City for the operation of a joint wastewater treatment
facility. The term includes any duly authorized designee, agent or
representative of the Board.
BUILDING DRAIN
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
which begins five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the
building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive stormwater and surface water
as well as wastewater.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain
no polluting substances which would produce BOD5 or suspended solids each in excess of 10 milligrams per liter.
DEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FEDERAL ACT or ACT
The 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments,
Public Law 92-500, and the 1977 Clean Water Act, Public Law 95-217,
and any amendments thereto; as well as any guidelines, limitations
and standards promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant to the "Act."
FLOW RATE
The quantity of waste or liquid that flows in a certain period
of time.
GARBAGE
Animal and vegetable wastes from the preparation, cooking
and disposing of food and from the handling, processing, storage and
sale of food products and produce.
HOLDING TANK WASTE
Any sanitary waste from holding tanks, such as marine vessels,
chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and vacuum-pump
tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL USER
A nonresidential user of the Town public sewer system, which
user is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual,
1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented
under one of the following divisions:
(1)
Division A: agriculture, forestry and fishing.
(3)
Division D: manufacturing.
(4)
Division E: transportation, communications, electrical, gas
and sanitary services.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any discarded matter, including any liquid, gaseous or solid
substance, or a combination thereof, resulting from any process of
industry, manufacturing, trade or business or from development or
recovery of natural resources. The term shall not include garbage.
INFLUENT
Wastewater, raw or partly treated, flowing into any sewage
treatment device or sewage treatment facilities.
INTERFERENCE
The inhibition or disruption of the treatment plant processes
or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal. The term includes
any action which contributes to a violation of any requirement of
the Joint Sewage Board's SPDES permit or which results in the prevention
of sewage sludge reuse, reclamation or disposal by the treatment plant
in accordance with § 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1345)
or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the
Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
or any more stringent state criteria applicable to the method of disposal
or use employed by the treatment plant.
JOINT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT or TREATMENT PLANT
The Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewage treatment plant.
The term includes all devices or systems used in the storage, treatment,
cycling or reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of
a liquid nature by the Binghamton-Johnson City joint sewage treatment
plant.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes having pollutant
concentrations which do not exceed 240 milligrams per liter of BOD5, 300 milligrams per liter of total suspended solids
or 50 milligrams per liter of oil and grease and which are otherwise
acceptable for discharge into the treatment plant under the terms
of this chapter. The numbers and values of characteristics are subject
to revision by the Joint Sewage Board when, in the opinion of the
Board, a revision is necessary in order to maintain the physical integrity
of the treatment plant or maintain the treatment plant's capability
of providing treatment in compliance with federal, state and local
standards.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, association,
private or public corporation, political subdivision, governmental
agency, municipality, industry, trust, estate or any other legal entity
whatsoever.
POLLUTANTS
As may be defined now or hereafter by appropriate local,
state or federal authorities or by the Board, or substances which
may be present in wastewater, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, the
amount of which may contain soluble or insoluble solids of organic
or inorganic nature which may deplete the dissolved oxygen content
of natural waters, contribute solids, contain oil, grease or floating
solids which may cause unsightly appearance on the surface of such
waters or contain materials detrimental to aquatic life.
PREMISES
Any parcel of real property, including land, improvements
or appurtenances or buildings, grounds, etc.
PRIVATE SEWER
A sewer which is not owned or controlled by a public agency.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer which is owned or controlled by a governmental agency.
This term includes any devices or systems used by the governmental
agency in the storage, transmission, treatment or reclamation of municipal
sewage or industrial wastes.
RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD
The rules and regulations relating to the use of the Binghamton-Johnson
City joint sewage treatment plant, promulgated by the Binghamton-Johnson
City Joint Sewage Board.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer intended to carry only sanitary or sanitary and industrial
wastewater from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants
and institutions.
SANITARY WASTE
Wash water, culinary wastes and the liquid waste containing
only human excreta and similar matter, flowing in or from a building
drainage system or sewer originating in a dwelling, business building,
factory or institution.
SEWAGE
Wastewater, as hereafter defined.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater. The term includes
sanitary sewers and combined sewers.
SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public
sewers, with no particle having any dimension greater than 1/2 inch.
SPDES PERMIT
A wastewater discharge permit issued by the DEC under the
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
STORM SEWER
A sewer intended to carry only stormwaters, surface runoff,
street wash waters and/or drainage exclusive of sanitary wastes.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of sewage works systems in the Town of
Dickinson as appointed by the Town Board.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter in water or wastewater, as determined
by standard methods.
TOWN
The Town of Dickinson, Broome County, New York.
TOWN PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
All Town-owned pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations and
force mains, and all other constructions, devices and appliances appurtenant
thereto, used for conveying wastewater to a point of ultimate disposal.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which when
discharged to the sewer system in sufficient amounts may tend to interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitutes a hazard to the receiving
waters of the effluent from the sewage treatment plant, poses a hazard
to sewer maintenance personnel or constitutes a hazard to animal life
or inhibits aquatic life. This definition includes, but is not limited
to, EPA priority pollutants.
UNIFORM CODE
The New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water to which no constituent has been added, either intentionally
or accidentally, which would render such water unacceptable to the
agency having jurisdiction thereof for disposal to storm or natural
drainages or directly to surface waters.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the Town public sewer system.
WASTEWATER
The water-carried domestic, human or animal waste from residences,
buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with
such ground infiltration and industrial and commercial wastes as may
be present.
WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
The individual chemical, physical, bacteriological and radiological
parameters, including volume, flow rate and such other parameters
that serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality and/or
strength of wastewater.
WEF
The Water Environment Federation and its latest published
applicable standards.