Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in Part
2 shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C. (68° F.), expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Measurement shall be as set forth in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water,
sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining
at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
COMMISSION
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature
to the Albany County Sewer District.
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 BOD or suspended solids
in excess of 10 parts per million by weight or toxic substances as
limited elsewhere herein.
COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
The trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators,
water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other
appurtenant structures owned and operated by the Albany County Sewer
District.
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
Any county sanitary sewer district as created, altered or
modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
DIRECTOR
The Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District.
GARBAGE
Food wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICER
The duly appointed Commissioner of Health of Albany County.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed,
show by weight the following characteristics:
(1)
BOD: 2,000 pounds per million gallons (240 milligrams per liter)
or less.
(2)
Chlorine demand: 208 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(3)
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams
per liter) or less.
OTHER WASTES
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, eggshells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes
and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group contributing directly or indirectly to the Village sewer
system.
pH
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration
in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity
of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midpoint
of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline
conditions, and those below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally
prevailing in the public sewer to which it is discharged, with no
particle having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
RECEIVING WATERS
A natural watercourse or body of water into which treated
or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY SEWAGE
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
including apartment houses and hotels, office buildings, factories
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial
wastes and other wastes.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of "sewage," as above defined, with industrial
wastes or other wastes also shall be considered sewage within the
meaning of this definition.
SEWAGE SURCHARGE
The demand payment for the use of the county sewerage system
for handling and sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes accepted
for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed
the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLUG
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 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during
normal operation.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than cooling waters
and other unpolluted waters.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by flotation,
skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall be as set forth in the
latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and
Wastewater.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous
to Sewer District personnel, tend to interfere with any biological
sewage treatment process or to constitute a hazard to human beings
or animals or to inhibit aquatic life or to create a hazard to recreation
in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant.
VILLAGE
The Village of Green Island and the lands contained therein.
VILLAGE BOARD
The legally constituted Village Board of the Village of Green
Island.
VILLAGE ENGINEER
The duly designated Engineer of the Village of Green Island
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.