Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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.
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,
terminating 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, also called the "house connection."
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or
surface water.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of food.
INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
Any nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment works which
discharges more than 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary wastes or
a volume of process waste or combined process and sanitary wastes
equivalent to 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary wastes. "Sanitary
waste" shall be considered as waste containing a biochemical oxygen
demand of 200 milligrams per liter or less and a suspended solids
concentration of 240 milligrams per liter or less, and these concentrations
shall be applied in determining equivalent volumes of process waste
of combined discharges of sanitary and process wastes.
(2)
Any nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment works which
discharges wastewater to the treatment works which contains toxic
pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or
animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard or have any
adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment
works.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business,
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastewater.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
ground water.
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
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.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollution 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.
PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A privately owned system for the treatment and ultimate disposal
of wastewater, such as a septic tank or cesspool, serving one or more
structures.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292). As used herein, it shall also
mean the Town of Waterford Wastewater Treatment Plant. It shall include
any sewers that convey wastewater to the "POTW," but does not include
pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to said "POTW."
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer controlled by the Town of Waterford.
SANITARY SEWER
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.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Domestic wastewater with storm- and surface water excluded,
and includes wastewater discharging from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings,
industrial plants or institutions.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SLUG
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.
SPDES PERMIT
The State Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit issued
by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation pursuant
to the requirements of the New York State Conservation Law, which
establishes the conditions under which the effluent from the wastewater
treatment plant may be discharged to the surface waters of the State
of New York.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Water Pollution Control of the Town
of Waterford or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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."
TOWN
The Waterford Sewer District.
TOWN BOARD
The duly elected Town Board of the Town of Waterford or its
authorized deputy, agent or representative.
UNPOLLUTED WATER
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.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
WASTEWATER
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.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.