Unless the use or context indicates that a different meaning
is intended, the following terms shall have the indicated meanings:
ADMINISTRATOR
The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
BASIC USER CHARGE
The basic assessment levied on all users of the City’s
wastewater facilities to recover operation, maintenance and replacement
costs (O,M&R).
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., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest 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
or other approved point of discharge, beginning five feet (1.5 meters)
outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sanitary
sewer or other place of disposal.
CITY
The City of Lexington.
CONTROL MANHOLE
A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes
are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an interior
drop. The purpose of a control manhole is to provide access for the
City representative to sample and/or measure discharges.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE
The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of
interest, principal and coverage of outstanding indebtedness used
to finance construction of or improvements to the wastewater facilities.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
FEDERAL ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 466 et seq), as amended
(Pub. L. 95-217).
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of food.
INDUSTRIAL USERS
Shall include establishments engaged in manufacturing activities
involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials of
substance into products.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial
or business establishment or process or from the development, recovery
or processing of any natural resource, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER
A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent.
It is 0.001 gram of the constituent in 1,000 milliliters of water.
It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million,
to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results
of water and wastewater analysis.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
NPDES PERMIT
Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued
by the Administrator or, where appropriate, by the Director after
enactment of the Federal Clean Water Act to regulate the discharge
of pollutants pursuant to Section 402 of the Federal Act.
PERSON
Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any
individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association,
society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion
concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the IEPA
Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
PRETREATMENT
The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction
into the wastewater treatment works.
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER
A sanitary sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction
of the City. It shall also include sanitary sewers within or outside
the boundaries City that serve one or more persons and ultimately
discharge into the City sanitary sewers even though those sanitary
sewers may not have been constructed with City funds.
REPLACEMENT
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories,
or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and
maintenance" includes replacement.
RESIDENTIAL USER
All dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments,
and permanent multifamily dwellings.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both, and into which stormwater, surface water, and groundwaters
or polluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
Used interchangeably with "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste
liquids, including stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
SEWERAGE
The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage.
SEWERAGE FUND
The principal accounting designation for all revenues received
in the operation of the sewerage system.
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 of flows during
normal operation.
STORM SEWER
A sewer that carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater
drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted
cooling water.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Wastewater Department of the City
of Lexington appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council
as provided in this chapter.
SURCHARGE
The assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge, which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established in §
159-6 of this chapter.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or industrial waste, and which are removable by
a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended
solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the
IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
USEFUL LIFE
The estimated period during which the collection system and/or
treatment works will be operated.
USER CHARGE
A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost
of operation, maintenance and replacement.
USER CLASS
The type of user: "residential, institutional/governmental,
commercial," or "industrial" as defined herein.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community. From this standpoint, 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.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect,
carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport
effluent to a watercourse.
WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE
The charge levied on all users of the wastewater facilities.
The service charge shall be computed as outlined in this chapter and
shall consist of the total or the basic user charge, the debt service
charge and a surcharge, if applicable.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste
treatment plant" or "wastewater treatment plant" or "pollution control
plant."
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
There is hereby established an executive department of the City
to be known as the "Wastewater Department of the City of Lexington."
The Mayor is authorized to appoint, subject to the advice and consent
of the City Council, a Superintendent of the Wastewater Department
and all other necessary employees of said Department. The Superintendent
shall have the general management and control of the wastewater facilities
of the City.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully, or negligently
break, damage, destroy, or tamper with any structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is a part of the sewage works.