Hereafter any person owning a building or structure within the Town of Cumberland which is the source of sewage and/or industrial wastes or who proposes to erect such a building or structure shall conform to the requirements of the State Plumbing Code, this chapter and any regulations thereunder. Outside consulting fees shall be charged in accordance with Chapter
315, Zoning, §
315-81.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows. "Shall" is mandatory;
"may" is permissive.
ABUTTER
A parcel of land whose boundary closest to the sewer line,
if extended across the street right-of-way, would cross the public
sewer.
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, beginning eight feet (2.5 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 "house connection."
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater
or surface water.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for 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. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
FORCE MAIN
A pressurized section of sewer that conveys the discharge
from a pump station to a higher-level destination which may be a treatment
plant or a manhole in the gravity portion of the sewerage system.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial process, trade or business
as distinct from sanitary wastes.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers, into a watercourse, pond,
ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, 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.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
The Plumbing Inspector of the Town of Cumberland appointed
pursuant to 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4221.
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 particles greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, institutions
and other buildings, together with minor quantities of groundwater,
stormwater, and surface water that are not admitted intentionally.
SANITARY WASTES
The liquid wastes and liquid-borne wastes discharged from
sanitary conveniences such as toilets, washrooms, urinals, sinks,
showers, drinking fountains, home laundry rooms and kitchens and essentially
free of industrial wastes or toxic materials.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
See definition of "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWER PERMIT
A written permit obtained from the Town for disposal of sewage
from a commercial or residential unit through appropriate building
drains to the public sewer and finally to the Town's wastewater
facilities.
SEWER USER UNIT
The measure of flow equal to that generated by the average
single-family household, which is 310 gallons per day.
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 of flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
wastewater treatment works.
SUPERINTENDENT
The official directly in charge of the Cumberland sewer system
as designated by the Town Council, or the Superintendent's authorized
deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The 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 filtrating, as prescribed in Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, and referred
to as "nonfilterable residue."
TOWN
The Town of Cumberland, Maine.
TOWN COUNCIL
The duly elected Town Council of the Town of Cumberland.
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.
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, institutions
and any other buildings, 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 sanitary and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
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 "water pollution
control plant."
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.
If Town ordinances or parts of Town ordinances are in conflict
with this chapter, the more restrictive shall apply.