Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this ordinance shall be as follows:
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.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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 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 house connection.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or
surface water.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the Environmental Protection Association in accordance with Section
307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1347) which applies
to a specific category of industrial users.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
NYSDEC
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or duly authorized official of said Department.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
POTW
Publicly owned treatment works.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface
and ground waters 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 storm waters as may be present.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
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.
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
SPDES
State pollutant discharge elimination system.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Malone
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative, or such other official
so designated by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Malone.
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or duly
authorized official of said agency.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]