Unless
the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms
used in this chapter 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, 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."
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater
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 oil 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 foods.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial or commercial establishment with a classification
as designated in the "Standard Industrial Classification Manual,"
1972 Edition, as published by the Executive Office of the President
and which utilizes the services of the Village's sewer system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water
or groundwater.
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 7 and a
hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the municipal system which is designed to
provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of wastes
received by the municipal system.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutant 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.
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 Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1292). Includes
any sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW, but does not include
pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing
treatment.
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, and institutions,
together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater and surface
water that are not admitted intentionally.
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
Denotes the State Pollution Discharge Elimination System
established by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of
the State of New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges
to the waters of the state.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works or the designated enforcement
officer or his or her 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."
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water of a 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, 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.