Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in these rates, rules and regulations shall be as follows:
APARTMENT One of a series of attached one family dwelling units each having a common or party wall or walls between it and neighboring units, and which shares with its attached neighboring dwelling units such facilities as pedestrian walks, gardens, lawns, utilities, sanitary systems and recreation area.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD) The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days of 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 wastewater 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" or "lateral."
CHECK VALVE A valve which allows flow in a pipe one way only.
COMMERCIAL UNIT A nonresidential unit or that which is engaged in the buying, selling and/or rental of merchandise or services. Such units would be retail and wholesale businesses, service organizations, financial institutions, professional and business offices, schools, eating and drinking establishments, funeral homes and similar facilities.
CONDOMINIUM One of a series of attached one-family dwelling units each having common or party wall or walls between it and neighboring dwelling units. Each condominium unit shall have separate and individual utility systems.
CUSTOMER The applicant for water and/or sewer service at one household or business, whether owner or tenant, and who enters into an agreement with the Department and will be the owner of record.
DEPARTMENT The Glassboro Water and Sewer Department.
DOMESTIC CONSUMER UNIT A single dwelling or structure normally occupied by a single family and is equal to 300 gallons per day of flow.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE The normal waterborne fluid wastes from residences, commercial establishments, institutions and industrial establishments, limited to the wastes from kitchens, bathrooms, water closets, lavatories and laundries.
EASEMENT An acquired legal right by the Department for the specific use of land owned by others.
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES A building, structure or house now erected, which may be occupied or used by human beings, on a lot designed and occupied exclusively as a residence for one or more families.
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. The 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 foods.
GREASE TRAP A device designed with the primary purpose to assure free-flowing drainage through pipe lines at all times by intercepting, separating, accumulating and recovering grease and solids from sanitary lines.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes or sewage.
LATERAL The service line owned by the customer and extending from the dwelling or establishment to the curbline (as per Department details and specifications).
MAIN The Department-owned or -leased piping and appurtenances, in or along public highways and streets, or along privately owned right-of-way, used for the transmission or distribution of water to or for the collection of domestic sewage or industrial wastes from its customer.
METER PIT A device which provides an area for placement of a water meter and which is a self contained isolated unit with applicable fittings to accept such meter.
MIXED-USE BUILDING A building which can include a combination of residential, commercial, cultural, institutional and/or industrial uses, but the uses are contained within the same building.
[Added 7-28-2015 by Ord. No. 15-26]
OWNER 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 7.0.
POTABLE WATER Any water used, or intended to be used, for drinking and culinary purposes.
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.
PUBLIC COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM A public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
PUBLIC SEWER A common sanitary sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM A system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if such system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves an average of at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year. Such term includes any collection, treatment, storage and distribution facilities under control of the operator of such system and used primarily in connection with such system, and any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such control which are used primarily in connection with such system. A public water system is either a "community water system" or a "non-community water system."
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 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 or 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 the wastewater treatment works.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
SUBSURFACE PLUMBING The location of any plumbing fixture below the grade of the sewer line which services the premises.
SUPERINTENDENT The person in charge of potable water and wastewater facilities and/or works; and/or of the Glassboro Water and Sewer Department or his/her authorized representative. Superintendent shall be licensed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:10-13.
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, 13th edition, of the American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., 1971, and referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
TOWNHOUSE One of a series of attached one-family dwelling units, each having common or party wall or walls between it and neighboring dwelling units and having an individual rear yard contiguous to the dwelling unit designed as an integral part of each one-family dwelling unit and from which the occupants of the dwelling unit shall have the right to exclude the public. Each townhouse shall have separate and individual utility systems.
UNPOLLUTED WATER Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect for the receiving water, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards.
WASTEWATER The spent water of a community. It may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, institutions and 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 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."