The following definitions will govern this chapter:
ACT The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND) The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C. expressed in milligrams per liter.
BOROUGH The Borough of Stone Harbor.
BUILDING DRAIN (SANITARY) That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from sewage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning three feet outside the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER That part of the drainage system which extends from the end of the building drain and conveys its discharge to the service line of the public sewer.
CMCMUA The Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority.
COMBINED SEWER A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater or surface water.
COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II) Includes any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment not within the definition of an "industry user" (Class III), and which is connected to the wastewater facilities.
CUSTOMER, CONSUMER, PROPERTY OWNER or USER The owner of the property or his duly authorized agent as exemplified by the following ownership examples:
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(1) A building owned by one party having one or more uses.
(2) An association formed under the "Horizontal Property Act" of the "Condominium Act."
DAY The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
DIVISION The Division of Utilities.
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EPA The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
EXCLUSION METER A separate meter for water which will not be returned to the sanitary collection system as described in § 542-22A(2).
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE Those costs which are over and above normal operating and maintenance costs incurred as a result of actions of a person or persons.
GARBAGE The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
INTERFERENCE Inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater treatment process, sludge disposal system, or their operation, which substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
NATURAL OUTLET Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or any other body of surface water or groundwater.
NJDEP The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, whether administered by the EPA or by the State of New Jersey.
OWNER The person or persons who legally own, lease, or occupy private property with wastewater facilities which discharge, or will discharge to the wastewater facilities.
PERSON Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership, corporation, municipality, or other similar organization, agency, or group.
pH The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by Standard Methods.
PRETREATMENT The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to discharge to the wastewater facilities.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
SANITARY WASTEWATER (SEWER) Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, office buildings, industrial plants, or institutions.
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SERVICE LINE (LATERAL) A water pipeline which extends from a water main to the premises of the user and shall include, but not be limited to, a corporation stop, one or more curb stops, yokes, meters and meter boxes.
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SEWER CLEANOUT A pipe or pipes installed to provide a flow of air to or from a drainage system or to provide a circulation of air within such system to protect trap seals from siphonage and back pressure. The sewer cleanout is a pipe with a cap that provides access to the sewer lateral so that blockages can be removed, located at or near the street curb.
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STANDARD METHODS The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, Water Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.
STATE The State of New Jersey.
STORM SEWER A sewer for conveying stormwater, surface water and other waters, which is not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
SURFACE WATER Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water of wastewater as determined by Standard Methods.
TOXICS Any of the pollutants designated by federal regulations pursuant to Section 307 (a) (1) of the Act.
WASTEWATER A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industries, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, or stormwater or other infiltration that may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITY The combination of the wastewater sewers, pumping stations, appurtenances and treatment facilities.
WASTEWATER SEWER (MAIN) The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary to collect and transport wastewaters to the treatment facility.
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WATER MAIN A water pipe line in a public street or highway or within an easement area from which individual premises are served through service line connections.
WPCF The Water Pollution Control Federation.