The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
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 outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The appointed Building Inspector of the Town or his authorized
representative.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
DPW
The sewer operation and maintenance group of the Department
of Public Works.
DEVELOPER
Any person, company or corporation involved in the business
of land development or involved in the construction or extension of
public utility systems.
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH
The appointed Director of Health of the Town or his authorized
representative.
FAILURE
Any and all breaks, clogs, collapse and malfunctions which
would hinder the appurtenant equipment or process from performing
the intended function.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sales of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
OBJECTIONABLE WASTE
Any and all substances which would endanger life, limb and
public property or constitute a nuisance.
ONE FULL WORKING DAY
Twenty-four consecutive hours, excluding holidays, weekends
and any other days which the Town Hall is closed.
OTHER WASTES
Any and all liquids, solids or gases produced as a result
of either residential occupation, or commercial or industrial processes.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions in moles per liter of solution.
POLLUTED
Containing toxic or poisonous substances which would have
an adverse effect on the receiving stream or which can otherwise endanger
life, limb and public property or constitutes a nuisance.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food
that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be
carried freely under the flow condition normally prevailing in public
sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of adjoining properties have
equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
sewage.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage and approved quantities of industrial waste.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste 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.
SUBDIVISION
Any development of land which proposes two or more smaller
lots from a larger parcel of land.
SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
Any combination of tanks, chambers, trenches, boxes, pipes,
conduits and other appurtenances for the disposal of sewage when public
sewers are not available.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Waste Treatment of the Town or his
authorized representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
TOWN
The Town of Southington acting through any authorized representative.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which when discharged
to the sewer system in sufficient quantities may tend to interfere
with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to human
beings or animals, or to inhibit aquatic life in the receiving waters
of the effluent from the sewage treatment plant.
UNPOLLUTED
Containing no toxic or poisonous substance which would have
an adverse effect on the receiving stream or which can otherwise endanger
life, limb and public property or constitute a nuisance.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
WATER SUPPLY WELL
Any combination of pipes, motors, screens, filters, casings,
tanks, pumps, treatment equipment or other appurtenances for the supply
of water to residential, commercial and industrial establishments
and being distinct from publicly owned water supply system.
WELL DRILLER
Any person licensed under Chapter 482 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, and any statutory amendment or substitution thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit or permit
to be deposited in any manner on public or private property within
the Town, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Town, any human
or animal excrement, garbage or other waste, except as provided in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
It shall be unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within
the Town any sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable
treatment has been provided in accordance with this chapter.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful
to construct or repair any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool
or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
The discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, and other wastes
generated on or discharged from real property lying outside the boundary
of the Town into the Town sewage system shall be made only with the
express consent of the Town and upon issuance of a permit setting
forth the terms and conditions for such discharge.