Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of the terms used in this article shall be as follows:
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 parts per million by weight.
BRANCH CONNECTION
A tee or wye attached to or built in a public sewer to receive
a building sewer.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil and waste 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 SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the branch connection
at the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COLLECTOR OF SEWER FEES
The Collector of Sewer Fees as appointed by the Township
Committee of the Township of Morris or his authorized deputy, agent
or representative.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer in which both surface runoff and sewage are received.
ENGINEERING INSPECTOR
A representative under the Township Engineer with the duties
of inspecting construction projects and activities.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and disposing
of foods and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
HEALTH OFFICER
The Health Officer appointed by the Board of Health of the
Township of Morris.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial and laboratory processes
as distinct from sanitary sewage.
OPERATOR
The operator of the sewage treatment plant duly appointed
by the Morris Township Committee.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal right and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and in which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not permitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from any buildings
or structures.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER CHAIRPERSON
The Chairperson of the Sanitary Sewer Standing Committee
as appointed by the Morris Township Committee, or his authorized agent
or 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.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continually
or intermittently.