Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.).
[Added 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
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 (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 or disposal.
CONTAMINATION
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health though
poisoning or through the spread of disease.
[Added 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
ENGINEER
The professional engineer retained by the Village.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food; and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
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
who utilizes the services of the Village's sewer system.
[Added 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
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.
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.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
[Added 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
That portion of the municipal system which is designed to
provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) to wastes
received by the municipal system.
[Amended 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
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.
[Added 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
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.
PROPERTY LINE
Curbline if the building sewer is to connect with the public
sewer located in a public street. "Property line" shall mean the edge
of a sewer right-of-way at such times where the building sewer connects
to the public sewer in a right-of-way. "Property line" shall mean
the edge of the street right-of-way at such times where the building
sewer connects to a public sewer located off the paved portion of
the street.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Act
(33 U.S.C. § 1292) and better defined as any sewer that
conveys wastewater to the POTW, but does not include pipes, sewers
or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment.
[Amended 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights, and is controlled by the Village.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such groundwater, surface water and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit used for carrying sewage.
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.
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.
[Added 12-10-1984 by L.L. No. 1-1985]
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of Public Works, or his authorized deputy,
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.
VILLAGE
The Village of Castleton-on-Hudson, Rensselaer County, New
York.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.