Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this chapter 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 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 service lateral
or other place of disposal.
CITY
The City of Absecon City.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other but which shall be free
from odor and oil. It shall contain no polluting substances which
would produce BOD or suspended solids each in excess of 10 parts per
million by weight.
CUSTOMER
The applicant for sewerage service at one household, industry
or business, whether owner or tenant, who is served by the sewerage
system.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
ENGINEER
The duly appointed consulting engineer employed by the City.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, serving and dispensing of food and from the
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trades or businesses
as distinct from domestic or sanitary sewage.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers, into a watercourse, pond,
ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
OWNER
The person holding title of record to the property.
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.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A system of pipes, septic tanks, cesspools and other disposal
areas whose function is to separate the solids from the sewage and
dispose the liquid portion of the sewage underground. All components
of this system function independently of the public sewerage system.
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 SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting 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 groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE LATERAL
That part of the sewerage system from the main to one foot
inside the curb or easement line or abutting the property line.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from any building
or structure, including but not limited to residences, business buildings,
institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater,
surface water and stormwater as may be present.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All facilities of the City utilized for collecting, pumping
and disposing of 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 or flow during
normal operation.
STREET
Any public right-of-way, including but not limited to any
street, road, lane, court, alley or public square.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Sewer Department and/or of Water
Pollution Control of the City of Absecon City, or his authorized deputy,
agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which
is removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.