Unless otherwise stated in the section where the term is used
in this chapter, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be
as stated below. When not inconsistent with the context, the present
tense shall include the future, and words used in the plural shall
include the singular and vice versa. For the purposes of this chapter,
"shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics
of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics
of normal sewage. See normal sewage.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
"Clean Water Act," as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.,
as may be amended.
The Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA), Region 2.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
For purposes of this chapter, with respect to the Inspector's
exercise of judgment in fulfilling his/her responsibilities and obligations
under this chapter, "appropriate agencies" shall include, in the discretion
of the Inspector on a case-by-case basis, any or all of the following:
the WWTP Chief Operator, Water and Sewer Public Works Superintendent,
the Town Board, the Town Engineer or consulting engineer, NYSDEC,
NYSDOH, NYCDEP and USEPA.
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant
may be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
The USEPA, or the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), in the event the NYSDEC is delegated approval
authority responsibility by the USEPA.
The procedures defined as "standard methods" in this article,
or other procedures approved by the Inspector for flow measurement
or determination of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates
in waters, wastewater, and/or sludge.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated
in this chapter.
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
A principal executive officer or his designee, if the industrial
user is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a
partnership or proprietorship, respectively;
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated
above, if such representative is responsible for the overall operation
of the facilities from which the indirect discharge originates.
Difference between the municipal sewer system's capacity
and the average daily flows that the municipal sewer system collects.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical
oxidation of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any
part of a building, either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage
pipes inside the building walls, and conveys it to the building lateral,
which begins five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The portion of a lateral that extends from the property line
(or theoretical curb cut) up to the foundation of the structure being
served by the sewer system.
The amount of wastewater flow (in gallons per day) allocated
to the municipal sewer system by agreement with the WWTP owner.
See "user, categorical industrial."
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the difference between the amount of chlorine added to
a sample and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at the
end of a specified contact time at room temperature, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
The New York City public water supply system includes all
watercourses, wetlands, reservoirs, reservoir stems and controlled
lakes tributary thereto.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to measure the oxygen requirement of that portion of matter, in a
sample, that is susceptible to oxidation, by a specific chemical oxidant,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum
absorption, relative to distilled water. One-hundred-percent transmittance
is equivalent to 0.0 optical density.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples
of wastewater taken at selected intervals, for a specified time period.
The individual samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes
may be proportioned to the flow at the time of sampling.
Attachment of a structure with plumbing to a sewer main or
lateral.
The term shall refer to "approval authority," or to the Inspector
when the Town has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions
of 40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to wastewater treatment plant and/or
sewer system personnel in or upstream of the street lateral, such
that samples collected from the manhole represent the flow to the
municipal sewer system from a specific source.
A pollutant that the municipal sewer system was designed
to treat, defined in accordance with the Act.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no
polluting substances which would produce COD or suspended solids in
excess of five milligrams per liter, or toxic substances, as limited
elsewhere in this chapter.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing,
or causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal
facilities are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly
to the waters of the state of New York. (For reference, see "indirect
discharge.")
See "sewage, domestic."
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to the municipal sewer system but which is not used, in the meantime,
for transport of storm or sanitary sewage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article VII (Discharge Restrictions), "end of pipe" shall mean the control manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the municipal sewer system.
The concentration of a substance in a sample of wastewater
at end of pipe.
The agency of the federal government charged with the administration
and enforcement of federal environmental laws, rules, and regulations.
Also may be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly
authorized official of this agency.
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an
existing sewer line.
All buildings, other structures, grounds and contiguous property
at any locations related to or connected with a user at the user's
location.
Oil, grease, or fat in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment
facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period
of time.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing
of food, from the handling, storage, and sale of produce, and from
the packaging and canning of food.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical,
chemical, and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one
point and time.
A device designed and installed so as to separate and retain
deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from normal wastes while
permitting normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the drainage
system by gravity.
The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform
and update the Industrial Chemical Survey.
The introduction of wastewater into the municipal sewer system
for treatment and ultimate discharge of the treated effluent to the
state's waters. (For reference, see "Direct Discharge.")
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce,
trade, business, or institution, and is distinguished from domestic
or residential.
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by
the NYSDEC, to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
See "user, industrial."
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous
wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility,
or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(excluding building drains) from the ground through such means as
defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration
does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow. Infiltration
is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed or built into the
sewer or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system
(including building drains) from sources such as, but not limited
to, roof leaders, cellar drains, area drains, drains from springs
and swampy areas, manhole covers, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwaters,
foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff, street wash waters,
or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
The individual (or his/her authorized representative) chosen
by the Town Board who is responsible to oversee municipal sewer system
operations in the Town. He/she is responsible for receiving permit
applications for the construction of sewer laterals and/or connections
and for rendering determinations on such actions. The Inspector is
also responsible for enforcing the Town of Kent Sewer Use Law. The
Inspector shall be the Building Inspector of the Town of Kent unless
the Town Board authorizes another individual to act in this capacity.
The proportionate salary of the Building Inspector for time spent
performing the functions of the Inspector for the sewer district shall
be charged back to and paid by the sewer district.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges
by other sources:
Inhibits or disrupts the municipal sewer system, its treatment
processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal;
and
Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the
municipal sewer system's SPDES permit (including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or prevents sewage sludge
use or disposal by the municipal sewer system in accordance with the
following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder
(or more stringent state or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act;
The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) [including Title II, more
commonly referred to as the "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act"
(RCRA), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge
management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA];
Clean Air Act;
Toxic Substance Control Act; and
Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
At the discretion of the Town Board, a group of at least two and no more than five individuals may be chosen by the Town Board to serve in an advisory capacity on matters relating to the WWTP sewer system. One member of the Advisory Committee shall be a Town Board member. Each individual member, except the Town Board member, shall be a resident and/or owner of property connected to the sewer system. Members shall serve at the discretion of the Town Board for terms of three years. The members shall serve without compensation. The Town Board shall consult with the Committee prior to establishing the sewer rent under Article XIII and prior to making allocation determinations under § 61-78B and C.
Pipe or conduit that goes from the sewer main up to the foundation
of a structure with plumbing that is used to transmit sewage from
the structure to the sewer collection system.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street
lateral or other place of wastewater disposal.
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property
line or easement line.
The POTW that comprises a part of the Town wastewater collection
and treatment facilities. For purposes of this chapter, all references
to discharges to the Kent Manor WWTP or the municipal WWTP shall include
discharges to the WWTP's sewage collection system except where
specifically stated otherwise.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (22
U.S.C. § 1347), which applies to a specific category of
industrial users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical
process ("end of process").
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(b)
of the Act, and 40 CFR 403.5.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to state's waters.
That individual or entity who purchased property within the
service area of the municipal sewer system after the effective date
of this chapter.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after
the publication of the proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307(c)(33
U.S.C. § 1317) categorical pretreatment standard which will
be applicable to such source, if such standard is thereafter promulgated.
A discharger to the municipal sewer system who commences
discharge after the effective date of this chapter.
An agency of the City of New York that is involved principally
with water supply and environmental protection activities, including
watershed protection activities, in both New York City proper and
the city's East and West of Hudson Watershed areas.
Rules and Regulations for the Protection from Contamination, Degradation and Pollution of the New York City Water Supply and Its Sources, 10 NYCRR Part 128, 18 RCNY Chapter 18, as the same may be amended from time to time.
The use or lack of use of the municipal sewer system in such
a manner so as to endanger life or health, give offense to the senses,
or obstruct or otherwise interfere with the reasonable use or maintenance
of the wastewater treatment and sewage collection system.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure
to determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease, and oil, in a sample,
expressed in milligrams per liter.
That individual or entity who owns or owned a property, within
the service area of the municipal sewer system, purchased prior to
the effective date of this chapter, or who inherited the property
at any time and intends to sell the property, or has sold the property
to a new owner; also the agent of the old owner.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells,
coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes, and all
other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial
wastes. Also, the discarded matter not normally present in sewage
or industrial waste.
The discharge which exits the municipal sewer system into
waters of the state in quantities, which, alone or in conjunction
with discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any
requirement of the municipal sewer system's SPDES permit(s) (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of municipal
sewer system for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing
sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other
actions as authorized by this chapter.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political
subdivision, federal, state, or local agency or entity, association,
trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of
hydrogen ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH value of
7.0, the pH scale midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0
represent alkaline conditions. Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
See "total phosphorus."
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters,
lands and/or airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that
water, land and/or air by any living thing at any time.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters,
lands and/or airs resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into
these media.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to
wastewater, and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a wastewater treatment
and sewage collection system. The reduction or alteration can be achieved
by physical, chemical, or biological process, process changes, or
by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial
user.
Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the
EPA, in accordance with the Act and filed with the Secretary of State.
See "national prohibitive discharge standard."
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, and with no particle having a dimension greater
than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A treatment works, as defined by Section 212 of the Act,
(33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned by the Town. This definition
includes any sewers and appurtenances that transport wastewater to
the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other
conveyances not connected directly or indirectly to a facility providing
treatment.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of
the state) into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
Shall include, but not be limited to, any printed, typewritten,
handwritten or otherwise recorded matter of whatever character (including
paper or electronic media), including but not limited to, letters,
files, memoranda, directives, notes and notebooks, correspondence,
descriptions, telephone call slips, photographs, permits, applications,
reports, compilations, films, graphs and inspection reports. For the
purposes of this chapter, records shall mean records of and relating
to waste generation, reuse and disposal, and shall include records
of usage of raw materials.
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface
of a roof for disposal.
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks,
holding tanks, cesspools, or approved type of chemical toilets, including
but not limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments,
institutions, and industries. Also sludge from small sewage treatment
plants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of
an underground tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance
with any local, state, and New York City requirements.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established,
altered, changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated
by action of Town Board, subject to applicable law.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and
such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently
present. The admixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial
wastes and other wastes shall also be considered sewage, within the
meaning of this definition.
All facilities used for collecting, regulating, pumping,
and transporting sewage to a wastewater treatment plant.
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial (restaurants and institutions
serving food on premises are not considered commercial for purposes
of this definition) preparation, cooking, and handling of food, liquid
wastes containing human excrement and similar matter from the sanitary
conveniences in dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings,
and institutions, or liquid wastes from clothes washing and/or floor/wall
washing. Therefore, domestic sewage includes both black water and
grey water. (See "sewage, sanitary.")
Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
B.O.D. (five-day): 2,100 pounds per million gallons (250 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Phosphorus: 125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams per
liter), or less.
Ammonia: 250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams per liter),
or less.
Total Kjeldahl nitrogen: 420 pounds per million (50 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Chlorine demand: 210 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams
per liter), or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,900 pounds per million gallons (350
milligrams per liter), or less.
Oil and grease: 830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams
per liter), or less.
In spite of satisfying one or more of these characteristics,
if the sewage also contains substances of concern in significant concentrations,
it may not be considered normal sewage.
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings
(including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories,
or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial,
and other wastes. (See "domestic wastes.")
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal sewage and/or which contains substances of concern in significant concentrations which could result in an exceedance of one or more of the objectives set forth in § 61-3A hereof.
A pipe or conduit used for carrying or transporting sewage
to a wastewater treatment plant.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff
and sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal
rights to its use, and the use of which is controlled by the Town.
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling
waters and other unpolluted waters.
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting
wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
See "user, significant industrial."
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s)
meet(s) one or more of the following criteria:
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here
as those, in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a
six-month period, which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum
limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter;
Technical Review Criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as
those, in which 33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant
parameter taken during a six-month period, which equal or exceed the
product of the daily maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC
(TRC = 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease; TRC = 1.2 for all other
pollutants);
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily
maximum or long-term average) that the Inspector, after consultation
with appropriate agencies, determines has caused, alone or in combination
with other discharges, interference or pass through (including endangering
the health of POTW personnel or the general public);
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Inspector's exercise of its emergency authority under Article IX (Enforcement and Penalties) of this chapter;
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement
order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining
final compliance;
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required
reports such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance
reports, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance
with compliance schedules;
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
Any intentional discharge of stormwater or groundwater into
house laterals or directly into sewer mains; and
Any other violation which the Inspector, after consultation
with appropriate agencies, determines will adversely affect the implementation
or operation of the local pretreatment program.
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or
constituent concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause
interference.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of
Management and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
Procedures contained in the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American
Public Health Association, procedures established by the Administrator,
pursuant to Section 304(g) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part
136, and amendments thereto. (If 40 CFR, Part 136, does not include
a sampling or analytical technique for the pollutant in question,
then procedures set forth in EPA publication, "Sampling and Analysis
Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for Priority Pollutants,"
April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used, or any other procedure
approved by the Town Board).
State of New York.
A permit issued by the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation regulating the discharge of pollutants from new or existing
outlets or point sources into the waters of the state.
See "waters of the state."
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation; also the flow resulting therefrom.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to people or the environment
including the parameters of concern listing in Appendix B.[1]
A machine used for removing standing water from one location
and disposing it elsewhere.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float
on the surface of, or are in suspension, or are settleable, and can
be removed from the sample by filtration, expressed in milligrams
per liter.
Latest edition of Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities
by the Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi Board of State and Provincial
Health and Environmental Managers.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during
the acid digestion of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams
of nitrogen per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure,
to determine the total quantity of orthophosphate, in a sample of
wastewater, following the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed
as milligrams of phosphorus per liter of sample.
The Town of Kent, an incorporated municipality of the State
of New York.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous
to the POTW operation and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere
with any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a hazard
to recreation in the receiving waters, due to the effluent from a
sewage treatment plant or overflow point.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution
of wastewater into the POTW.
An industrial user of the POTW that is subject to categorical
pretreatment standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter
N.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before
the effective date of this chapter.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewater.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the
effective date of this chapter.
An industrial user of the POTW who is:
A CIU; or
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.3(t)(2), any other industrial
user that discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more
of process wastewater (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and
boiler blowdown wastewater) to the POTW; or
Except as provided in 40 CFR 403.3(t)(2), any other industrial
user that contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or
more average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW;
or
Any other industrial user that the Town designates as having
a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation
or for violating a pretreatment standard or requirement.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewater
from dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities,
and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and
stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which
is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
A permit that is granted that allows a connection to be made
to the sewer collection system.
Wastewater treatment plant and any sewers, laterals, and
other appurtenances that transport wastewater to the treatment plant.
That portion of a wastewater treatment and sewage collection
system or POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater, and to
treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment. Includes privately
owned treatment plants.
See "sewage, unusual strength or character."
The drainage basins of the Catskill and Delaware and Croton
Systems. Maps of the watershed are located at various offices within
New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, water courses, waterways,
wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage
systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or
underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained
within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: Appendix B is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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EPA
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Environmental Protection Agency
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GPD
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Gallons per day
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L
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Liter
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Mg
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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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NYCDEP
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New York City Department of Environmental Protection
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation
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P
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Total phosphorus
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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SIC
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Standard industrial classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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SWDA
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Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq.
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TSS
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Total Suspended Solids
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U.S.C.
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United States Code of Laws
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USEPA
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United States Environmental Protection Agency
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WWTP
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Wastewater Treatment Plant
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Terms not defined in this article, or terms found to be ambiguous
or improperly defined in this article, shall be defined by the Act,
or regulations pursuant thereto.
