As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics of normal sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics of normal sewage. See "normal sewage."
Those costs that must be borne by the districts in making annual payments on indebtedness for such purposes as construction, land acquisition and required reserves for repairs or replacements. "Capital charges" are not includable in operation and maintenance.
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an existing sewer line.
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade, business, or institution, and is distinguished from domestic or residential.
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, cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, 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. Inflow is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer or drain.
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the POTW for specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing sampling locations and reporting frequencies, and requiring other actions as authorized by this article.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, federal, ftate, or local agency or entity, association, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever.
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.
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 POTW. 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).
A treatment works, as defined by § 212 of the Act, (33 U.S.C § 1292), which is owned, in this instance, by the Town of Niskayuna. 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.
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 article, "records" shall mean records of and relating to waste generation, reuse and disposal, and shall include records of usage of raw materials.
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 the Town Board.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and such ground, surface, 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.
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial 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): 2,090 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: 417 pounds per million (50 milligrams per liter) or less.
Chlorine demand: 209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams per liter) or less.
Chemical oxygen demand: 2,920 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, it may not be considered normal sewage.
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal sewage and /or which contains substances of concern.
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in normal sewage. (See "volume charge.")
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal rights, and the use of which is controlled by the Town.
The cost chargeable to each user for operation and maintenance costs. Such "sewer rent" is to be distinguished from the assessment that is levied to recover capital costs, which is made at the same time as the assessment of taxes in the Town.
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
See "user, significant industrial."
That individual nominated by the Town and confirmed by the Town Board as the Superintendent of Water and Sewer. Such an individual shall be licensed to practice engineering in the state, and otherwise qualified to oversee water treatment and distribution and POTW operations. This definition shall also include his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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.
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 Niskayuna.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution of wastewater into the POTW.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before the effective date of this article.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the effective date of this article.
An industrial user of the Town POTW who is:
Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards promulgated by the EPA;
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with other industries, on the operation of the treatment works;
Using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds or 1,000 gallons of raw material containing priority pollutants and/or substances of concern and discharging a measurable quantity of these pollutants to the sewer system;
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load of conventional pollutants received by the POTW treatment plant.
*Note: A user discharging a measurable quantity of a pollutant may be classified as nonsignificant if, at the influent to the POTW treatment plant, the pollutant is not detectable. |
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewaters 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.