[Ord. 604, 2/10/1987, §§ 101 — 135; as amended by Ord. 645, 3/13/1990]
1. BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND) BOROUGH BUILDING DRAIN CAPITAL COST CONNECTION FEE COMBINED SEWER CONNECTION UNIT(1) (2) (3) CURBLINE DOMESTIC WASTE EASEMENT EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT FLOATABLE OIL GARBAGE HOUSE CONNECTION INDUSTRIAL WASTE LATERAL LOT MANAGER NATURAL OUTLET PERSON pH PLUMBING INSPECTOR PRETREATMENT PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE PUBLIC SEWER SANITARY SEWAGE SANITARY SEWER SERVICE CONNECTION SEWAGE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT SEWAGE WORKS SEWER SLUG STORM DRAIN (SOMETIMES TERMED STORM SEWER) SUSPENDED SOLIDS UNPOLLUTED WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER FACILITIES WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this Part shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter, as determined in accordance with the latest issue of American Public Health Association Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater or by a method acceptable to the State Department of Health and other agencies having jurisdiction.
The Council of the Borough of Oxford, Pennsylvania.
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 house connection, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
A fee established from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council, which fee may be different for different classes of users and within different sewer districts, and which fee is intended to refund or recover to the Borough the costs of planning, design, construction and like costs with respect to the sanitary sewage collection and treatment facilities.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
With respect to single-family residential users, each residence connected to the sewage collection system shall be considered a "connection unit."
With respect to attached dwelling units or dwelling units which exist as apartments, flats or other multifamily arrangements, each attached dwelling unit, apartment or other multiple dwelling unit, whether connected directly through sewer laterals to each individual unit or by a common lateral, shall be considered a "connection unit" as if each said unit had a direct and separate connection to the collection system.
With respect to commercial or industrial properties, the number of "connection units" shall be equal to the daily water usage in gallons divided by 220 gallons (equivalent dwelling unit) as determined by the metering of water usage or, in the event that metering is not possible, by an acceptable estimate based on sound engineering studies and generally acceptable usage estimates.
A location which, in the Borough's judgment, is as near to the curb of the street as is feasible to terminate its service connection and/or install Borough-owned facilities.
Normal household waste from kitchens, water closets, lavatories and laundries.
An acquired right for the specific use of land owned by others.
A unit of measurement of domestic sanitary sewage equal to 220 gallons per day.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from the wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The sewer line running from a building to the curbline and connecting with the service connection or lateral.
Any and all waste discharged from industrial establishments, other than sanitary sewage.
The line from the public sewer to the curbline.
Any vacant land on which no revenue unit is located or which is described in a deed separate from any lot on which a revenue unit is located.
The Borough Manager or his authorized deputy or representative.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, public or private corporation, the state or other entity whatsoever.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The duly designated Plumbing Inspector of the Borough.
Treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction into the public sewer.
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.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by the Borough.
All water-carried domestic waste from sanitary conveniences of residences, offices, hotels, stores, restaurants, hospitals, schools, commercial establishments, industrial establishments and similar services.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
The sewer line extended from the curbline to the public sewer.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
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 flows during normal operation.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
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.
Water of a quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.