Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency.
The superintendent of the sewer works.
The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer
system.
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.
That part of the lowest 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
or other approved point of discharge, beginning five feet (1.5 meters)
outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
Shall is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
A sewer which is designed and intended to receive wastewater,
stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes
are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an interior
drop. The purpose of a control manhole is to provide access for the
Village representative to sample and/or measure discharges.
The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of
interest, principal and coverage of loan, bond, etc., outstanding
and shall be computed by dividing the annual debt service by the number
of users connected to the wastewater facilities.
The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Are defined in any applicable NPDES permit.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.), as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of
Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-500) and 1974 (Pub. L. 93-243).
The United States government participation in the financing
of the construction of treatment works as provided for by Title II,
Grants for Construction of Treatment Works, of the Acts and Implementing
Regulations.
Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. 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.
Any nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment works
identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972,
Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under
the following divisions:
Division A: Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing.
Division B: Mining.
Division D: Manufacturing.
Division E: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and
Sanitary Services.
Division I: Services.
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A user in the divisions listed may be excluded if it is determined
by the Superintendent that it will introduce primarily segregated
domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
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Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted
to flow or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial
or business establishment or process or from the development, recovery
or processing of any natural resource, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
An industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works
that:
Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day; or
Has a flow greater than 10% of the flow carried by the municipal
system receiving the waste; or
Has, in its waste, a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined
in standards issued under Section 307(a) of the federal act; or
Is found by the permit issuing authority, in connection with
the issuance of the NPDES permit to the publicly owned treatment works
receiving the waste, to have significant impact, either singly or
in combination with other contributing industries, on that treatment
works or upon the quality of effluent from that treatment works.
A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent.
It is 0.001 gram of the constituent in 1,000 milliliters of water.
It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million,
to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results
of water and wastewater analysis.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued
by the Administrator, or, where appropriated by the Director, after
enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972,
to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to Section 402 of
the federal act.
The ordinance codified in this chapter.
Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any
individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association,
society, institution, enterprise, government agency or other entity.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion
concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in Standard
Methods.
A term used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other
waste on a treatment works or stream. One population equivalent is
100 gallons of sewage per day, containing 0.17 pound of BOD and 0.20
pound of suspended solids.
Parts per million by weight.
The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction
into the wastewater treatment works.
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 one-half inch (1.27
centimeters) in any dimension.
A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the
Village. It also includes sewers within or outside the Village boundaries
that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge into the Village
sanitary (or combined sewer system), even though those sewers may
not have been constructed with Village funds.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories
or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the
treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which
such works were designed and constructed. "Operation and maintenance"
includes replacement.
Any user of the treatment works not classified as an industrial
user or excluded as an industrial user as provided for in this section.
A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination
of both, and into which storm, surface, and groundwaters or unpolluted
industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
Used interchangeably with "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste
liquids, including stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage.
The principal accounting designation for all revenues received
in the operation of the sewerage system.
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.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater published jointly by the American Public Health Association,
the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control
Federation.[1]
The Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970 (30 ILCS 405/1
et seq.).
The State of Illinois participation in the financing of the
construction of treatment works as provided for by the Illinois Anti-Pollution
Bond Act (30 ILCS 405/1 et seq.) and for making such grants as filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois.
A sewer which is designed and intended to receive wastewater,
stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
That portion of the precipitation that is drained into the
sewers.[2]
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or industrial waste, and which are removable by
a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended
solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard
Methods.
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect, or water that would not cause a violation of receiving
water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to
the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The estimated period during which the collection system and/or
treatment works will be operated and shall be 20 years from the date
of start-up of any wastewater facilities constructed with a state
grant.
A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost
of operation and maintenance.
The type of user; either "residential or commercial" (nonindustrial)
or "industrial" as defined in this section.
The Village of Oakwood, Illinois.
The spent water of a community. From this standpoint, of
course, 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 transport
effluent to a watercourse.
The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the
wastewater facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined
in Article X, and shall consist of the total or the basic user charge,
the debt service charge and a surcharge, if applicable.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste
treatment plant" or "wastewater treatment plant" or "pollution control
plant."
Are defined in the Water Pollution Regulations of Illinois.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
It is unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to
be deposited in any unsanitary manner on public or private property
within the Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village,
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
It is unlawful to discharge to any natural outlet within the
Village, or in any area under the jurisdiction of the Village, any
sewage or other polluted waters, except where suitable treatment has
been provided in accordance with subsequent provisions of this chapter.
Except as provided by this chapter, it is unlawful to construct
or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other
facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.
The owner of all houses, buildings, or properties used for human
occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purposes situated within
the Village, and abutting any street, alley, or right-of-way in which
there is now located or may in the future be located any public sanitary
sewer of the Village, is required at his expense to install suitable
toilet facilities therein, and to connect such facilities directly
with the property public sewer in accordance with official notice
to do so, provided that said public sewer is within 200 feet of the
property line.
