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.
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. |
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.