Unless
the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meaning of specific
terms in this chapter shall be as follows:
ACT
The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BOD
(denoting "biochemical oxygen demand") The quantity of oxygen
used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard
laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams
per liter.
BOROUGH
Borough of Watsontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from a building wastewater plumbing facility
to the public wastewater facility.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or
surface water.
COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II)
Includes any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment
not within the definition of an "industrial user (Class III)," and
which is connected to the wastewater facilities.
DAY
The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
EPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
GARBAGE
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation,
cooking, and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL USER (CLASS III)
Any nonresidential user identified in Division A, B, D, E
or I of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual. Class III shall
also include any user which discharges wastewater containing toxic
or poisonous substances, or any substance(s) which cause(s) interference
in the wastewater facilities.
INTERFERENCE
Inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater
treatment process, sludge disposal system, or their operation, which
substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
MANAGER
The person or persons charged by Borough Council to be responsible
for the operation of the wastewater system.
MAY
Is permissible; "shall" is mandatory.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or any
other body of surface or groundwater.
NPDES
Natural Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program,
whether administered by the EPA or by the Borough.
OWNER
The person or persons who legally own, lease, or occupy private
property with wastewater facilities which discharge, or will discharge
to the Borough's wastewater treatment facilities.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, municipality, or other similar organization, agency or
group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
expressed in grams per liter of solution as determined by Standard
Methods.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutants in wastewater
prior to discharge to the Borough's wastewater facilities.
PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with § 307(b) and (c) of the Act, which applies to industrial users.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all
particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing
in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch
in any dimension.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings,
office buildings, industrial plants or institutions.
SHALL
Is mandatory, "may" is permissible.
STANDARD METHODS
The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association,
Water Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.
STATE
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORM SEWER
A sewer for conveying storm, surface, and other waters, which
is not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
SURFACE WATER
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds
the rate at which water infiltrate into the soil.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater, as determined by
Standard Methods.
TOXICS
Any of the pollutant designated by federal regulations pursuant
to § 307(a)(1) of the Act.
WASTEWATER
A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residencies,
commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any
groundwater, surface water, or stormwater that may be present.
WASTEWATER SEWER
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary
to collect and transport wastewaters to the treatment facility.
WPCF
The Water Pollution Control Federation.