[Amended by Ord. No. 1245]
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this Part 4 shall be as follows; "shall" is mandatory;
"may" is permissible:
ADMINISTRATORThe Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FEDERAL ACTThe Federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 466 et seq), as amended (Pub. L. 95-217).
FEDERAL GRANTThe 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 Act and implementing regulations.
APPROVING AUTHORITYThe Superintendent of the Village or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
NPDES PERMITAny permit or equivalent document or requirements issued by the Administrator, or, where appropriated by the Director, after enactment of the Federal Clean Water Act to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to Section 402 of the Federal Act.
PERSONAny and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private cooperation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
INSPECTORThe Superintendent or other person or persons duly authorized by the Village to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the sanitary sewer system.
DIRECTORThe Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
STATE ACTThe Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970 (30 ILCS 405/1 et seq.).
STATE GRANTThe 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.
PRETREATMENTThe treatment of sewer from sources before introduction into the sewer treatment works.
SEWER TREATMENT WORKSAn arrangement of devices and structures for treating sewer, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste treatment plant" or "sewer treatment plant" or "pollution control plant."
BASIC USER CHARGEThe basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGEThe charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct the sewage treatment works.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGEThe amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal and coverage of loan, bond, etc. outstanding.
LOCAL CAPITAL COST CHARGECharges for costs other than the operation, maintenance and replacements costs, i.e., debt service and capital improvement costs.
REPLACEMENTExpenditures 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. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
SEWER FUNDThe principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the sewer system.
SURCHARGEThe assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than average concentration values as established by code.
USEFUL LIFEThe estimated period during which the collection system and/or treatment works will be operated.
USER CHARGEA charge levied on users of treatment works for the costs of operation, maintenance and replacement.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGEThe charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the sewer facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined in Part 4 of this chapter and shall consist of the total or the basic user charge, the local capital cost and a surcharge, if applicable.
RESERVE FUND CHARGEA revolving fund for expansion and construction of the sewer system.
CONTROL MANHOLEA 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.
INDUSTRIAL USERIncludes establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials of substance into products.
RESIDENTIAL USERAll dwelling units such as houses, buildings, mobile homes, apartments, permanent multifamily dwellings.
USER CLASSThe type of user, either "residential or commercial" (nonindustrial) or "industrial," as defined herein.
COMMERCIAL USERIncludes transient lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise or rendering services.
INSTITUTIONAL/GOVERNMENTAL USERIncludes schools, churches, penal institutions, and users associated with federal, state and local governments.
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")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.
EFFLUENT CRITERIAAre defined in any applicable NPDES permit.
FLOATABLE OILOil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from sewer by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A sewer shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the sewer does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGESolid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEAny 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.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRYAn 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.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg/l)A unit of the concentration of water or sewer 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 sewer analysis.
pH — The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the
hydrogen-ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined
in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
POPULATION EQUIVALENTA 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.
PPMParts per million by weight.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGEThe 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 the public sewer, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
SEWAGEUsed interchangeably with "sewer."
SLUGAny 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.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS)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 the IEPA Division of Laboratories Methods.
UNPOLLUTED WATERWater of 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 benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewer and sewer treatment facilities provided.
SEWERThe spent water of a community. From this 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.
WATER QUALITY STANDARDSAre defined in the Water Pollution Regulations of Illinois.
The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect,
carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport
effluent to a watercourse.
BUILDING DRAINThat 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.
BUILDING SEWERThe extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
COMBINED SEWERA sewer which is designed and intended to receive sewer, stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
EASEMENTAn acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
PUBLIC SEWERA sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the Village. It shall also include sewers within or outside the Village boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge into the Village sanitary sewer or combined sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been constructed with Village funds.
SANITARY SEWERA sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes, or a combination of both, and into which stormwater, surface water and groundwaters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEWERA pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
SEWERThe system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation and pumping of sewage.
STORM SEWERA sewer that carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
STORMWATER RUNOFFThat portion of the precipitation that is drained into the sewer.
WATERCOURSEA channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
NATURAL OUTLETAny outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface water or groundwater.
