As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter within five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams
per liter, as determined in accordance with the latest edition of
American Public Health Association "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater," or by the latest edition of "Methods for
Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes" published by the Environmental
Protection Agency, or by a method acceptable to the State Department
of Environment.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of soil, waste,
and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and which
conveys it to the building sewer beginning five feet outside the inner
face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and disposing of food, and from handling, storage, and sale
of produce.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR/TRAP
A device that retains and contains vegetable oils, animal
fats, and similar materials to prevent such items from entering the
Town's sewer system.
GRINDER PUMP
A wastewater conveyance device that stores, grinds, and pumps
wastewater under pressure to a central sewer. Waste from water-using
appliances, including but not limited to toilets, bathtubs, and washing
machines, flows through the building's pipes into the grinder
pump's holding tank. Once the wastewater inside the tank reaches
a specific level, the pump will turn on, grind the waste into a fine
slurry, and pump it to the Town's main sewer main.
GRINDER PUMP UNIT
The grinder pump unit consists of the grinder, a pump and
an alarm panel.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid and solid wastes from industrial manufacturing
processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
LATERAL
A privately owned pipe and related facilities that connect
a building's plumbing to the Town's sewer system.
MAIN
A principal pipe that collects sewerage in the Town's
sewer system.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or groundwater.
PERSON, ESTABLISHMENT or OWNER
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, public
or private corporation, the state, or any other entity whatsoever.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
POLLUTED WATERS
Waters which have been contaminated by the addition of sewage,
industrial wastes, or other harmful or objectionable materials in
amounts in excess of that allowed by the governing regulatory agencies.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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 in flowing water.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer which is controlled by the Town of Galena or its
duly authorized representative.
SANITARY SEWER
A pipe or conduit which carries wastewater and to which stormwater,
surface water, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SCREENING
The removal of solids by straining through No. 20 mesh screens
(or finer) if desired by the Town Wastewater Supervisor.
SEWAGE or SANITARY SEWAGE
The wastewaters from residences, business buildings, institutions,
and industrial establishments except industrial waste.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit defined as a sanitary sewer.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of wastewater.
SLUG
Any discharge of significant quantities 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, five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration
or flow during normal operation as determined by the Town Engineer.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by the
wastewater process.
TOWN ENGINEER
A consulting Town Engineer retained by the Town of Galena
or duly authorized representative of the Town of Galena.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
The Town's wastewater treatment plant also services sewerage
from the Kent County Collection System for the Georgetown area. The
terms and conditions of such services are set forth in an agreement
dated November 3, 2015, as may be amended from time to time, which
is incorporated herein by reference.