Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms and phrases used in this Part 6A shall be as
follows:
AMMONIA NITROGEN AS N
Ammonia nitrogen as determined pursuant to the procedure
set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater," published by American Public Health Association,
Inc.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in ppm by weight, utilized
in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American
Public Health Association.
BUILDING WASTEWATER SYSTEM
The wastewater extension from the wastewater drainage system
of any improved property to the point of connection with the lateral
or wastewater system serving such improved property.
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Any room, group of rooms, building or enclosure connected,
directly or indirectly, to the wastewater system and used or intended
for use in the operation of a business enterprise for the sale and
distribution of any product, commodity, article or service.
CONNECTION CHARGE
The connection or other charge imposed by the Township hereunder,
as amended from time to time, against the owner of each improved property,
except as provided in the developer agreements, for the purpose of
providing for the payment of the expenses of the Township and the
construction, improvement, repair, maintenance and operation of the
wastewater system.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes discharged
from any property.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room, group of rooms, house trailer, apartment, condominium,
cooperative or other enclosure connected, directly or indirectly,
to the wastewater system and occupied or intended for occupancy as
living quarters by an individual, a single family or other discreet
group of persons, excluding institutional dormitories.
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Each room, group of rooms, building, house trailer, mobile
home, connected directly or indirectly, to the wastewater system and
used or intended for use, in whole or in part, for educational purposes,
including both public and private schools.
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT
The unit of measure by which wastewater rates and connection
charges shall be imposed upon each improved property, as determined
in this Part 6A or in any subsequent resolution of the Township which
shall be deemed to constitute the estimated, equivalent amount of
domestic wastewater discharged by a single-family dwelling unit or
a maximum monthly average of 300 gallons per day.
GRINDER PUMP
Any electric motor-driven, submersible centrifugal pump capable
of macerating all material found in normal sanitary sewage, sanitary
napkins, disposable diapers, rubber and the like, to a fine slurry
and pumping this material through a small diameter discharge.
HOME BUSINESS
Any commercial or retail operation established within the
confines of a residential structure or residential building lot. This
definition shall not apply to those businesses that, in the opinion
of the Township's consulting engineer, do not contribute wastewater
to the wastewater system.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property upon which there is erected a structure intended
for continuous or periodic habitation, occupancy or use by human beings
or animals and from which structure domestic wastewater and/or industrial
wastes shall be or may be discharged, which is located within the
sewered area and subject to being connected to the wastewater system
pursuant to the Connection Ordinance [Part 1].
INSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure connected,
directly or indirectly, to the wastewater system, including institutional
dormitories, and education establishments which do not constitute
a commercial establishment, a dwelling unit or an industrial establishment.
LATERAL
That part of the wastewater system extending from a wastewater
main, normally located in the street right-of-way, to the building
wastewater system, including pressure line associated with a user
installed and owned grinder pump system, serving an improved property.
If there shall be no improvement on the property, the "lateral" shall
mean that part of the wastewater system extending from said wastewater
main to a point of future connection to the building wastewater system,
if and when said property is improved.
OWNER
Any person vested with title, legal or equitable, sole or
partial, of any improved property.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity, including municipalities,
municipality authorities, school districts and other units of government.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen
ions, expressed in grams per liter of solution, indicating the degree
of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
PPM
Parts per million parts water, by weight.
SEWERED AREA
That area of the Township served by the wastewater system
as determined and designated, from time to time, by the Township.
STREET
Includes any street, road, lane, court, cul-de-sac, alley,
public way or public square, including such streets as are dedicated
to public use and such streets as are owned by private persons.
TAPPING FEE
That fee which the Township may charge based upon four components:
capacity, collection, special purpose and reimbursement.
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS AS P
Total phosphorus as determined pursuant to the procedure
set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health
Association, Inc.
TOTAL SOLIDS
Solids determined by evaporating at 100° C. of a mixed
sample of wastewater as determined pursuant to the procedure set forth
in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association.
Total solids include floating solids, suspended solids, settleable
solids and dissolved solids.
A.
DISSOLVED SOLIDSSolids that are dissolved in the waste and cannot be settled, but can be determined by evaporation pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association.
B.
SETTLEABLE SOLIDSSolids that settle in an imhoff cone from a standard sample of waste pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association.
C.
SUSPENDED SOLIDSSolids determined by standard lab procedure in the waste pursuant to the procedure set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American Public Health Association.
TOWNSHIP
The East Vincent Township, a municipality of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of East Vincent, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
USER RATES
Rates (or rental fees) imposed by the Township hereunder, as amended from time to time, against the owner of each improved property for the purpose of providing for the payment of the expenses of the Township and the construction, improvement, repair, maintenance and operation of the wastewater system, in accordance with the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 65101 et seq., and any other applicable law, East Vincent Township Ord. 213 [Part
5], and §
18-602 hereof.
WASTEWATER
Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and domestic wastewater
from residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing
facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which
discharge directly or indirectly into the wastewater system.
WASTEWATER MAIN
Any pipe or conduit constituting a part of the wastewater
system used or usable for wastewater collection purposes.
WASTEWATER SYSTEM
All wastewater collection, transmission, treatment and disposal
system facilities, at any particular time, acquired, constructed,
operated and/or owned by the Township and forming a part of Barton's
Meadows Wastewater System.