Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows.
APPLICANT
Any individual, firm, company, association, builder, society,
person, group or municipality having title to real property or in
contract to purchase real property, located within the Town of Moreau
or any of the above having title contiguous thereto and applying for
a permit or currently connected to the sewer system in the Town of
Moreau.
APPURTENANCE
Accessories and equipment used in the sewer works.
ASTM
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
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 by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives storm and surface water drainage, but excludes sewage
and polluted industrial wastes inside the walls of the structure.
BUSINESS
Any activity conducted for profit as well as nonprofit businesses,
whether or not it is open to the public.
CAPITAL COSTS
Those annual fixed costs which the Town must pay to reduce
indebtedness bonded or otherwise, which include, but are not limited
to, land acquisition, required reserves for repairs, replacements,
depreciation, or improvements to the infrastructure of the system
and any other cost which is fixed, recurring and which does not include
operation and maintenance expenses.
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Any service from nonresidential buildings from which the
wastes are not predominately industrial.
DEPARTMENT
A department or departments which the Town Board shall designate
to oversee sewer works.
DISTRICT
Any regularly established sewer district governed by the
Town of Moreau, New York.
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
The physical boundaries of districts or improvements as currently
established or as may be extended or newly formed from time to time
as duly enacted by law.
ENGINEER
The professional Engineer retained in connection with the
sewage works or the Town Engineer, as designated by the Town Board.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from dye preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce; also the
wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food which
has been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried
freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers,
with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any liquid, gaseous, solid or waste substance or a combination
thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade
or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resources,
which may cause or might be reasonably expected to cause pollution
of the waters in the state in contravention of the standards adopted
as provided herein.
METERED USAGE
The amount of water passing through the water meter.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
Variable expenses annually incurred by the Town for the maintenance
of the waterworks system, which shall be computed yearly by the Town
Board. Operation and maintenance costs include, but are not limited
to, salaries, the cost of supplies, repairs, equipment, utilities,
etc.
OWNER
Landowner of record.
PERMIT
A license issued by the Town, allowing and/or authorizing
work to be done under this chapter by any plumber, contractor or excavator,
builder, developer, applicant or any other person, firm or corporation.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, builder,
developer, corporation or group.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction in the amount of pollution in wastewater to
a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollution into a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except
as provided by EPA Regulations (40 CFR 403.6, General Pretreatment
Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution, Part 400 et
seq.).
PRETREATMENT COORDINATOR
The Department or its designee responsible for coordinating
review, approval and enforcement of pretreatment practices with receiving
POTW(s).
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 under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PROPERTY LINE
(1)
The edge of a sewer right-of-way in those instances where the
service line connects to the public sewer not located in a street
right-of-way; and
(2)
The applicant's property line in those instances where the service
line connects to a public sewer located in the street right-of-way.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer main in which all abutting properties have equal
rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
All facilities for collecting, pumping treating and disposing
of sewage which is owned by a municipality, a state, an intermunicipal
or interstate agency, or any department, agency, or instrumentality
of the federal government.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE LINE
That portion of pipe located between the public sewer and
a structure.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, excluding
such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER RATES AND CHARGES
The cost chargeable to each property and user for capital
and operation and maintenance costs.
SEWERAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage. See also "publicly owned treatment works."
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial sewer user that:
(1)
Is subject to categorical pretreatment standards;
(2)
Discharges an average of 25,000 gpd or more of process wastewater
to the POTW (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown
wastewater);
(3)
Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more
of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the receiving
POTW treatment plant;
(4)
Is designated as such by the Department, POTW, or other jurisdictional
Agency on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely
affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard
or requirement.
SLUG LOADING
Discharges of a non-routine, episodic nature, including,
but not limited to, an accident spill or non-customary batch discharge.
SPDES
Denotes the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
established by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of
the State of New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges
to the waters of the state.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries storm and surface water drainage but
excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
STUDIO APARTMENT
A dwelling area within another structure which contains cooking,
sanitary facilities and an area for sleeping and consisting of no
more than two rooms, excluding bathrooms and closets.
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 laboratory
filtering.
TOWN
The Town of Moreau, Saratoga County, New York.
TOWN BOARD
The duly elected Town Board of the Town of Moreau or its
authorized agent or representative.
UNIT
The lowest single measure of consumption which is attributable
to any applicant in the district as described on the rate schedule
and set by resolution of the Town Board from time to time.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.