For purposes of this Title, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning:
Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation or other agency owning land within the City applying for sanitary sewer service.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20° C.), expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal 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 sanitary sewer, beginning five (5) feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sanitary sewer or other place of disposal.
The Capital Improvement Program.
The words "the City" or "this City" or "City" shall mean the City of Raymore, Missouri, a municipal corporation, and any duly authorized representative.
The City of Raymore, Missouri, a municipal corporation, and any duly authorized representative.
Any devices and systems for the collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or liquid industrial waste. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, individual systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations; and any works, including site acquisition of the land, that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues; or any other method or system or method for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste or industrial waste.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The owner or person in control of any premises supplied by or in any manner connected to a public water system.
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation in whose name the utility service is provided.
To change the intended course or path of water and/or sanitary sewer service without the express authorization or consent of the City.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
The person or persons duly authorized by the City of Raymore to inspect and approve the installation of building sanitary sewers and their connection to the public sanitary sewer system.
Any material containing lead in excess of the quantities specified in the definition of "lead-free."
In General.
Calculation. The weighted average lead content of a pipe, pipe fitting, plumbing fitting, or fixture shall be calculated by using the following formula: For each wetted component, the percentage of lead in the component shall be multiplied by the ratio of the wetted surface area of that component to the total wetted surface area of the entire product to arrive at the weighted percentage of lead of the component. The weighted percentage of lead of each wetted component shall be added together, and the sum of these weighted percentages shall constitute the weighted average lead content of the product. The lead content of the material used to produce wetted components shall be used to determine compliance with paragraph (A)(2). For lead content of materials that are provided as a range, the maximum content of the range shall be used.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
Any contributor to the City's wastewater facilities whose lot, parcel of real estate, or building is served by a water meter larger than three-fourths (3/4) inch.
Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more than two hundred forty (240) mg/l.
All expenditures during the useful life of the collection and treatment facilities for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for managing and maintaining the sewage works to achieve the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sanitary sewers, with no particle greater than one-half (1/2) inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
Any publicly or privately owned water system supplying water to the general public which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
The commencement of water service to a service address after service has been discontinued by the City.
Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the wastewater collection and treatment facilities to maintain the capability and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
Any contributor to the City's wastewater facilities whose lot, parcel of real estate, or building is served by a three-fourths (3/4) inch water meter or less.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Any 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 fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
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.
The State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for Missouri, United States Department of Agriculture, or his/her their successor.
A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
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.
To re-arrange, damage, injure, destroy, alter, interfere with or otherwise prevent from performing normal or customary functions of water or sanitary sewer service.
The estimated period during which a collection and treatment facility will be operated.
That portion of the total wastewater service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of the collection facilities.
A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by the City or furnished and installed by the user and approved by the City.
The owner, operator, or individual in responsible charge of a public water system.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.