[Code 1969, § 11-43; Ord. No. 174, 7-16-1985]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ACT or THE ACTShall mean the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 USC 1251, et seq.
AUTHORITYShall mean the town water pollution control authority.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)Shall mean the amount of oxygen required by bacteria while stabilizing decomposable organic matter under aerobic conditions for five days. The determination of BOD shall be performed in accordance with the procedures prescribed in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater."
BUILDING DRAINShall mean the part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building's plumbing which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWERShall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal. It may also be called a house connection.
COMBINED SEWERShall mean a sewer intended to receive both sewage and stormwater or surface water.
COMMISSIONERShall mean the commissioner of environmental protection for the state.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTShall mean biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids; pH and fecal coliform bacteria; plus any additional pollutants identified in the water pollution control facility's NPDES permit, where the water pollution control facility is designed to treat such pollutants and, in fact, does treat such pollutants to the degree required by the NPDES permit.
COMPOSITE SAMPLEShall mean a mixture of aliquot samples obtained at regular intervals over a time period. The volume of each aliquot is proportional to the discharge flow rate of the sampling interval. The minimum time period of composite sampling shall be four hours.
COOLING WATERShall mean process water in general used for cooling purposes to which the only pollutant added is heat and which has such characteristics that it may be discharged to a natural outlet in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations.
DIRECTORShall mean the director of public works or his agent.
DISTRICTShall mean the Town of Groton Sewer District which is the Town of Groton less the City of Groton.
DOMESTIC SEWAGEShall mean sewage that consists of water and human excretions or other waterborne wastes incidental to the occupancy of a residential building or nonresidential building but not wastewater from water softening equipment, commercial laundry wastewater, and blowdown from heating and cooling equipment.
FLOATABLE OILShall mean oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from sewage treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
GARBAGEShall mean the animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or serving of foods.
GRAB SAMPLEShall mean a sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.
HOLDING TANK WASTEShall mean any waste from holding tanks or vessels such as chemical toilets, campers, trailers and septage hauling trucks.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERSShall mean all wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business and is distinct from domestic sewage.
NATURAL OUTLETShall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
pHShall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentrations. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter of solution.
PERSONShall mean any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, government entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
PRETREATMENT or TREATMENTShall mean the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a water pollution control facility. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGEShall mean the wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWERShall mean a common sanitary sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
SANITARY SEWERShall mean a sewer which collects and conveys domestic sewage from residences, public buildings, commercial establishments, industries, and institutions. A sanitary sewer may also collect any convey permitted industrial wastewater and unintentionally admitted groundwater, stormwater, and surface water.
SEPTAGEShall mean the liquids and solids which are removed from a tank used to treat domestic sewage.
SEWAGEShall mean human and animal excretions and all domestic and such manufacturing wastes as may tend to be detrimental to the public health.
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEMShall mean the structures and equipment required to collect and convey sewage to the water pollution control facility.
SEWERShall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLUGShall mean any sudden or excessive discharge which exceeds permitted levels either in terms of pollutant concentration or instantaneous flow rate in such a manner as to adversely affect the sewage collection system and/or the water pollution control facility.
SOLUBLE OILShall mean oil which is of either mineral or vegetable origin and disperses in water or sewage at temperatures zero degrees Celsius and 65 degrees Celsius. For the purpose of this article emulsified oil shall be considered as soluble oil.
STORM SEWERShall mean a sewer which collects and conveys stormwater or groundwater.
SUSPENDED SOLIDSShall mean the solids matter, measured in mg/l, which may be in suspension, floatable, or settlable and is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater."
TOXIC POLLUTANTShall mean any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of section 307(a) of the Act or other Acts.
USERShall mean any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of sewage into the town sewer district sewer system.
WATERCOURSEShall mean a natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.