A.
When not inconsistent with the context, the present tense
shall include the future, and words used in the plural shall include the singular
and vice versa. Furthermore, a masculine pronoun shall include the feminine.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
B.
ABNORMAL SEWAGE
AMMONIA
APPLICANT
APPROVAL AUTHORITY
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURE
ASTM (denoting "American Society for Testing and Materials")
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(2)
(3)
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BUILDER
BUILDING DRAIN
CHLORINE DEMAND
COD (denoting "chemical oxygen demand")
COLOR
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGE (TAP FEE)
CONTROL AUTHORITY
CONTROL MANHOLE
CONVENTIONAL POLLUTANT
COOLING WATER
COUNTY
DEVELOPER
DIRECT DISCHARGE
DOMESTIC WASTES
DRY SEWERS
EASEMENT
END OF PIPE
END OF PIPE CONCENTRATION
END OF PROCESS CONCENTRATION
EXTENSION
FLOATABLE OIL
FLOW RATE
GARBAGE
GRAB SAMPLE
ICS FORM
INDIRECT DISCHARGE
INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL SURVEY (ICS)
INDUSTRIAL USER
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INFILTRATION
INFLOW
INTERFERENCE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
LATERAL, BUILDING
LATERAL, STREET
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW OWNER
NEW SOURCE
NEW USER
NORMAL SEWAGE
NUISANCE
OIL AND GREASE
OLD OWNER
OTHER WASTES
PASS THROUGH
PERMIT
PERSON
pH
PHOSPHORUS, TOTAL
POLLUTANT
POLLUTION
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
PRETREATMENT (TREATMENT)
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
PRETREATMENT STANDARD or NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
RECEIVING WATERS
ROOF DRAIN
SEPTAGE
SEPTIC TANK
SERVICE AREA OF THE POTW
SEWAGE
SEWAGE, DOMESTIC (DOMESTIC WASTES)
SEWAGE, NORMAL
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(2)
SEWAGE, SANITARY
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT)
SEWAGE, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER
SEWER
SEWERAGE SURCHARGE
SEWERAGE SYSTEM (also POTW)
SEWER, COMBINED
SEWER, PUBLIC
SEWER, SANITARY
SEWER, STORM (STORM DRAIN)
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE (SNC)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
SLUG
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC)
STANDARD METHODS
STATE
STATE'S WATERS
STORMWATER
SUBSTANCES OF CONCERN
SUMP PUMP
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN (TKN)
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TOWN
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
USER
USER, EXISTING
USER, INDUSTRIAL
USER, NEW
USER, SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL (SIU)
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
VOLUME CHARGE (USER CHARGE)
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
WASTEWATER, UNUSUAL STRENGTH OR CHARACTER
WATERS OF THE STATE (STATE'S WATERS)
Unless otherwise stated in the section where the term
is used in this chapter, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be
as stated below.
Sewage whose concentration of one or more characteristics of normal
sewage exceeds the maximum concentrations of the characteristics of normal
sewage. See "normal sewage."
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the quantity of ammonia in a sample, expressed as milligrams of nitrogen per
liter.
That person who makes application for any permit. The applicant may
be an owner, new or old, or his agent.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).
The procedures defined as "standard methods" in this article, or
other procedures approved by the Superintendent, for flow measurement or determination
of the concentration of pollutants or their surrogates in waters, wastewaters,
and/or sludges.
The latest edition of any ASTM specification, when stipulated in
this chapter.
An authorized representative of the industrial user may be:
A principal executive officer of at least the level of vice president,
if the industrial user is a corporation;
A general partner or proprietor, if the industrial user is a partnership
or proprietorship, respectively;
A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above,
if such representative is responsible for the overall operation of the facilities
from which the indirect discharge originates.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to
determine the quantity of oxygen utilized in the aerobic biochemical oxidation
of organic matter or in a sample, expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any person who undertakes to construct a building or any part of
a building, either under contract or for resale.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage
system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes
inside the building walls, and conveys it to the building lateral, which begins
five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to
determine the difference between the amount of chlorine added to a sample
and the amount of chlorine remaining in the sample at the end of a specified
contact time at room temperature, expressed in milligrams per liter.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to
measure the oxygen requirement of that portion of matter, in a sample, that
is susceptible to oxidation, by a specific chemical oxidant, expressed in
milligrams per liter.
The optical density at the visual wave length of maximum absorption,
relative to distilled water. One hundred percent transmittance is equivalent
to 0.0 optical density.
The sample resulting from the combination of individual samples of
wastewater taken at selected intervals, for a specified time period. The individual
samples may have equal volumes or the individual volumes may be proportioned
to the flow at the time of sampling.
Attachment of one user to a sewer. (See "extension.")
The one-time application fee to offset Town expenses to process an
application for a connection of a building/street lateral to the public sewer.
The fee also covers plan review, permit issuance, street repair cost, and
inspection costs. The fee may be scaled to the amount of work involved, or
to the size of the public sewer involved, as set by the Town Board of the
Town.
The term shall refer to approval authority, or to the Superintendent
when the Town has an approved pretreatment program under the provisions of
40 CFR 403.11.
A manhole accessible to the control authority in or upstream of the
street lateral, such that samples collected from the manhole represent the
discharge to the POTW.
A pollutant that the POTW treatment plant was designed to treat,
defined in accordance with the Clean Water Act.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning,
refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances
which would produce COD or suspended solids in excess of five milligrams per
liter, or toxic substances, as limited elsewhere in this chapter.
The County of Putnam.
Any person who subdivides land for the purpose of constructing, or
causing to be constructed, buildings for which wastewater disposal facilities
are required.
The discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the
waters of the State of New York. (For reference, see "indirect discharge.")
See "sewage, domestic."
The sanitary sewer installed in anticipation of future connection
to a POTW but which is not used, in the meantime, for transport of storm or
sanitary sewage.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
For the purpose of determining compliance with limitations prescribed by Article IX, end of pipe shall mean the control manhole, provided the samples collected from the control manhole are representative of the discharge to the POTW.
The concentration of a substance in a sample of wastewater at end
of pipe.
See “National Categorical Pretreatment Standard.”
Attachment of a sewer line, with more than one user, to an existing
sewer line.
Oil, grease, or fat in a physical state such that it will separate
by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a wastewater treatment facility.
The quantity of liquid or waste that flows in a certain period of
time.
The solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of
food, from the handling, storage, and sale of produce, and from the packaging
and canning of food.
A single sample of wastewater representing the physical, chemical,
and biological characteristics of the wastewater at one point and time.
The form used by the NYSDEC to survey industries to perform and update
the Industrial Chemical Survey.
The introduction of wastewater into a POTW for treatment and ultimate
discharge of the treated effluent to the state's waters. (For reference,
see "direct discharge.")
Meaning or pertaining to industry, manufacturing, commerce, trade,
business, or institution, and is distinguished from domestic or residential.
The survey of industries in New York State, initiated by the NYSDEC,
to determine chemical usage and storage by those industries.
See "user, industrial."
The liquid or liquid-carried solid, liquid and/or gaseous wastes
from industrial manufacturing processes, trade, service, utility, or business,
as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system (excluding
building drains) from the ground through such means as defective pipes, pipe
joints, connections, or manholes. Infiltration does not include, and is distinguished
from, inflow. Infiltration is inadvertent, that is, not purposely designed
or built into the sewer or drain.
Water, other than wastewater, that enters a sewer system (including
building drains) from sources such as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar
drains, area drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers,
cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins,
cooling towers, stormwaters, foundation drains, swimming pools, surface runoff,
street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished
from, infiltration. Inflow is purposely designed and/or built into the sewer
or drain.
A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with discharges by other
sources, inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations,
or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and therefore is a cause of a violation
of any requirement of the Town POTW's SPDES permit (including an increase
in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage
sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with the following statutory
provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent
state or local regulations):
Section 405 of the Clean Water Act.
The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly
referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, RCRA), and including
state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant
to Subtitle D or the SWDA.
The Clean Air Act.
The Toxic Substance Control Act.
The sewer extension from the building drain to the street lateral
or other place of wastewater disposal.
The sewer extension from the public sewer to the property line.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Section 307 (B) and (C) of the Clean Water Act
(22 U.S.C. § 1347), which applies to a specific category of industrial
users. These standards apply at the end of the categorical process ("end of
process").
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. § 1342).
Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307 (B) of
the Clean Water Act, and 40 CFR, Section 403.5.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
to state's waters.
That individual or entity who purchased property within the service
area of the Town of Carmel after the effective date of this chapter.
Any source, the construction of which is commenced after the publication
of the proposed regulation prescribing a Section 307 (C) (33 U.S.C. § 1317)
Categorical Pretreatment Standard which will be applicable to such source,
if such standard is thereafter promulgated.
A discharger to the POTW who commences discharge after the effective
date of this chapter.
See "sewage, normal."
The use or lack of use of the POTW in such a manner so as to endanger
life or health, give offense to the senses, or obstruct or otherwise interfere
with the reasonable use or maintenance of the POTW.
The result obtained when using an approved laboratory procedure to
determine the quantity of fats, wax, grease, and oil, in a sample, expressed
in milligrams per liter.
That individual or entity who owns or owned a property, within the
service area of the POTW, purchased prior to the effective date of this chapter,
or who inherited the property at any time and intends to sell the property,
or has sold the property to a new owner; also the agent of the old owner.
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, egg shells, coffee
grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, ashes, and all other discarded
matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes. Also, the discarded
matter not normally present in sewage or industrial waste.
The discharge which exits the POTW into waters of the state in quantities,
which, alone or in conjunction with discharges from other sources, is a cause
of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's SPDES permit (including
an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
A temporary revocable written document allowing use of the POTW for
specified wastes over a limited period of time, containing sampling locations
and reporting frequencies, and requiring other actions as authorized by this
chapter.
Any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision,
federal, state, or local agency or entity, association, trust, estate or any
other legal entity whatsoever.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions, in gram moles per liter of solution. A pH value of 7.0, the pH scale
midpoint, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline conditions.
Values below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
See "total phosphorus."
Any material placed into or onto the state's waters, lands and/or
airs, which interferes with the beneficial use of that water, land and/or
air by any living thing at any time.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological, and/or radiological integrity of the state's waters, lands
and/or airs resulting from the introduction of a pollutant into these media.
That portion of the POTW designed to provide treatment to wastewater,
and to treat sludge and residuals derived from such treatment.
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 POTW. The reduction or alteration can be achieved by
physical, chemical, or biological process, process changes, or by other means,
except as prohibited by 40 CFR, Section 403.6 (D).
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment,
other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.
Any categorical standard or prohibitive discharge standard.
The most recently revised or updated list, developed by the EPA,
in accordance with the Act.
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, and
with no particle having a dimension greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A treatment works, which is owned, in this instance, by the Town
of Carmel Sewer District or the City of New York. This definition includes
any sewers and appurtenances that transport wastewater to the POTW treatment
plant, but does not include pipes, sewers, or other conveyances not connected
directly or indirectly to a facility providing treatment.
A natural watercourse or body of water (usually waters of the state)
into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface of a
roof for disposal.
All liquids and solids in and removed from septic tanks, holding
tanks, cesspools, or approved type of chemical toilets, including but not
limited to those serving private residences, commercial establishments, institutions,
and industries. Also sludge from small sewage treatment plants. Septage shall
not have been contaminated with substances of concern or priority pollutants.
A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of an underground
tank (with suitable baffling), constructed in accordance with any and/or all
local and state requirements.
The legally defined bounds of real property from which wastewater
may be discharged into the POTW. The bounds shall be established, altered,
changed, modified, reduced, enlarged, combined, or consolidated by action
of the Town Board.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, and such groundwaters,
surface waters, and stormwater as may be inadvertently present. The admixture
of sewage, as defined above, with industrial wastes and other wastes shall
also be considered "sewage," within the meaning of this definition.
Liquid wastes from the noncommercial preparation, cooking, and handling
of food, liquid wastes containing human excrement and similar matter from
the sanitary conveniences in dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings,
and institutions, or liquid wastes from clothes washing and/or floor/wall
washing. Therefore, domestic sewage includes both black water and grey water.
(See "sewage, sanitary.")
Sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, which show, by analysis,
the following characteristics:
BOD (FIVE DAY)2,090 pounds per million gallons (250 milligrams per liter) or less.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams per liter) or less.
PHOSPHORUS125 pounds per million gallons (15 milligrams per liter) or less.
AMMONIA250 pounds per million gallons (30 milligrams per liter) or less.
TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN417 pounds per million (50 milligrams per liter) or less.
CHLORINE DEMAND209 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams per liter) or less.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND2,920 pounds per million gallons (350 milligrams per liter) or less.
OIL AND GREASE830 pounds per million gallons (100 milligrams per liter) or less.
In spite of satisfying one or more of these characteristics, if the
sewage also contains substances of concern, it may not be considered normal
sewage.
Liquid wastes from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including
apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, or institutions,
and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial, and other wastes. (See
"domestic wastes.")
See "POTW treatment plant."
Sewage which has characteristics greater than those of normal sewage
and/or which contains substances of concern.
A pipe or conduit for carrying or transporting sewage.
The demand payment for the use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment
plant for the handling of any sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes accepted
for admission thereto in which the characteristics thereof exceed the maximum
values of such characteristics in normal sewage. (See "volume charge.")
All facilities for collecting, regulating, pumping, and transporting
wastewater to and away from the POTW treatment plant.
A sewer designed to receive and transport both surface runoff and
sewage.
A sewer in which all abutting property owners have equal rights,
and the use of which is controlled by the Town.
A sewer which carries sewage, and to which stormwater, surface water,
and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastewaters, other than cooling waters
and other unpolluted waters.
See "user, significant industrial."
A user is in significant noncompliance if its violation(s) meet(s)
one or more of the following criteria:
Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those,
in 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a six-month period,
which exceed (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or average limit for
the same pollutant parameter;
Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those, in
which 33% or more of all of the measurements for each pollutant parameter
taken during a six-month period, which equal or exceed the product of the
daily maximum limits multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC = 1.4 for BOD,
TSS, fats, oil and grease; TRC = 1.2 for all other pollutants);
Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily maximum
or long-term average) that the Superintendent determines has caused, alone
or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through (including
endangering the health of POTW personnel or the general public);
Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the Superintendent's exercise of its emergency authority under Article XI of this chapter;
Failure to meet, within 90 days after the scheduled date, a compliance
schedule milestone contained in a local control mechanism or enforcement order
for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;
Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required reports,
such as baseline monitoring reports, ninety-day compliance reports, periodic
self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
Failure to report accurately any noncompliance;
Any other violation which the Superintendent determines will adversely
affect the implementation or operation of the local pretreatment program.
A substantial deviation from normal rates of discharge or constituent
concentration (see "normal sewage") sufficient to cause interference. In any
event, a discharge which, in concentration of any constituent or in quantity
of flow, that exceeds, for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes,
more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during
normal user operations, shall constitute a slug.
A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management
and Budget, 1972, and subsequent revisions.
Procedures contained in the latest edition of Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public
Health Association, procedures established by the Administrator, pursuant
to Section 304 (G) of the Act and contained in 40 CFR, Part 136, and amendments
thereto (If 40 CFR, Part 136 does not include a sampling or analytical technique
for the pollutant in question, then procedures set forth in EPA publication
Sampling and Analysis Procedures for Screening of Industrial Effluents for
Priority Pollutants, April 1977, and amendments thereto, shall be used.),
any other procedure approved by the Administrator, or any other procedure
approved by the Superintendent, whichever is the most conservative.
State of New York.
See "waters of the state."
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation;
also the flow resulting therefrom.
Those compounds which the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation has determined may be harmful to man or the environment.
A mechanism used for removing water from a sump or wet well.
The Town Engineer. Such an individual shall be licensed to practice
engineering in the state, and otherwise qualified to oversee water treatment
and distribution and POTW operations. This definition shall also include his
authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the dry weight of solids, in a sample, that either float on the surface of,
or are in suspension, or are settleable, and can be removed from the sample
by filtration, expressed in milligrams per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the quantity of ammonia in a sample and released during the acid digestion
of organic nitrogen compounds, expressed as milligrams of nitrogen per liter.
The result obtained, using an approved laboratory procedure, to determine
the total quantity of orthophosphate in a sample of wastewater, following
the hydrolysis of phosphorus compounds, expressed as milligrams of phosphorus
per liter of sample.
The Town of Carmel.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that when discharged
to a public sewer in sufficient quantities may be hazardous to POTW operation
and maintenance personnel, tend to interfere with any biological sewage treatment
process, or to constitute a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters,
due to the effluent from a sewage treatment plant or overflow point. Any pollutant
or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by
the EPA under provisions of CWA 307 (A), or other Acts.
Any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution of
wastewater into the POTW.
A discharger to the POTW who is discharging on or before the effective
date of this chapter.
A discharger to the POTW who discharges nondomestic wastewaters.
A discharger to the POTW who initiates discharge after the effective
date of this chapter.
An industrial user of the Town POTW who is:
Subject to National Categorical Pretreatment Standards promulgated by
the EPA;
Having substantial impact, either singly or in combination with other
industries, on the operation of the treatment works;
Using, on an annual basis, more than 10,000 pounds or 1,000 gallons
of raw material containing priority pollutants and/or substances of concern
and discharging a measurable quantity of these pollutants to the sewer system;
Discharging more than 5% of the flow or load of conventional pollutants
received by the POTW treatment plant.
Note: A user discharging a measurable quantity of a pollutant may be
classified as nonsignificant if, at the influent to the POTW treatment plant,
the pollutant is not detectable.
The demand sewer use charge which is based, in part or wholly, on the volume of normal sewage discharged into the POTW (there may be surcharges, as provided for in Article XIV). The volume charge shall be based on a specific cost per 100 cubic feet or per 1,000 gallons. The specific charge shall be subject to approval by the Town Board. The moneys so obtained shall be used for current operation and maintenance, for retirement of bonded indebtedness, and for funding of capital projects of the POTW. The basis of volume charge calculations shall be made available to the public, on demand, as provided in Article XV. The volume charge shall be recalculated annually, as well as the surcharge rates.
The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastewaters from
dwellings, commercial establishments, industrial facilities, and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that may be present,
whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter
the POTW.
A permit as set forth in Article X of this chapter.
See "sewage, unusual strength or character."
All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells,
springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all
other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or
artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or
border upon the state or any portion thereof.
The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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ASTM
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American Society for Testing and Materials
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AWWA
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American Water Works Association
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BOD
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Biochemical oxygen demand
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CPLR
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Code of Public Law and Rules
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COD
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Chemical oxygen demand
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l
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Liter
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Mg
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Milligram
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Mg/l
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Milligrams per liter
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NCPI
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National Clay Pipe Institute
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NYCDEP
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New York City Department of Environmental Protection
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NYSDEC
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYSDOH
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New York State Department of Health
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NYSDOT
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New York State Department of Transportation
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P
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Total phosphorus
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PSI
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Pounds per square inch
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POTW
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Publicly owned treatment works
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PPM
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Parts per million, weight basis
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification
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SPDES
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State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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U.S.C.
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United State Code of Laws
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USEPA
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United State Environmental Protection Agency
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TSS
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Total suspended solids
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