For the purposes of this article, the following terms,
phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given
herein:
BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic or other unstable matter under standard laboratory procedure
in five days at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 walls of any building and conveys such discharge
to the building sewers, beginning three feet outside the outer face
of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
That part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which
extends from the end of the building drain and which receives the
discharge of the building drain and conveys it to a public sewer,
private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other point of
disposal.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
Chemical oxygen demand, or "COD," indicates the amount of
oxygen that can be used by processes in a measured solution. It is
often expressed as the mass of oxygen utilized per unit of solution
volume, or milligrammes per liter (mg/1) in SI units. The most common
application of COD is determining the quantity of oxidizable pollutants
present in surface water (such as lakes and rivers) or wastewater.
[Added 4-29-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
COOLING WATER
The water discharge from any system of condensation, air
conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, and carrying no contamination
other than abnormal heat.
CROSS-CONNECTIONS
Any physical connection or arrangement between two otherwise
separate piping systems, one of which contains potable water and the
other water of unknown or questionable safety, whereby water may flow
from one system to the other, the direction of the flow depending
on the pressure differential between the two systems.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A prefabricated or precast grease interceptor with a minimum
capacity of 1,000 gallons conforming to current American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) standards for Prefabricated Gravity Grease
Interceptors (ANSI Z1001-2016), with a maximum depth of five feet
to the top of the inlet pipe. All piping and connections shall be
non-corrosive (e.g., no steel, cast iron, etc.).
[Added 4-29-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
The liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in
industrial establishments and which are free of fecal matter.
INSPECTOR
The person or persons duly authorized by the Superintendent
to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their
connection to the public sewer system.
INTERCEPTOR
A device designed and installed so as to separate and retain
deleterious, hazardous or otherwise undesirable matter such as grease,
oil or sand from normal wastes and permit only normal sewage or liquid
wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section
307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1347) which applies to a specific
category of industrial users.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
PRIVATE SEWER
A sewer privately owned and not directly controlled by public
authority.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that 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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer directly controlled by public authority.
SAND-OIL INTERCEPTOR
A prefabricated or precast grease, oil, and/or solids removal
device with a minimum capacity of 320 gallons. All piping and connections
shall be non-corrosive (e.g., no steel, cast iron, etc.).
[Added 4-29-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
SANITARY SEWER
A pipe which carries sewage and excludes storm-, surface
and ground water.
SEWAGE
Any liquid waste containing animal, human or vegetable matter
in suspension or solution, and may include liquids containing chemicals
or minerals in solution.
SEWAGE WORKS SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sanitary sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLOPE
The grade or pitch of a line of pipe interference to a horizontal
plane. In drainage, it is usually expressed as the fall in a fraction
of an inch per foot length of pipe.
SLUDGE
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste, which
is in concentration (solids) of any given constituent or in quantity.
[Amended 4-29-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
SLUG LOAD
Any discharge of non-routine, episodic nature, including,
but not limited to, an accidental spill or non-customary batch discharge
which has a reasonable potential to cause interference, pass-through
or in any other way causes a violation of the provisions of this Code
or State Law.
[Added 4-29-2024 by L.L. No. 2-2024]
STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN
A sewer used for conveying rainwater, surface water, condensate,
cooling water or similar liquid wastes, exclusive of sewage and industrial
waste.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the municipal sewage works system for
the Village of Ellenville as appointed by the Board of Trustees.
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.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.