As used in this Part 1, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C. expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which received 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.
The duly appointed building inspector of the Village of Ossining.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called "house connection."
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater
or surface water.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Is oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
The duly authorized representative of Westchester County
Department of Health.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
groundwater.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven and
a hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
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 (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater and surface
water that are not admitted intentionally.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration
of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for an period
of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average
twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
Sometimes termed "storm sewer"; a drain or sewer for conveying
water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any
source.
The Superintendent of Public Works of the Village of Ossining,
New York, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering, as prescribed in Standard Methods
for the Examinations of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue." "Unpolluted water" is water of quality equal to or better
than the effluent criteria in effect or water that would not cause
violation of receiving water quality standard and would not be benefited
by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities
provided.
A parcel of real property situated within the Village and
abutting on any street, alley or right-of-way in which there is now
located or may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of
the Village to which a sewer connection has or can be made serving
the property.
The Village of Ossining, New York.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and storm water that
may be present.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste
treatment plant" or "wastewater treatment plant" or "water pollution
control plant."
A natural or artificial change for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
"May" is permissive; "shall" is mandatory.
