Definitions. As used in this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ACT or THE ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the
Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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 DRAIN
That 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 buildings and conveys it to the building
sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of
the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal; it may also be called a house connection.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer intended to receive both sewage and storm- or surface
water.
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of Environmental Protection for the State
of Connecticut.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal
coliform bacteria, plus any additional pollutants identified in the
water pollution control facilities 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 SAMPLE
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 for the sampling interval. The minimum time
period for composite sampling shall be four hours.
COOLING WATER
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.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
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 OIL
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from sewage by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility.
GARBAGE
The animal or vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking or serving of foods.
GRAB SAMPLE
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 WASTE
Any waste from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets,
campers, trailers and septage-hauling trucks.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
All wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business
and is distinct from domestic sewage.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentrations.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter
of solution.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, copartnership, firm, company,
corporation, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate, governmental
entity or any other legal entity or their legal representatives, agents
or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine and the
singular shall include the plural where indicated by the context.
PRETREATMENT or 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 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 GARBAGE
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 sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sanitary sewer controlled by a governmental agency
or public utility.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which collects and conveys domestic sewage from residences,
public buildings, commercial establishments, industries and institutions.
A sanitary sewer may also collect and convey permitted industrial
wastewater and unintentionally admitted ground- , storm- and surface
waters.
SEPTAGE
The liquids and solids which are removed from a tank used
to treat domestic sewage.
SEWAGE
Human and animal excretions and all domestic and such manufacturing
wastes as may tend to be detrimental to the public health.
SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM
The structures and equipment required to collect and convey
sewage to the water pollution control facility.
SLUG
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 OIL
Oil which is of either mineral or vegetable origin and disperses
in water or sewage at temperatures between 0º C. and 65º
C. For the purposes of this article, emulsified oil shall be considered
as soluble oil.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which collects and conveys stormwater or groundwater.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The solid matter, measured in milligrams per liter, which
may be in suspension, floatable or settleable and is removable by
laboratory filtering as prescribed in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater.
TOXIC POLLUTANT
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.
USER
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution
of sewage into the Town of Farmington sewer system.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water
either continuously or intermittently.