For the purpose of this chapter the following terms,
phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meaning given
herein:
ABNORMAL WASTES
Any industrial or commercial waste having a suspended solid
content or BOD appreciably in excess of that normally found in municipal
sewage. For the purposes of these regulations, any industrial or commercial
waste containing more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids
or having a BOD in excess of 300 milligrams per liter shall be considered
an "abnormal waste" regardless of whether or not it contains other
substances in concentrations differing appreciably from those found
in municipal sewage. The Township reserves the right to add to the
stated pollutants and modify the pollutant concentration as necessary
to maintain the operating efficiency of the sewerage systems to which
the abnormal wastes are being discharged. The Township shall implement
a surcharge for all abnormal wastes based on the annual cost to collect,
transport and treat abnormal wastes.
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ACCESSIBLE PREMISES
Any real estate abutting on or adjoining or having access
to any street, alley or right-of-way in which a sewer is located which
ultimately connects to the public sanitary sewage system.
BOD (DESIGNATES "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND")
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter in sewage or industrial waste under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20° C. (under aerobic conditions), expressed
in milligrams per liter by weight. It shall be determined by one of
the acceptable methods described in the latest edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Girard, specifically relating to its Sewer
Ordinance No. 517 and/or the Borough of Lake City.
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COMBINED SEWER
A sewer that was designed and approved by the Township and
commonwealth to carry stormwater, groundwater, sanitary sewage and
industrial wastes. The Township does not allow the use of combined
sewers in the Township.
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COMMONWEALTH
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its governmental agencies,
otherwise known as "the state."
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CONNECTION
The physical connection between the lines of an owner of
property and the lateral or sewer at the public easement or right-of-way
line.
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GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any liquid, gaseous or water-borne wastes from industrial
processes or commercial establishments, as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
INSPECTOR
The Township authorized representative responsible for the
review of all construction related to connections made to the public
sewer.
LATERAL
The pipe-conduit between the public sewer and the right-of-way
or easement line. This section of the lateral shall be part of the
public sewer.
OCCUPIED BUILDING
Any structure erected and intended for continuous or periodic
habitation, occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which
structure sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, or either thereof,
are or may be discharged.
OWNER
The owner of the real estate to which a public sewer connection
is made or for which a permit is applied for.
PERSON
Includes natural persons, partnerships, associations and
corporations, public or private.
pH
The logarithm to the base 10 of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration, expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined
by one of the acceptable methods described in the latest edition of
Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water
Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
PROHIBITED WASTES
As defined in §
157-8 and shall not be discharged to the Township's sewerage system unless otherwise approved by the Township and Borough.
PRIVATE LATERAL
The pipe-conduit that transports sewage, industrial wastes,
stormwater or groundwater from a building connecting to the appropriate
lateral line of the public sewer at the right-of-way or easement line,
otherwise known as the "building sewer." This private lateral shall
be owned, operated and maintained by the property owner and not the
Township.
PRIVATE SEWER
A sewer not owned, operated or maintained by the Township.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce that have
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 gravity flow or pressure flow pipe or conduit used for
collecting and transporting sewage or industrial wastes (hereinafter
also referred to as a "public sanitary sewer"), stormwater, groundwater
that is owned, operated and maintained by the Township.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from
residences, business buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial
establishments, exclusive of stormwater runoff, surface water or groundwater.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwaters are not admitted.
SEWAGE
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions, industrial and commercial establishments,
excluding groundwater, surface water or stormwater.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit designed for carrying liquid flows, such
as sanitary sewers, storm sewers or combined sewers.
SEWER ADMINISTRATOR
The person designated by the Township to issue sewer permits
and enforce sewer regulations.
SEWERAGE
Referring to the actual collection, transport and pumping
systems and treatment plant of the Township and Boroughs.
SEWER PERMIT
A permit issued by the Township allowing the connection and/or
discharge of sewage, stormwater, groundwater or industrial wastes
to a permitted public sewer system.
SEWER SYSTEM
All sanitary sewers, all pumping stations, all force mains,
all sewage treatment works and all other sewerage facilities owned
or leased and operated by the Township for the collection, transportation
and treatment of sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, together with
their appurtenances and any additions or improvements thereto. It
shall also include sewers within the Township's service area which
serve one or more persons and discharge into the public sanitary sewerage
system even though those sewers may not have been constructed by the
Township and are not owned or maintained by the Township. It does
not include separate storm sewers or culverts which may have been
constructed for the sole purpose of carrying storm and surface runoff,
the discharge from which is not and does not become tributary to the
sewage treatment facilities.
STORM SEWER
A sewer which is intended to carry stormwater runoff, surface
waters, groundwater, drainage, etc., but which is not intended to
carry any sanitary sewage or polluted industrial waste. No sanitary
sewage or industrial waste is to be discharged to a storm sewer without
direct approval of the Township and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
That portion of the rainfall which reaches a channel, trench,
storm sewer or sink.
SUPERVISORS
The elected officials of the Girard Township Board of Supervisors.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, industrial waste or other liquids and which are
removable by laboratory filtration. The quantity of suspended solids
shall be determined by one of the acceptable methods described in
the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water
and Wastewater, cited above.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Girard and its ordinances.
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil; pH less than 6.0 or greater than 9.0;
phenols or other substances imparting taste and odor to receiving
waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state
or solution; obnoxious gases. It shall contain not more than 750 milligrams
per liter by weight of dissolved solids, of which not more than 250
milligrams per liter shall be as chloride and not more than 10 milligrams
per liter each of suspended solids and BOD. The color shall not exceed
five color units. Analyses for any of the above-mentioned substances
shall be made in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, cited above.