In the interpretation of this article, the following definitions
shall apply unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic 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 drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainpipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet 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.
DNR
The Michigan State Department of Natural Resources.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food, and from the handling, storage, processing and sale of produce.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Jackson County Health Department and/or the Michigan
State Department of Health.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of water, either surface water or groundwater.
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.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the cooking, preparation, and dispensing
of food that has been cut or shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in
public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting property have equal
rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwaters, surface
waters and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
Any combination of water-carried wastes from residence, business
and commercial buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments,
together with such groundwaters, surface waters and stormwaters as
may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
The liquid wastes, solids, or semisolids from industrial
processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
Any pipe, tile, tubes, or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL; MAY
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
A sewer which carries stormwaters and surface waters and
drainage but which excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
The solids that either float on the surface of, or are suspended
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
in intermittently.