A. ACMUA ACT BOD (DENOTING "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND") BUILDING SEWER CITY COMBINED SEWER COMMERCIAL USER (CLASS II) DAY EPA EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSE GARBAGE INDUSTRIAL USER (CLASS III) INTERFERENCE NATURAL OUTLET NJDEP NPDES OWNER PERSON PH PRETREATMENT PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE RESIDENTIAL USER (CLASS I) SANITARY WASTEWATER STANDARD METHODS STATE STORM SEWER SURFACE WATER SUSPENDED SOLIDS TOXICS WASTEWATER WASTEWATER FACILITY WASTEWATER SEWER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY WPCF
Unless the context of usage indicates otherwise, the meanings of specific terms in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Atlantic County Municipal Utilities Authority.
The Clean Water Act, as amended.[1]
The quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
The extension from a building wastewater plumbing facility to the public wastewater facility.
The City of Egg Harbor City.
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or surface water.
Includes any property occupied by a nonresidential establishment not within the definition of an industrial user (Class III) and which is connected to the wastewater facilities.
The twenty-four-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Those costs which are over and above normal operating and maintenance costs incurred as a result of actions by a person or persons.
The solid animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the domestic or commercial handling, storage, dispensing, preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
The inhibition or disruption of any sewer system, wastewater treatment process, sludge disposal system or their operation, which substantially contributes to a violation of applicable discharge permits.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any body of surface or ground water.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, whether administered by the EPA or by the state.
The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private property which discharges to the wastewater facilities serving the City of Egg Harbor City.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership, corporation, municipality or other similar organization, agency or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen concentration, expressed in grams per liter, of solution as determined by standard methods.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollution properties in wastewater prior to discharge to the wastewater facilities servicing the City of Egg Harbor City.
Garbage that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
Premises used only for human residency and which are connected to the wastewater facilities.
Wastewater discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, office buildings, industrial plants or institutions.
The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, Water Pollution Control Federation and American Water Works Association.
The State of New Jersey.
A sewer for conveying storm-, surface and other waters, which is not intended to be transported to a treatment facility.
Water which occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds the rate at which water may infiltrate into the soil, including oceans, bays, estuaries, etc.
The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater, as determined by standard methods.
Any of the pollutants designated by federal regulations pursuant to Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
A combination of liquid and water-carried waste from residences, commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water or stormwater that may be present.
The combination of the wastewater sewers, pumping stations, appurtenances and treatment facilities.
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary to collect and transport wastewaters to the wastewater treatment facility.
The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary to treat and discharge wastewaters.
The Water Pollution Control Federation.
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Editor's Note: See 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.
B.
As used in this chapter, "shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.