As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BOD (biochemical oxygen demand)
The quantity of oxygen by weight, expressed in mg/l, utilized
in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
conditions for five days at a temperature of 20º C.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal (also called the house lateral and house
connection).
CITY
The City of El Reno, Oklahoma, or any authorized person acting
in its behalf.
COD (chemical oxygen demand)
Measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and
organic matter present in the water or wastewater expressed in mg/l
as the amount of oxygen consumed from the chemical oxidant in a specific
test, but not differentiating between stable and unstable organic
matter and thus not necessarily correlating with biochemical oxygen
demand.
CONTROL MANHOLE
A manhole giving access to a building sewer at some point
before the building sewer discharge mixes with other discharges in
the public sewer.
CONTROL POINT
A point of access to a course of discharge before the discharge
mixes with other discharges in the public sewer.
GARBAGE
Animal and vegetable wastes and residue from preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food; and from the handling, processing,
storage and sale of food products and produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Waste resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing,
trade or business from the development of any natural resource, or
any mixture of the waste with water or normal wastewater, or distinct
from normal wastewater.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE CHARGE
The charge made on those persons who discharge industrial
wastes into the City's sewerage system.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg/l)
The same as parts per million and is a weight-to-volume ratio;
the milligram-per-liter value multiplied by the factor 8.34 shall
be equivalent to pounds per million gallons of water.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, lake or other body
of surface water or groundwater.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER
Wastewater, excluding industrial wastewater, discharged by
a person into sanitary sewers and in which the average concentration
of total suspended solids is not more than 250 mg/l and BOD is not
more than 250 mg/l.
OVERLOAD
The imposition of organic or hydraulic loading on a treatment
facility in excess of its engineered design capacity.
PERSON
Includes a corporation, organization, government or governmental
subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
association and any other legal entity.
pH
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration.
PUBLIC SEWER
Pipe or conduit carrying wastewater or unpolluted drainage
in which owners of abutting properties shall have the use, subject
to control by the City of El Reno.
SANITARY SEWER
A public sewer that conveys domestic wastewater or industrial
wastes or a combination of both, and into which stormwater, surface
water, groundwater and other unpolluted wastes are not intentionally
passed.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, wastewater or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
Exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flows during
normal operation.
STANDARD METHODS
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
latest edition, at the time of analysis, of "Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater," as prepared, approved and
published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American
Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.
STORM SEWER
A public sewer which carries storm and surface waters and
drainage and into which domestic wastewater or industrial wastes are
not intentionally passed.
STORMWATER
Rainfall or any other forms of precipitation.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Water and Wastewater Superintendent of the City of El
Reno or his duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids, measured in mg/l, that either float on the surface
of, or are in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids,
and which are largely removable by a laboratory filtration device.
TO DISCHARGE
Includes to deposit, conduct, drain, emit, throw, run, allow
to seep or otherwise release or dispose of, or to allow, permit or
suffer any of these acts or omissions.
TRAP
A device designed to skim, settle or otherwise remove grease,
oil, sand, flammable wastes or other harmful substances.
UNPOLLUTED WASTEWATER
Water containing:
A.
No free or emulsified grease or oil;
C.
No phenols or other substances producing taste
or odor in receiving water;
D.
No toxic or poisonous substances in suspension,
colloidal state or solution;
E.
No noxious or otherwise obnoxious odorous gases;
F.
Not more than an insignificant amount in mg/l
each of suspended solids and BOD as determined by the Oklahoma State
Department of Health; and
G.
Color not exceeding 50 units as measured by
the platinum-cobalt method of determination as specified in Standard
Methods.
WASTE
Rejected, undiluted or superfluous substances in liquid,
gaseous or solid form resulting from domestic, agricultural or industrial
activities.
WASTEWATER
A combination of the water-carried waste from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with any ground-, surface and storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
Includes all facilities for collection, pumping, treating,
and disposing of wastewater and industrial wastes.
WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE
The charge on all users of the public sewer system whose
wastes do not exceed in strength the concentration values established
as representative of normal wastewater.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Any City-owned facilities, devices and structures used for
receiving, processing and treating wastewater, industrial waste and
sludges from the sanitary sewers.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or man-made channel in which a flow of water occurs,
either continuously or intermittently.
No person may discharge liquid or vapor having
a temperature higher than 150º F. (65º C.), or any substance
which causes the temperature of the total wastewater treatment plant
influent to increase at a rate of 10º F. or more per hour, or
a combined total increase of plant influent temperature to 110º
F.
Any person responsible for discharges through
a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall, at his own expense
and as required by the approving authority:
A. Install an accessible and safely located control manhole;
B. Install meters and other appurtenances to facilitate
observation sampling and measurement of the waste; and
C. Maintain the equipment and facilities.
A person discharging industrial wastes into
public sewers prior to the effective date of this article may continue
without penalty so long as he:
A. Does not increase the quantity or quality of discharge,
without permission of the approving authority; and
B. Applies for and is granted a permit no later than
120 days after the effective date of this article.
The City shall serve persons discharging in
violation of this article with written notice stating the nature of
the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for satisfactory
compliance.
No person may continue discharging in violation
of this article beyond the time limit provided in the notice.
[Amended 9-15-1983 by Ord. No. 2454]
A. A person who continues prohibited discharges is guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not
more than $50 for each act of violation and for each day of violation.
B. In addition to proceeding under authority of Subsection
A of this section, the City is entitled to pursue all other criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes or other ordinances against a person continuing prohibited discharges.
In addition to sanctions provided for by this
article, the City is entitled to exercise sanctions provided for by
the other ordinances of the City for failure to pay the bill for water
and sanitary sewer service when due.