A. BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand") BUILDING DRAIN BUILDING SEWER CHLORINE DEMAND COMBINED SEWER COMMISSION COOLING WATER COUNTY COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEM COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT DIRECTOR GARBAGE INDUSTRIAL WASTES NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD NATURAL OUTLET NORMAL SEWAGE NYSDEC OTHER WASTES PERSON PH POTW POTW TREATMENT PLANT PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE PUBLIC SEWER SANITARY SEWAGE SANITARY SEWER SEWAGE SEWAGE WORKS SEWER SLUG SPDES STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "storm sewer") SUPERINTENDENT SUSPENDED SOLIDS TOXIC SUBSTANCES USEPA VILLAGE WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in he biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at room temperature.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature to the Albany County Sewer District.
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of 10 parts per million by weight or toxic substances as limited elsewhere herein.
The County of Albany.
The trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators, water pollution control plants (sewage treatment plants) and other appurtenant structures owned and operated by the Albany County Sewer District.
The Albany County Sewer District, as created, altered or modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
The Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 134F) which applies to a specific category of industrial users.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed, show, by weight, the following characteristics:
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation or duly authorized official of said Department.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
Garbage (shredded or unshredded), refuse, wood, eggshells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark, sand, lime, cinder, ashes and all other discarded matter not normally present in sewage or industrial wastes.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, in moles per liter. It indicates the intensity of acidity and alkalinity of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A pH value of 7.0, the midpoint of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above 7.0 represent alkaline conditions and those below 7.0 represent acid conditions.
Publicly owned treatment works, including all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
That portion of a POTW which is designed to provide treatment, including recycling and reclamation, of municipal sewage and industrial waste.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
Garbage that has 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.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
Sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings, including apartment houses and hotels; office buildings; factories; or institutions and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial wastes and other wastes.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater; surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently present. The admixture of sewage, as above defined, with industrial wastes or other wastes also shall be considered sewage within the meaning of this definition.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Any discharge of water, sewage 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 flow during normal operations.
The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
The Inspector of the Water Department of the Village of Menands or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by flotation, skimming and sedimentation.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous to sewer maintenance personnel, tend to interfere with any biological sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to human beings or animals or inhibit aquatic life or create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or duly authorized official of said agency.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
The Village of Menands and the lands contained therein.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
B.
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.