As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
ACT
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN
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 wastewater
collection system, terminating five feet (1.5 meters) outside the
inner face of the building wall.
CONTAMINATION
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by
waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through
poisoning or through the spread of disease.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer retained by the Town of Barton Board.
FLOATABLE OIL
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation cooking and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business,
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastewater.
MUNICIPALITY
The Town of Barton, Tioga County, State of New York, and,
where appropriate, the Village of Waverly.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm wastewater collection systems
and combined wastewater collection system overflows, into a watercourse,
pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter
of solution.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of the pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment
works. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except
as prohibited by 40 CPR 403.6, General Pretreatment Regulations for
Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A privately owned system for the treatment and ultimate disposal
of wastewater, such as a septic tank or cesspool, serving one or more
structures.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in
public wastewater collection systems, with no particles greater than
1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. § 1292).
Treatment works shall include any wastewater collection systems that
convey wastewater to the POTW but shall not include pipes, wastewater
collection systems or the conveyances not connected to a facility
providing treatment.
PUBLIC WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM
A wastewater collection system in which all owners of abutting
properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority
or a governmental agency.
SANITARY WASTEWATER
Domestic wastewater with storm- and surface waters excluded,
and includes wastewater discharging from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings,
industrial plants or institutions.
SANITARY WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM
A wastewater collection system that carries liquid and water-carried
wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and
institutions, together with minor quantities of ground -, storm- and
surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SEWAGE
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together
with such ground-, surface and stormwaters that are not admitted intentionally.
The preferred term is "wastewater." (See the definition of "wastewater.")
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SLUG
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 of flows during normal operation
and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance
of the wastewater treatment works.
SUPERINTENDENT
A person appointed by the Town Board of the Town of Barton
as the Superintendent of Water Pollution Control of the Town of Barton
or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
UNPOLLUTED WATER
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
wastewater collection systems and wastewater treatment facilities
provided.
WASTEWATER
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
An arrangement of devices and structure for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge; sometimes used as synonymous with "wastewater
treatment plant" or "water pollution control plant."
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
WATER POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological or radiological integrity of water.