For the proper use and service for all sewer
districts owned, operated and maintained by the Town of Queensbury,
the following general rules and specifications are hereby adopted.
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BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
COMBINED SEWER
CONTAMINATION
COUNTY
EASEMENT
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION or NYSDEC
PERSON
pH
POLLUTION
PRETREATMENT
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWER
SEWER DISTRICT
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USE
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SLUG
SPDES
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "storm sewer")
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWN SEWER INSPECTOR
UNPOLLUTED WATER
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER FACILITIES
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meaning of terms used in this Part 3 shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from 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, also called the "house lateral" or "service
lateral," and the portion in the public highway or easement, also
called the "Town service lateral."
Any regulation containing discharge limits promulgated by
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in accordance with Section
307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 USC § 1347) which applies
to a specific category of industrial users.
A sewer receiving and transporting both surface runoff and
sewage.
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.
The County of Warren or its designated representatives.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of "floatable fat"
if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere
with the collection system.
The animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business,
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
ground water.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or a duly authorized official of said Department.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a "pH" value of seven
and a hydrogen ion concentration of 107.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
The reduction in the amount of pollution in wastewater to
a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollution into a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except
as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General Pretreatment Regulations for
Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have 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 treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292); and includes any sewers that convey wastewater
to the POTW but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances
not connected to a facility providing treatment.
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
A sewer 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.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
Any sewer district owned, maintained and operated by the
Town of Queensbury.
Any user who:
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average workday;
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the
municipality's wastewater system;
Has, in the wastes, toxic pollutants as defined
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act;
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial
categories pursuant to Section 307 of the Act; or
Is found by the municipality to have significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment or collection system.
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 or flow during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
Denotes the State Pollution Discharge Elimination System established by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharge to the waters of the state.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
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 Standards Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
The person or persons, whether an individual or individuals,
partnerships, corporations or other entities, designed by resolution
of the Queensbury Town Board to act as or in the capacity of Sewer
Inspector of the Town of Queensbury, or the authorized deputy or representative
thereof.
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
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
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.
The structures, equipment and processes required to collect,
carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of
the effluent.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and sludge; sometimes used as a synonym with "waste
treatment plant" or "wastewater treatment plant" or "water pollution
control plant," but in this case, the wastewater treatment plant of
the City of Glens Falls.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
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Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
