Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Part
3 shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD)
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.
BUILDING DRAIN
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.
BUILDING SEWER
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."
CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
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.
COMBINED SEWER
A sewer receiving and transporting both surface runoff and
sewage.
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.
COUNTY
The County of Warren or its designated representatives.
EASEMENT
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
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. A 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 wastes 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 wastes.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
ground water.
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. Neutral water, for example, has a "pH" value of seven
and a hydrogen ion concentration of 107.
POLLUTION
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical,
biological and radiological integrity of water.
PRETREATMENT
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.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)
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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
SANITARY SEWER
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.
SEWAGE
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
SEWER
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SEWER DISTRICT
Any sewer district owned, maintained and operated by the
Town of Queensbury.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USE
Any user who:
(1)
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more
per average workday;
(2)
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the
municipality's wastewater system;
(3)
Has, in the wastes, toxic pollutants as defined
pursuant to Section 307 of the Act;
(4)
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial
categories pursuant to Section 307 of the Act; or
(5)
Is found by the municipality to have significant
impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries,
on the treatment or collection system.
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 or flow during normal operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works.
SPDES
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.
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 Standards Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
TOWN SEWER INSPECTOR
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.
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
sewers 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 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.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.