As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
B.O.D.
-- Biochemical oxygen demand; the quantity of oxygen, expressed
in mg/L, used in the oxidation of waste under standard laboratory
procedures for five days at 20° C.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The amount of chlorine which must be added to waters and
wastes to produce a residual chlorine content in such waters and wastes
after a fifteen-minute contact time.
C.O.D.
-- Chemical oxygen demand; the quantity of oxygen, expressed
in mg/L, used in chemical oxidation of organic matter in accordance
with standard laboratory procedures.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
A combination of individual samples of water or wastewater
taken at selective intervals, generally hourly, for a specified time
period, generally 24 hours, to minimize the effect of individual sample
variability.
CONNECTION FEE
A one-time charge to reimburse the Town the actual cost of
construction of the service lateral to the vicinity of the customer's
property line.
CUSTOMER
Also referred to as "applicant," "property owner," or "permittee;"
the applicant for sewer or water service at one household, business
or institution.
E.H.U.
-- Equivalent housing unit; a means of measuring the impact
of a development or industry on the sewer usage.
ENGINEER
A professional engineer registered to practice in the State
of Maryland.
EXISTING MAIN
Applications for a sewer connection will be accepted subject
to there being an existing main in a right-of-way abutting the property
for which application is made.
FIXTURE-UNIT VALUES
A set of values assigned to various plumbing fixtures that
could contribute to a sewage system; used to measure the extent of
such contribution, assuming one house to have total fixture - unit
values of 24 or less.
FRONT-FOOT BENEFIT CHARGE
A charge against a piece of property, unimproved or unimproved,
that benefits from having ready access to a water and/or sewer main.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from preparation, washing and dispensing of
food, and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
HOUSE CONNECTION
Private water or sewer connection; private connections; sewer
or water connection; that part of the water or the sewer system on
private property extending normally from Town's water meter setting
or sewer cleanout location at the property line to the house or building
it serves; that part of the water or sewer system constructed and
maintained by the property owner.
IMPROVED PROPERTY
Any property on which there is a building in which potable
water is used and/or sewage is generated.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Sewage from improved property used for manufacturing, processing,
cleaning, laundering, assembling, etc., from which waste is discharged
distinct from normal water-carried household and toilet wastes.
MAINS
Sewer mains, water mains; the Town-owned piping in public
streets, alleys, and rights-of-way.
MANHOLE
A structure designed to provide access to the sewer.
mg/L
Milligrams per liter; a measure of concentration.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
group, or other private or public entity.
ph
An indication of the degree of acidity or alkalinity of substance;
the logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions,
expressed in grams per liter or solution.
PRETREATMENT
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination
of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties
in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to, or in lieu of, discharging,
or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the public sewage system.
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 sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
The sewer system owned, controlled, administered, maintained
and used by the Town of North Beach.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries wastewater and to which storm, surface
and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE CONNECTION
Service lateral; the public sewer or water lateral on Town
property or right-of-way, from the sewer or water main to near the
property line; that part of the system constructed and maintained
by the Town.
SEWAGE
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from improved
property.
SLUG
Any discharge or wastewater having a concentration of any
given constituent sufficiently above the average and for a period
to be considered harmful to the collection system or the performance
of the POTW.
STANDARD LABORATORY PROCEDURE
The procedures outlined in Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, latest addition, as published by the American
Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and
Water Pollution Control Federation.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory
filtration.
TOWN
The Town of North Beach, Maryland, its officials and/or its
duly authorized representatives.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any substance, gaseous, liquid, or solid, which when discharged
to a sewer may tend to interfere with any waste treatment process,
or to constitute a hazard to human beings or animals, or to damage
aquatic life or to create a hazard to recreation in the receiving
water of the effluent, should this toxic substance pass through the
treatment process.
USER CHARGE
A quarterly charge billed to, and payable by, property owners
connected to the Town's sewer and/or water facilities.
WASTEWATER
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, commercial and industrial establishments,
together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
WASTEWATER WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of wastewater.