For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATION (FIXED SERVICE) COSTS. Those fixed costs attributable to administration of the wastewater treatment works (i.e., billing and associated bookkeeping and accounting rests).
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or BOD5. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20°C expressed in milligrams per liter.
CITY. The area within the corporate boundaries of the City of Amboy, as presently established or as amended by ordinance or other legal actions at a future time. When used herein, the term CITY may also refer to the City Council or its authorized representative.
COMMERCIAL USER. Any place of business which discharges sanitary waste as distinct from industrial wastewater.
COMMERCIAL WASTEWATERS. Domestic wastewater emanating from a place of business as distinct from industrial wastewater.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. A charge levied on users of wastewater treatment facilities for the cost of repaying money bonded to construct the facilities.
EXTRA STRENGTH WASTE. Wastewater having a BOD and/or TSS greater than domestic waste as defined in this section and not otherwise classified as an incompatible waste.
GOVERNMENTAL USER. Users which are units, agencies, or instrumentalities of federal, state, or local government discharging normal domestic strength wastewater.
INCOMPATIBLE WASTE. Waste that either singly or by interaction with other wastes interferes with any waste treatment process, constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public nuisance or creates any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment works.
INDUSTRIAL USERS or INDUSTRIES. Are:
(1) Entities that discharge into a publicly-owned wastewater treatment works, liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial or manufacturing processes, or from the development of any natural resources.
(a) These are identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under 1 of the following divisions:
1. Division A. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing;
2. Division B. Mining;
3. Division D. Manufacturing;
4. Division E. Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Sewers; and
5. Division I. Services.
(b) For the purpose of this definition, domestic waste shall be considered to have the following characteristics:
1. BOD5 - less than 300 mg/l; and
2. Suspended solids - less than 300 mg/l.
(2) Any nongovernmental user of a publicly-owned treatment works which discharges wastewater to the treatment works which contains toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate the sludge of any municipal systems, or to injure or to interfere with any sewage treatment process, or which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals, creates a public nuisance, or creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. The liquid processing wastes from an industrial manufacturing process, trade, or business, including but not limited to all Standard Industrial Classification Manual Divisions A, B, D, E, and I manufacturers as distinct from domestic wastewater.
INSTITUTIONAL USER. Users other than commercial, governmental, industrial, or residential users, discharging primarily normal domestic strength wastewater (e.g., nonprofit organizations).
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTEWATER. Wastewater that is primarily produced by residential users, with BOD5 concentrations not greater than 300 mg/l and suspended solids concentrations not greater than 300 mg/l.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. Activities required to provide for the dependable and economical functioning of the treatment works, throughout the design or useful life of the treatment works, whichever is longer, and at the level of performance for which the treatment works were constructed. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE includes replacement.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. Expenditures for operation and maintenance, including replacement.
PUBLIC WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM. A system of sanitary sewers owned, maintained, operated, and controlled by the city.
REPLACEMENT. Obtaining and installing of equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the design or useful life of the treatment works, which is longer, to maintain the capacity and performance for which the works were designed and constructed.
REPLACEMENT COSTS. Expenditures for replacement.
RESIDENTIAL USER. A user of the treatment facilities whose premises or building is used primarily as a residence for 1 or more persons, including dwelling units such as detached and semi-detached housing, apartments, and mobile homes and which discharges primarily normal domestic strength sanitary wastes.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer intended to carry only liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters which are not admitted intentionally.
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE. The aggregate of all chances, including charges for operation, maintenance, replacement, debt service, and other sewer related charges that are billed periodically to users of the city’s wastewater treatment facilities.
SEWER SERVICE FUND. A fund into which income from sewer service charges is deposited along with other income. Expenditure of the SEWER SERVICE FUND will be for operation, maintenance, and replacement costs; and to retire debt incurred through capital expenditure for wastewater treatment.
SHALL. Is mandatory; MAY is permissive.
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 5 times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION MANUAL. Office of Management and Budget, 1979.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS) or TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS). The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface or is in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and is removable by laboratory filtering, prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Wastewater, latest edition, and referred to as non-filterable residue.
TOXIC POLLUTANT. The concentration of any pollutant or combination of pollutants as defined in standards issued pursuant to § 707(a) of the Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse effects.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of a treatment works for the user’s proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement.
USERS. Those residential, commercial, governmental, institutional, and industrial establishments which are connected to the public sewer collection system.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community, also referred to as SEWAGE. 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 ground water, surface water, and storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS or TREATMENT WORKS. An arrangement of any devices, facilities, structures, equipment, or processes owned or used by the city for the purpose of the transmission, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or industrial wastewater, or structures necessary to recycle or reuse water including interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, collections sewers, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide
a reliable recycled water supply as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works including land which is an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from the treatment.
(Ord. 102, passed 1-3-1990)