For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall be used. Words used in the present tense include the future; the singular number includes the plural number; and the plural number includes the singular number. The word “shall” is mandatory and not directory, while the word “may” is permissive.
BILLABLE BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). A user’s loading in pounds of BOD calculated using the billable flow and concentration of BOD in the waste as determined by the Board of Public Affairs. Minimum waste strength of BOD shall be the domestic waste concentration of 200 milligrams per liter.
BILLABLE FLOW. A user’s recorded quarterly water usage as metered by the appropriate water utility, plus metered water from wells and other sources, and less any sewer-exempt metered data. Residential users on unmetered wells and users with no history of BILLABLE FLOW shall have their billable flow estimated by averaging the billable flow of other residential users of the same class.
BILLABLE TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS). A user’s loading in pounds of TSS calculated using the billable flow and concentration of TSS in the waste as determined by the Board of Public Affairs. Minimum waste strength of TSS shall be the domestic waste concentration of 250 milligrams per liter.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l), utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20°C.
BUILDING DRAIN - SANITARY. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives sanitary or industrial sewage only and is located inside the walls of a building and conveys the sewage to the building sewer, which begins five feet outside the building wall.
BUILDING DRAIN - STORM. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives stormwater or other clearwater discharge, but receives no wastewater from sewage or other drainage pipes, and is located inside the walls of a building and conveys the sewage to the building sewer, which begins five feet outside the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER - SANITARY. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal and conveys only sanitary or industrial sewage. This is also known as a HOUSE CONNECTION.
BUILDING SEWER - STORM. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal and conveys stormwater or other clearwater drainage, but no sanitary or industrial sewage. This is also known as a HOUSE CONNECTION.
COLLECTION SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewaters from individual point source discharges.
COMBINED SEWAGE. A combination of both wastewater and storm or surface water.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. BOD, suspended solids (SS), pH, and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES permit, if the publicly-owned treatment works was designed to treat such pollutants and, in fact, does remove them to a substantial degree.
CONVEYANCE. See INTERCEPTOR SEWER.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. A charge levied on certain users of waste treatment works for the cost of capital improvements of such facilities.
DISSOLVED SOLIDS. The concentration of matter in the sewage consisting of colloidal particulate matter one micron in diameter or less, and both organic and inorganic molecules and ions present in solution.
DOMESTIC LEVEL USER or RESIDENTIAL USER. A user whose premises or building is used primarily as a domicile for one or more persons and whose wastes originate from the normal living activities of its inhabitants.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right, less than fee simple, for the specific use of land owned by others.
FECAL COLIFORM. Any number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of man and animals whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a pretreatment facility approved by the Board of Public Affairs.
FORCE MAIN. A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the commercial handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Any nontreatable waste product, including non- biodegradable dissolved solids.
INFILTRATION. The water unintentionally entering the public sewer system, including sanitary building drains and sewers, from the ground through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls. INFILTRATION does not include, and is distinguished from, inflow.
INFILTRATION/INFLOW. The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow without distinguishing the source.
INFLOW. The water discharge into a sanitary sewer system, including building drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited to: roof leaders; cellar, yard, and area drains; foundation drains; unpolluted cooling water discharges; drains from springs and swampy areas; manhole; covers; cross- connections from storm sewers and/or combined sewers; catch basins; stormwaters; surface runoff; street wash waters; or drainage. INFLOW does not include, and is distinguishable from, infiltration.
INTERCEPTOR SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to transport wastewater from collection sewers to a treatment facility.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION PERMIT. A permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) for discharge of wastewaters to the navigable waters of the United States pursuant to § 402 of Pub. Law 92-500, as amended being 33 U.S.C. § 1342.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
NONRESIDENTIAL USER. Any commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental user of the sewer system other than residential users as defined above. See DOMESTIC LEVEL USER.
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH SEWAGE. Wastewater or sewage having an average daily suspended solids (SS) concentration of not more than 250 milligrams per liter and an average dally BOD of not more than 200 milligrams per liter.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group discharging any wastewater to the wastewater treatment facility.
PERSONAL PROPERTY. For the purpose of the user charge system, all equipment owned by the village and used in the transport and treatment of sewage. Such equipment must be mechanical, electronic, or electrical, or have movable parts.
pH. The term used to express the intensity of the acid or base condition of a solution, calculated by taking 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 treatment of industrial sewage from privately-owned industrial sources by the generator of that source prior to introduction of the waste effluent into a publicly- owned treatment works.
PRIVATE SEWER. A sewer which is not owned by the village.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer which is owned and controlled by the village and is separate from and does not include sewers owned by other governmental units.
PUMPING STATION. A station positioned in the public sewer system at which wastewater is pumped to a higher level.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries only sanitary or sanitary and industrial waste waters from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions and to which storm, surface, and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE or WASTEWATER. The combination of the liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, including polluted cooling water and unintentionally admitted infiltration inflow.
(1) COMBINED SEWAGE. Wastes, including sanitary sewage, industrial sewage, stormwater, infiltration, and inflow carried to the wastewater treatment facilities by a combined sewer.
(2) INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE. A combination of liquid- and water-carried wastes discharged from any industrial establishment and resulting from any trade or process carried on in that establishment and shall include the wastes from pre-treatment facilities and polluted cooling water.
(3) SANITARY SEWAGE. The combination of liquid- and water-carried wastes discharged from toilet and other sanitary plumbing facilities.
SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage 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 one-half (1.25 centimeters) in any dimension.
SLUG. Any discharge of water or wastewater in concentration of any given constituent or in any quantity of flow which exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the allowable concentration of flows during a normal working day (i.e., first, second, or third shift operation) and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
STANDARD METHODS. The laboratory procedure set forth in the following sources: Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 13th Edition, as amended, prepared and published jointly by the American Water Works Association, and Water Pollution Control Federation; Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes, 1971, prepared and published by the Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; “Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants,” enumerated in 40 C.F.R. §§ 136.1 et seq. (1975), as amended; and/or any other procedures recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state’s Environmental Protection Agency.
STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries only stormwaters, surface run-off, street wash, and drainage and to which sanitary and/or industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS) or TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS). Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids and is removable by laboratory filtration as prescribed in the Standard Methods.
TOTAL SOLIDS. The sum of suspended and dissolved solids.
TOXIC AMOUNT. Concentration of any pollutant or combination of pollutants, which, upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism, will cause adverse effects, such as cancer, genetic mutations, and physiological manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to § 307(a) of Pub. Law 92-500, as amended being 33 U.S.C. § 1317(a).
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of a quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that is of sufficient quality that it would not be in violation of federal or state water quality standards if such water were discharged into navigable waters of the state. UNPOLLUTED WATER would not be benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
VILLAGE. The Village of Apple Creek.
VILLAGE COUNCIL. The governing body of the Village of Apple Creek.
VOLATILE ORGANIC MATTER. The material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at 500°C for 15 minutes.
WASTE TREATMENT WORKS. The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, transport, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and to dispose of the effluent and accumulated residual solids.
WATERCOURSE. A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 1983-15, passed 12-5-1983)