BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND): The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter.
CITY: The city of Ashton, Idaho.
COLLECTION SYSTEM: The system of public sewers to be operational by the city designed for the collection of sanitary sewage.
MAY: Permissible.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE: All activities, goods, and services which are necessary to maintain the proper capacity and performance of the treatment works for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" shall include "replacement" as defined hereinafter.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
PUBLIC TREATMENT WORKS: A treatment works owned and operated by a public authority.
REPLACEMENT: Acquisition and installation of equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
SERVICE AREA: All the area served by the treatment works and for which there is one uniform user charge system.
SEWAGE: A combination of water carried wastes from residences, business building, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT: An arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SHALL: Mandatory.
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 filtering.
TREATMENT FACILITIES: All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage. "Treatment system" and "sewerage system" shall be equivalent terms for "treatment works".
USER: Every person using any part of the public treatment works of the city of Ashton.
USER CHARGE: The periodic charges levied on all users of the public treatment works, and shall, at a minimum, cover each user's proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance. (Ord. 284, 1980)