For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., and regulations implementing said Act.
ADMINISTRATION. The Administration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
APARTMENT. Any structure containing two or more dwelling units.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C expressed in parts per million by weight.
BUILDING SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries only sewage and industrial wastes from the building plumbing to the public sanitary sewer.
BUILDING STORM SEWER. A sewer which carries storm drainage, surface water, foundation drainage and roof drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes from the building plumbing to a public storm sewer or natural outlet.
CITY. The City of Belleville; and, any reference to WITHIN THE CITY shall mean all territory within the perimeter of the city boundaries or jurisdiction.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage. Any modification to, addition to or improvement of a combined sewer line shall be designed to effectively and efficiently carry the 20-year storm event, as defined in the State Department of Transportation’s Design Manuals for the Belleville area.
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER. All commercial establishments.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES permit.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FEDERAL GRANT. United States government participation in the financing of the construction treatment works as provided for by the Title II Grants for Construction of Treatment Works of the Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1281 et seq.
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 waste water does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL USER.
(1) Any non-governmental user of publicly-owned treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
(a) Division A - Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing;
(b) Division B - Mining;
(c) Division D - Manufacturing;
(d) Division E - Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services; and
(e) Division I - Services.
(2) A user in the divisions listed may be excluded if it is determined by the Director that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences. Governmental users are excluded from the purposes of the industrial cost recovery, but are included along with non-governmental users for the purposes of the user charge system.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant, as herein defined.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastes from industries, trades or businesses as distinguished from employee’s domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. An industrial user of the publicly-owned treatment works that:
(1) Has a flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average work day;
(2) Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(3) Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under § 307(A) of the Act; or
(4) Is found by the permit issuance authority, in connection with the issuance of an NPDES permit to the publicly-owned treatment works receiving the waste to have a significant impact either singly or in combination with other contributing industries on that treatment works or upon the quantity of effluent from that treatment works.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a water course, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent in reporting the results of water and wastewater analysis.
NPDES PERMIT. Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued by the Administrator or other appropriate authority, or where appropriate by the Director, after enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to § 402 of the Act.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
ppm. Parts per million by weight.
PRETREATMENT. The treatment of waste waters from sources before introduction into the waste water treatment works.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and obligations and is controlled by public authority.
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR. The U.S. EPA office which is required by law to approve a system of industrial cost recovery.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term “operation and maintenance” includes REPLACEMENT.
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER. Single-family dwellings.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The combination of the water carried from wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. The facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
STORM DRAIN. A storm sewer, as herein defined.
STORM SEWER. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND SEWER LINES. The Director of Wastewater Treatment and Sewer Lines of the city or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds, for any period or duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS). Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in the suspension in, water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water on 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 benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and waste water treatment facilities provided.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance including replacement, but shall not include a capital cost charge.
USER CLASS. The type of user as determined by waste characteristics and process or discharge similarities.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the treatment works will be operated and shall be 30 years from the date of start-up of any wastewater facilities constructed with a federal grant.
WASTEWATER (SEWAGE). The spent water of a community. From this standpoint of course, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together the any ground water, surface water and storm water 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 synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT PLANT or POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(1960 Code, § 38-1-2) (Ord. 3633, passed 7-17-1979; Ord. 5143, passed 11-1-1993; Ord. 5312, passed 9-19-1994)