For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND or BOD. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet outside the inner face of the building wall. (See SERVICE CONNECTION or SERVICE TAP and SERVICE PIPE or SERVICE LINE.)
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, also called HOUSE CONNECTION. (See SERVICE CONNECTION or SERVICE TAP and SERVICE PIPE or SERVICE LINE.)
COLLECTION MAIN or MAIN. A sewer pipe owned, operated and maintained by the town which is used for the collection of sewage and to which service connections are made.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
COMMERCIAL SERVICE. Any sewer usage other than solely for residential purposes.
(1) Where a single structure has combined business and residential usage, the sewer service shall be considered COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
(2) Schools, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, churches, trailer parks, apartments, condominiums and rooming houses having two or more rooms on a rental basis are examples of COMMERCIAL SERVICES.
DEVELOPER. Any individual, firm, corporation or other entity who causes improvements to be made upon land, with said improvement requiring sewer service.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
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 wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of food.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive. (See SHALL.)
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer flows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.
PERMITTEE. Any user which obtains a written permit to cause construction work to be performed in accordance with the permit.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have 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 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. The Public Service Commission of this state.
PUBLIC SEWER. A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. The Town Public Works Director or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICE. Sewer usage solely for residential purposes.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SERVICE CONNECTION or SERVICE TAP. The connection at the collection main which connects the customer’s service pipe to the main. (See BUILDING DRAIN and BUILDING SEWER.)
SERVICE PIPE or SERVICE LINE. The piping from the service connection at the main to the customer’s premises. (See BUILDING DRAIN and BUILDING SEWER.)
SEWAGE. The spent water of a community. The preferred term is “wastewater.”
SEWER. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory. (See MAY.)
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 five times the average 24-hour concentration of flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER. A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR. The Mayor of the town or any person authorized by him or her to act as Administrator of the Sanitary Sewer Department.
TOWN COUNCIL. The duly elected governing body of the town, including the Mayor.
TOWN SEWER. The system operated by the town for the collection, transmission and treatment of sewage.
TOWN STANDARDS. Those standards adopted by the Town Council which pertain to the design, materials and construction practices for sanitary sewers.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of 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 sewer and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USER, CUSTOMER or CONSUMER. An individual, partnership, association, firm, public or private corporation or government agency receiving sewer service. In the case of a tenant, the property owner is considered the CUSTOMER or CONSUMER.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. 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 groundwater, surface water and stormwater 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 “wastewater treatment plant” or “water pollution control plant.”
WATERCOURSE. A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently.
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