When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth in this section. Other words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth in this title, titles 9 and 10, or elsewhere in this code.
ADMINISTRATOR: The person hired by the board to organize the OWMP, create and administer the rules, create and monitor the OWMP budget, and oversee the operation of the OWMP, all subject to the approval of the board.
ALTERNATIVE ON SITE SYSTEM (AOSS): Any on site wastewater treatment system treating less than two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons of wastewater per day other than a traditional gravity fed septic system, including systems with pumps, siphons, compressors, and secondary filtration or biological treatment.
BLACK WASTE: Human body waste, specifically excreta or urine, including toilet paper and other products used in the practice of personal hygiene.
BLACKWATER: A wastewater the principal pollutant of which is black waste.
CENTRAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM: Any system, other than a public sewer system, that receives black waste or wastewater in volumes exceeding two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons per day or any such system that receives black waste or wastewater from more than two (2) dwelling units or more than two (2) buildings under separate ownership (as defined in IDAPA 58.01.03.08 and includes "community septic systems" as defined by the DEQ in "Community Septic Systems", February 2000).
EFFECTIVE DATE(S): The date(s) that the board determines that the rules shall be effective.
EXEMPT SYSTEM: Those systems described in section 3-7-5 of this chapter and any other systems exempted in the rules.
INDIVIDUAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM: Any type of on site wastewater treatment system (including, but not limited to, standard septic systems, engineered septic systems, mound septic systems, pump septic systems, constructed wetlands septic systems, aerobic treatment units, and other advanced treatment systems) that is not a central system.
INSPECTION REPORT: The written report required under the rules with the detailed results of an on site wastewater treatment system inspection.
NONCOMPLIANT SYSTEM: Any on site wastewater treatment system that fails an on site wastewater treatment system inspection or any such system that is otherwise not in compliance with the rules.
ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM: Any system, other than a public sewer system, beginning at the point of entry to the structure, and including physically connected piping, treatment devices, receptacles, structures, or areas of land designed, used or dedicated to convey, store, stabilize, neutralize, treat, dispose of, or discharge black waste or wastewater.
ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM DISCHARGE PERMIT: The permit issued by the administrator and required for every on site wastewater treatment system in the OWMP other than exempt systems. The discharge permit shall require periodic on site wastewater treatment system inspection, payment of annual fees, and such other conditions required by the rules and/or deemed reasonable and necessary by the administrator. This permit is required prior to the system becoming operational and receiving wastewater.
ON SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INSPECTION: The periodic inspection of an on site wastewater treatment system pursuant to the rules, including an inspection of any septic or holding tanks, laboratory testing, as deemed necessary by the administrator, of septic effluent, drain field leachate and any ground water wells on the same property, evaluation of the condition of the drain field, pumps, and other system equipment, to ensure compliance with the rules, SCDH rules and policies, and DEQ/EPA administered laws and policies.
PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM: Any system for the collection and/or treatment of wastewater that is owned by a county, city, special service district, or other governmental entity or Indian tribe having the authority to dispose of black waste or wastewater, including a municipal or county wastewater treatment facility.
RULES: Those rules established by the administrator and approved by the board, as modified from time to time, setting forth, among other things, the inspection, maintenance, and pumping schedules, content of inspections (including water quality testing), inspection standards, approved on site wastewater treatment technologies, discharge permit application procedure, system discharge permit fees (including higher fees for larger and/or more complex systems), standard system discharge permit conditions, late fees and penalties, possible loan or grant programs for repair or replacement of noncompliant systems or installation of more advanced treatment systems, and related matters.
SCDH WASTEWATER SYSTEM PERMIT: The permit issued by the South Central district health personnel and required to construct/operate an individual on site wastewater system or certain central wastewater systems within Blaine County. This permit is required prior to system installation.
SEPTAGE: Liquid and/or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, type III marine sanitation device, or similar treatment works that receives only domestic sewage or wastewater.
SEWAGE: Has the same meaning as wastewater.
WASTEWATER: Any combination of liquid or water and pollutants from activities and processes occurring in dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial plants, institutions and other establishments, together with any ground water, surface water, and storm water that may be present; liquid or water that is chemically, biologically, physically or rationally identifiable as containing blackwater, gray water or commercial or industrial pollutants; and sewage. (Ord. 2007-03, 11-9-2007)