For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR. The Administrative Director or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative. The Administrative Director is the authorized administration authority of the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
BOARD. South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
BOD (denoting 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 milligrams per liter.
COLLECTION SYSTEM. The system of public sewers to be operated by a town, city or the county and connected to the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Wastewater derived principally from dwellings, commercial buildings, institutions and industry resulting from household or toilet waste resulting from human occupancy. It may or may not contain ground water, surface water or storm water.
GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving foods.
INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL WASTE. The liquid wastes from industrial, commercial or institutional processes as distinct from domestic or sanitary sewage.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WASTE DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued to control the process flows from industry, commerce or institutions that may be discharged into the sanitary sewer system. This permit is issued in addition to any other types of permits. When issued, the permit will define the characteristics and volume of the flow and acceptance or rejection of individual waste components.
mg/l. The abbreviation of milligrams per liter or the number of units of minor constituents present with each one million units of the major constituent of a solution or mixture. mg/l shall be considered equivalent to parts per million.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. Logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The waste 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 (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
REGIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. The South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant transmission and disposal facilities as operated by the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Board of Palm Beach County, Florida.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The household and toilet wastes resulting from human occupancy.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. Mandatory; MAY is permissive.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or if quantity of flow exceeds for any period or duration longer than 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed STORM SEWER). A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries storm water and surface water, street wash and other wash waters or drainage, but excludes domestic wastewater and industrial and commercial waste.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWN. The Town of Briny Breezes, Florida. TOWN, CITY or COUNTY means all that land and water area included within the boundary of the town, city, county or other political entity in which the city, county or other political entity proposes to acquire, establish, construct, extend, operate and maintain sanitary sewerage facilities, except as follows:
(1) All state-owned and federally-owned land and water area located in the town or county, except where the state and federal government consent to the provisions of this subchapter; and
(2) All land and water area duly franchised by the town or county to privately-owned sewer utility companies for the provisions of sewer service, except where the privately-owned sewer utility companies consent to the provisions of this subchapter.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating wastewater.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 1-84, passed 8-23-1984)