Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the following words and terms, if used in this subchapter, or in the rules and regulations adopted by Council to implement the provisions of this subchapter, shall be as follows:
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). Biochemical oxygen demand (or BOD) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes, shall mean the quantity of dissolved oxygen in milligrams per liter required during stabilization of the decomposable organic matter by aerobic biochemical action. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
BUILDING DRAIN or HOUSE DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to a point approximately three feet outside the foundation wall of the building.
BUILDING SEWER or HOUSE SEWER. The pipe which is connected to the building drain at a point approximately three feet outside the foundation wall of the building and which conveys the building’s discharge from that point to the public sewer, the septic tank or other place of disposal.
CAPACITY FEE. A fee charged to an individual who is authorized to connect to the village’s sewerage system or who is authorized to increase the volume of wastewater discharged into an existing sewer connection.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD). Chemical oxygen demand (or COD) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters or industrial wastes is a measure of the oxygen equivalent of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH, and fecal coliform bacteria, plus pollutants identified in the NPDES permit if the treatment works were designed to treat such pollutants and, in fact, do remove such pollutants to a substantial degree. The term “substantial degree” is not
subject to precise definition, but generally contemplates removals in the order of 80% or greater. Minor incidental removals in the order of 10% to 30% are not considered substantial. Examples of the additional pollutants which may be considered compatible include:
(1) Chemical oxygen demand;
(2) Total organic carbon;
(3) Phosphorus and phosphorus compounds;
(4) Nitrogen and nitrogen compounds; and
(5) Fats, oils and greases of animal or vegetable origin (except as prohibited where these materials would interfere with the operation of the treatment works).
COUNCIL. The Council of the Village of Camden, Preble County, Ohio, or any duly authorized official acting in its behalf.
DEBT SERVICE. Has the same meaning set forth in § 172.45.
EFFLUENT. The water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing out of a drain, sewer, receptacle or outlet.
EPA. The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
FECAL COLIFORM. Any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of humans and animals, whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in a pretreatment facility approved by the village.
GARBAGE. Any solid wastes from the preparation, cooking or dispensing of food and from the handling, storage or sale of produce.
HYDROGEN ION CONCENTRATION. See “pH”.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant, including non- biodegradable dissolved solids.
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE. Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy discharged, permitted to flow or escaping from an industrial, manufacturing, commercial or business process or from the development, recovery or processing of any natural resources carried on by any person, exclusive of sanitary sewage.
INFILTRATION. The water entering a sewer system, including building drains and sewers, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls. Infiltration does not include and is distinguished from inflow.
INFILTRATION/INFLOW. The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow without distinguishing the source.
INFLOW. The water discharged into a sewer system, including building drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited to, roof, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, unpolluted cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from storm sewers and combined sewer catch basins, storm water surface run-off, and street wash waters or drainage. Inflow does not include and is distinguished from infiltration.
INSPECTOR. The person or persons duly authorized by the village to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. An industry that:
(1) Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day;
(2) Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the village receiving the waste;
(3) Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under Section 307(a) of PL 92-500; 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 quality of effluent from that treatment works.
NH3N. Ammonia nitrogen measured as nitrogen. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE. Has the same meaning set forth in § 172.45.
NPDES PERMIT. A permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for discharge of wastewaters to the navigable waters of the United States pursuant to Section 402 of PL 92-500.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COST. Has the same meaning set forth in § 172.45.
OUTLET. Any outlet, natural or constructed, which is the point of final discharge of sewage or of treatment plant effluent into any watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other legal entity or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, and the singular shall include the plural, where indicated by the context.
pH. The logarithm (to the base of ten) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution, expressed in gram-atoms per liter of solution.
PHOSPHORUS (P). The chemical element phosphorus, total. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
PRETREATMENT. The treatment of industrial sewage from privately owned industrial sources prior to introduction into a public treatment works.
PRIMARY SEWER MAIN. The public sewer main which is required to transport sewage from the service lateral of the nearest prospective customer to the proposed point of connection at the sewage works’ existing sewer main.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has 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.
REPLACEMENT COSTS. Has the same meaning set forth in § 172.45.
RESIDENTIAL USER. Has the same meaning set forth in § 172.45.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Sewage discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses, hotels and motels), office buildings, factories or institutions and being free from storm water, surface water and industrial wastes.
SECONDARY SEWER MAIN. The public sewer main which is required to provide services.
SERVICE CHARGE. The basic charge levied on all users of the public sewerage system for wastes which do not exceed in strength the concentration values above which a surcharge will be made.
SEWAGE. Water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, singularly or in any combination, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS. The organization and all facilities for collecting, transporting and pumping of sewage, namely the sewage collection system.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage or other waste liquids.
(1) PRIVATE SEWER. A sewer which is not owned by a public authority.
(2) PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting property have equal rights and which is controlled by the village.
(3) SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and into which storm, surface and ground waters and unpolluted industrial waste waters are not intentionally admitted.
(4) STORM SEWER. A sewer which carries storm and surface water drainage but excludes sewage.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM. The network of sewers and appurtenances used for collecting, transporting and pumping sewage.
SHALL is mandatory; MAY is permissive.
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 of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average 24 hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
STANDARD METHODS. The laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation, and “Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants”, 40 CFR Part 136, published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1975.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the village or his or her authorized representative.
SURCHARGE. The extra charges for sewerage service assessed against customers whose sewage is of such a nature that it imposes upon the sewage works a burden greater than that covered by the basic service charge.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids which either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage or other liquid and which are removable by laboratory filtration. Their concentration shall be expressed in milligrams per liter. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
TOTAL REVENUE. That revenue obtained from monthly minimum billing for the use of and service rendered by the sewage works and does not include capacity charges, permit fees, inspection fees or other charges.
TOTAL SOLIDS. The sum of suspended and dissolved solids. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
TOXIC AMOUNT. Concentrations of any pollutant or combination of pollutants, which, upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism, will cause adverse effects such as cancer, genetic mutations and physiological manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307(a) of PL 92-500.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of a 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 wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USER CHARGE. Has the same meaning as set forth in § 172.45.
VOLATILE ORGANIC MATTER. The material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at 550 degrees Centigrade for 15 to 20 minutes. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 740, passed 5-16-94)