Except as otherwise provided, for the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOD.
Biochemical oxygen demand of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at 20°C expressed in parts per million (p.p.m.) in weight.
BUILDING CONNECTION
or
HOUSE CONNECTION.
The connection to the public sewer and the extension therefrom of the sewer to the property line at the alley or the curb line of the street, whichever is applicable, depending on the location of the public sewer.
BUILDING SEWER
or
HOUSE SEWER.
The extension from the building drain to the building connection or other place of disposal.
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL USER.
Any user or establishment not defined as a residential dwelling unit, including but not limited to hotels and motels.
GARBAGE.
Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES.
The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING.
Two or more residential dwelling units located on one building site, including mobile home spaces within a mobile home park, travel trailer spaces within a travel trailer park, rest homes, hospitals, apartments, condominiums, and other buildings wherein more than one family may reside either temporarily or on a permanent basis.
NATURAL OUTLET.
Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch, or other body of surface or ground water.
pH.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE.
Garbage 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-fourth inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER.
A sewer controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER CONNECTION.
The connection to the public sewer and the extension therefrom of the sewer to the property line at the alley or the curb line of the street, whichever is applicable, depending on the location of the public sewer.
SEWER PIPE.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
A dwelling unit in which only a single family may reside, other than those defined as multiple-family dwelling units.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS.
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are suspended in, water, sewage, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WASTEWATER.
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.
WASTEWATER SYSTEM.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
WATERCOURSE.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(`87 Code, Art. 17-1) (Ord. 94-06, passed 3-7-94)