For the purpose of this title, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADEQ. The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
ADWR. The Arizona Department of Water Resources.
APPROACH MAIN. The extension of a water or sewer main from a distant point to serve a development, parcel, or project.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY. The Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
APPROVED BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY (ASSEMBLY). Any testable assembly, with the exception of an approved air gap, which has been issued a certificate of approval by the USC- FCCCHR or such other third party certifying entity, unrelated to the product’s manufacturer or vendor, which may be acceptable to ADEQ. A list of assemblies shall be maintained by the Utility Department.
APPROVED LABORATORY PROCEDURES. The measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes in accordance with analytical procedures as established in Title 40 C.F.R. part 136, as revised, that are performed by an environmental laboratory licensed by the state pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 36-495 et seq. Alternative procedures may be approved by the Public Works Director in accordance with applicable federal regulations.
AVERAGE QUALITY. The arithmetic average (weighted by flow value) of all the “daily determinations of concentrations”, as that term is defined herein, made during a calendar month.
AVERAGE DAILY EFFLUENT LIMITATION. The maximum allowable concentration in the discharge as measured in a representative sample during a sampling day. In determining compliance with the DAILY AVERAGE EFFLUENT LIMITATION, town samples shall not be combined with non-town samples.
AWWA. American Water Works Association.
BACKFLOW. The undesirable reversal of flow of water or mixtures of water and other liquids, gasses or other substances into the distribution system of the public potable water supply.
BACKPRESSURE. A form of backflow due to any elevation of pressure in the downstream piping system (by pump, elevation of piping or steam and/or air pressure) above the supply pressure at the point of service delivery which would cause, or tend to cause, a reversal of the normal direction of flow through the backflow prevention assembly.
BACKSIPHONAGE. A form of backflow due to a reduction in system pressure which causes a negative or sub-atmospheric pressure to exist at a site in the water system.
BMP (BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES). Measures or practices used to reduce the amount of pollution entering the sanitary sewer system, surface water, land or groundwaters.
BOD (BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory conditions for 5 days at a temperature of 20 degrees Centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BODY OF WATER. A manmade lake, pond, lagoon or swimming pool that has a surface area greater than 12,320 square feet, and that is used wholly or partly for landscape, scenic or recreational purposes, but is not a manmade lake or basin used for groundwater recharge pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-565(A)(6). For purposes of this title, 2 or more bodies of water that are connected, or that are designed to function as a unit shall be considered 1 BODY OF WATER.
BRANCH SEWER. A sewer that receives sewage from more than 1 public sewer from a relatively small area.
BUILDING CONNECTION. The extension from a sewer tap to the property line, or to the easement line, of the property to be served.
BUILDING OFFICIAL. The officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of the building codes adopted by the town.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the building connection or other place of disposal.
BYPASS. The intentional diversion of wastes from any portion of a treatment facility.
CATEGORICAL STANDARDS (NATIONAL/FEDERAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS). Those standards promulgated by the EPA under the authority of § 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C § 1317) which apply to a specific category of industrial user and which are published in Title 40 C.F.R. chapter I, subchapter N (parts 405-471) and are incorporated in this chapter by reference.
CERTIFIED TESTER. An individual certified to test backflow prevention assemblies by the California-Nevada Section of the AWWA or the Arizona State Environmental Technology Training (ASETT) Center or other agencies or organizations involved with the training and certification of testers if they are acceptable to ADEQ.
C.F.R. Code of Federal Regulations.
C.I.P. Capital Improvement Plan.
COD (CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidation of inorganic and organic matter present in the water or wastewater, expressed in milligrams per liter.
COMMERCIAL USER. Any nonresidential user which provides a service or one connected with commerce and which is not classified as an industrial user.
COMMON AREA. A recreational or open space or area that is maintained for the benefit of the residents of a housing development and is owned and operated as a single integrated facility.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE. A combination of individual samples obtained at regular intervals over a specified time period. The volume of each individual sample shall be either proportional to the flow rate during the sample period (flow composite) or constant and collected at equal time intervals during the composite period (time composite) as defined in the aquifer protection permit.
COMPOSITE SAMPLE QUALITY. The concentration of some parameter tested in a composite sample.
CONTIGUOUS. In contact at any point along a boundary or part of the same master planned community. Two parcels of land are contiguous even if they are separated by 1 or more of the following: a road, easement, or right-of-way.
COOLING WATER. The clean wastewater discharged from any heat transfer system such as condensation, air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration.
CROSS CONNECTION. Any unprotected or potential connection or structural arrangement between a public or a customer’s potable water system and any other source or system through which it is possible to introduce into any part of the potable water system any used water, industrial fluid, gas or substance other than the intended potable water with which the system is supplied. Bypass arrangements, jumper connections, removable sections, swivel or changeover devices and other temporary or permanent devices through which, or because of which, “backflow” can or may occur are considered to be CROSS CONNECTIONS. Compliance with the town’s Plumbing Code creates a rebuttable presumption that a CROSS CONNECTION does not exist.
CTR (OR COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND RECHARGE SYSTEM). The sanitary sewer system.
CTR RESIDUALS. All effluent and/or solids, including sludge, scum, screenings and grit, which are the byproduct of wastewater treatment operations and which must be discharged to the environment for ultimate disposal and/or reuse.
CUSTOMER. Any person, partnership, association, company, private corporation, public corporation, political subdivision, the United States and the State of Arizona who receives potable water and/or sewage service from the town.
DEPARTMENT. The Utility Department of the town.
DEVELOPER. Any person engaged in the organizing and financing of a wastewater collection system within an area contributing to a branch, main or a trunk sewer of the town sewer system, including, but not limited to, a property owner, a subdivider or a legally constituted improvement district.
DIRECTOR, FINANCE. The Finance Director, or his or her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
DIRECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS. The Public Works Director, or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
DISCHARGE. The disposal of any sewage, pollutant(s), water or any liquid from any sewer into the town sewer system.
DOMESTIC USER. A typical user who discharges only domestic wastewater.
DOMESTIC WASTE. A typical residential-type waste which requires no pretreatment under the provisions of this chapter before discharging into the sanitary sewer system, excluding all commercial, manufacturing and industrial wastes.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Any waterborne wastes, derived from the ordinary living processes in a residential dwelling unit, of such character as to permit satisfactory disposal, without special treatment, by conventional CTR processes.
EPA. The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
ESTABLISHMENT; PLANT. Any establishment or facility producing liquid waste, with or without suspended solids, required to be discharged into the town sewer system.
FREE ACCESS. The ability of town personnel to enter user facilities under safe and non-hazardous conditions with a minimum of delay to inspect any and all parts of the user’s facility in accordance with A.R.S. §§ 9-832 through 9-834.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce and other foodstuffs.
GENERATOR. A person who generates septage.
GRAB SAMPLE. An individual sample of effluent collected in less than 15 minutes without regard to flow or time of day.
GRAB SAMPLE QUALITY. The concentration of some parameter tested in a grab sample.
INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE. Any introduction into the sanitary sewer system of a non-domestic pollutant which:
(1) Is produced by a source which would be subject to any categorical standards or pretreatment requirements if such source were to be discharged into the sanitary sewer system; or
(2) Contains any substance or pollutant for which a discharge limitation or prohibition has been established by any categorical standard or pretreatment requirement.
INDUSTRIAL USER.
(1) A source of industrial discharge; or
(2) Any non-residential user of the sewer system which discharges more than the equivalent strength of 25,000 gallons per day of domestic wastes; or
(3) Any significant industrial user; or
(4) Any user who has control over the disposal of a waste as described in divisions (1), (2) or (3) of this definition; or
(5) Any user who has the right of possession and control over any property which produces a waste described in divisions (1), (2), (3) or (4) above.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any liquid, free-flowing waste, including cooling water, resulting from any industrial or manufacturing process or from the development, recovery or processing of natural resources, with or without suspended solids, excluding uncontaminated water.
INFLOW. Water other than wastewater that enters a sewerage system (including sewer service connections) from sources such as roof leaders, cellar drains, foundation drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections between storm sewers and sanitary sewers, catch basins, cooling towers, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters or drainage.
INSTANTANEOUS EFFLUENT LIMITATION. The maximum allowable concentration in the discharge at any time as measured in a grab sample. In determining compliance with the instantaneous limitation, town samples shall not be combined with non-town samples.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources both:
(1) Inhibits or disrupts the sanitary sewer system, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and
(2) Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of any environmentally related permit issued by a governmental entity (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state and local regulations): § 405 of the Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.); the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), being 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.) (including title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to subtitle D of the SWDA; The Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, being 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.); and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1401 et seq.
IPC. The edition of the International Plumbing Code as adopted by the town.
LANDSCAPE PLANT. Any member of the kingdom plantae, including any tree, shrub, vine, herb, flower, succulent, ground cover or grass species that grows or has been planted out-of-doors and is used for landscaping purposes.
LANDSCAPE WATERING. The application of water from any source, including effluent, by a turf related facility to a water intensive landscaped area, a low water use area or revegetation acres.
LINE CHARGE. A charge levied by the town against a parcel of real property and due at the time of the parcel’s connection to public infrastructure, as payment for town-installed improvements or to collect a repayment amount.
LIQUID WASTE HAULER, HAULER or WASTE HAULER. Any person carrying on or engaging in vehicular transport of wastewater or wastes as part of, or incidental to, any business for the purpose of discharging such waste into the town’s treatment works.
LOT. A parcel of land or 2 or more contiguous parcels to be used as a unit.
MAIN SEWER. A sewer which receives sewage from 2 or more branch sewers as tributaries.
MAINTENANCE. Keeping the water or sanitary sewer system in a state of repair, including expenditures necessary to maintain the capacity (capability) for which said works were designed and constructed.
NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD. Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with § 301(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1317 et seq.) which applies to industrial users, including, but not limited to, prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to Title 40 C.F.R. § 403.5.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, ditch or other body of surface water or ground water, or into a dry channel, wash or tributary of any of the above.
NET LOT AREA. That portion of a lot excluding all dedicated streets or alleys and roadway or alley easements.
NEW SOURCE. Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed standards under § 307(c) of the Clean Water Act which will be applicable to the source if the standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, and as stated in detail in Title 40 C.F.R. § 403.3(k).
NHLW (NON-HAZARDOUS LIQUID WASTES). The wastes specifically identified herein.
NON-POTABLE WATER. Reclaimed water, storm water runoff that is not subject to appropriation under A.R.S. § 45-141; water withdrawn pursuant to poor quality groundwater withdrawal permit pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-516; groundwater withdrawn pursuant to Type 1 or Type 2 non-irrigation certificates of grandfathered right issued pursuant to ADWR, or other non-potable water source of a quality suitable for landscape irrigation, which meets all local, state and federal water quality requirements for full body contact, except untreated Central Arizona Project water.
NPDES PERMIT. A national pollutant discharge elimination system permit, issued to the town by the EPA, which imposes federal standards governing the quality of the treated effluent discharged from the sewage treatment plant.
OIL AND GREASE. The measure of oil and grease content of a sample as determined by EPA Method 413.1, or other equivalent method approved by the Public Works Director.
OIL AND GREASE (TPH). For purposes of determining compliance with the oil and grease limitation contained herein, oil and grease is defined as the measure of a petroleum and mineral oil (total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) content of a sample as determined by EPA Method 418.1, or other equivalent test method approved by the Public Works Director.
PASS-THROUGH. A discharge which exits the treatment plant into waters of the United States, or groundwaters, in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the treatment plant NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or which causes or contributes to a violation of an applicable numeric or narrative water quality standard.
PAYMENT PLAN. An agreement for payment made by the Finance Department or its designee between the town of chino valley and a Chino Valley utility customer.
PERMIT. A written control mechanism that the Public Works Director issues to particular users or class of users under the authority of this chapter, also similar control mechanisms issued by state or federal regulatory agencies.
PERMITTEE, PERMIT HOLDER. Any person, firm, association, corporation, trust or governmental body which owns, operates processes or controls an establishment or plant operated under a valid permit to discharge wastewater into the town sanitary sewer system.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, state, municipality, Indian tribe, political subdivisions of the state or federal governmental agency or any other legal entity, including their legal representatives, agents or assigns.
pH. The logarithm of reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions per liter of solution.
POINT OF SERVICE DELIVERY. The terminal end of a service connection from the public water system. If a meter is installed at the end of the service connection, then the point of service delivery shall mean the downstream end (i.e., customer’s side) of the meter.
POLLUTANT. Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes.
POLLUTION PREVENTION. Source reduction and other practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants through:
(1) Increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water or other resources; or
(2) Protection of natural resources by conservation.
POTABLE WATER. Water delivered through the town’s domestic water delivery system after treatment designed to meet EPA and ADEQ drinking water standards.
PRETREATMENT. The physical, chemical, biological or other treatment of any industrial discharge, prior to discharge to the sanitary sewer system, for the purpose of:
(1) Reducing the amount of concentration of any pollutant; or
(2) Eliminating the discharge of any pollutant; or
(3) Altering the nature of any pollutant characteristic to a less harmful state.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. All of the duties or responsibilities imposed upon sanitary sewer system users by this chapter.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. A septic tank system with leach field.
PRIVATE WELL. A domestic well serving a single family only.
PRODUCER. Any person, firm, association, corporation or trust which owns, operates, possesses or controls an establishment or plant, whether or not a permittee.
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 1/4 of an inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. The sanitary sewer system or any branch, main, or trunk line thereof.
RECYCLING. A material is recycled if it is used, reused or reclaimed. A material is used or reused if it is either:
(1) Employed as an ingredient (including its use as an intermediate) to make a product; however a material will not satisfy this condition if distinct components of the material are recovered as separate end products (as when metals are recovered from metal containing secondary materials); or
(2) Employed in a particular function as an effective substitute for a commercial product. A material is reclaimed if it is processed to recover a useful product or if it is regenerated. Examples include the recovery of lead values from spent batteries and the regeneration of spent solvents.
REPAYABLE COSTS. The actual costs, pre-approved by the town and related to the construction, development, or installation of a public improvement, which may be fixed, levied, or assessed against real property benefitted by that public improvement.
REPAYMENT AGREEMENT. A development agreement between the town and a developer, governing the calculation and payment of repayable costs for a particular public improvement.
REPAYMENT AMOUNT. The portion of repayable costs, apportioned per frontage foot, to be fixed, levied, or assessed against a parcel of real property.
REPLACEMENT. Those expenditures made for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories and/or appurtenances during the useful life of the treatment works which are necessary to maintain the capacity and performance of the treatment works for which they were designed and constructed.
REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE. A composite sample obtained by flow proportional sampling techniques where feasible or when the Public Works Director has determined that flow proportionate sampling is not feasible by time-proportional techniques or by the compositing or averaging of 1 or more grab samples.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm waters, surface waters and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM. The publicly owned sewer collection, treatment works and effluent recharge system which is owned and/or operated, in whole or in part, by the town and which provides the town with wastewater collection, treatment and recharge services.
SCHOOL. A place of general instruction including colleges, but not including business colleges, nursery schools, dancing schools, riding academies or specialized trade or vocational schools.
SEPTAGE. Aerobic wastewater originating from a domestic source, be it from a residential, commercial or industrial facility that is not hazardous waste and is compatible with the biological wastewater treatment plant process.
SEWAGE. A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground waters, surface waters and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS. As used in this title the terms SEWER SYSTEM, and SEWAGE WORKS shall have the same meaning and definition as SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER TAP. The wye, saddle or other device placed on a public sewer to receive a building connection.
SIU (SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER).
(1) All users subject to categorical pretreatment standards under Title 40 C.F.R. § 403.6 and Title 40 C.F.R. chapter I, subchapter N (parts 405-471).
(2) Any other user that:
(a) Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater to the CTR facility (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling and boiler blow-down wastewater); or
(b) Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the CTR system; or
(c) Is designated as such by the Public Works Director on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the sanitary sewer system’s operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement.
SNC (SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE). Violations meeting 1 or more of the following criteria:
(1) 66% or more of all of the measurements taken during a 6-month period exceeded (by any magnitude) the daily maximum limit or the average limit for the same pollutant parameter (“chronic violation”):
(2) 33% or more of all measurements for each pollutant taken during a 6-month period equal or exceed the product of the daily maximum limit or the average limit multiplied by the applicable TRC (TRC equals 1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oil and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH)(“Technical Review Criteria violations or TRC”).
(3) Any other violation of a pretreatment effluent limit (daily maximum or longer-term average) that the Public Works Director determines has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass-through (including endangering the health of CTR personnel or the general public);
(4) Any discharge of a pollutant that has caused imminent endangerment to human health, welfare or to the environment or has resulted in the CTR’s exercise of its emergency authority under this chapter to halt or prevent such a discharge;
(5) Failure to meet, within 90 days after the schedule date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction or attaining final compliance;
(6) Failure to provide, within 30 days after the due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, 90-day compliance reports, periodic self-monitoring reports and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
(7) Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or
(8) Any other violation, or group of violations, which the Public Works Director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. A detached residential dwelling unit designed for and occupied by 1 family only.
SLUG DISCHARGE. Any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge.
SOURCE REDUCTION. Any practice which:
(1) Reduces the amount of any pollutant or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment or disposal; and
(2) Reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants or contaminants.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC). A coded classification of industries based upon economic activity developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce as published in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget.
STANDARD METHODS. The procedure as described in the most current edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater published by the American Health Association, or the most current edition of Manual Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes published by the EPA.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUBDIVISION. Improved or unimproved land as further defined in Chapter 154.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS). Solids measured in milligrams per liter that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and which are largely removable by a laboratory filtration device, as defined in the Standard Methods, as defined herein.
SWIMMING POOL. An artificially constructed pool for swimming purposes that meets the applicable design standards and specifications for swimming pools provided by the Arizona Department of Health Services pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-136(H)(10).
SYSTEM DESIGN CAPACITY. The design capacity for normal domestic wastewater as established by accepted engineering standards.
TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC). The total of all organic compounds expressed in milligrams per liter as determined by the combustion-infrared method prescribed by approved laboratory procedures.
TREATMENT PARAMETER. A fundamental characteristic of sewage around which treatment is designed, such as, but not limited to: flow, BOD and suspended solids.
TRUNK SEWER. A sewer which receives sewage from many tributary main sewers and serves as an outlet for a large territory.
UPSET. An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with technology-based permit effluent limitations because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the permittee, excluding such factors as operational error, improperly designed or inadequate treatment facilities or improper operation and maintenance thereof.
USC-FCCCHR or USC MANUAL. University of Southern California Foundation for Cross Connection Control and Hydraulic Research.
USED WATER. Any water supplied by the town from the public potable water system to a customer’s water system, after it has passed through the point of service delivery.
USER. Any person, lot, parcel of land, building, premises, municipal corporation or other political subdivision that discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater into the sewage system.
UTILITY. Public service of water and or sewer provided by the town.
WASTE MINIMIZATION. An activity which eliminates or reduces the amount of any pollutant from entering the waste stream or the environment. This may include a change in raw materials, operational improvement, process improvement, product reformulation reuse or reclamation.
WASTEWATER. Any liquid or water-carried pollutant, including an industrial discharge, which is introduced into the sanitary sewer system from any source.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. A water pollution control plant owned by the town.
WATER FEATURE. Use of water in a landscaped area other than for irrigation and includes but is not limited to fountains, artificial streams, ponds and waterfalls.
WATER FROM ANY SOURCE. Any water, including reclaimed wastewater from a wastewater treatment facility or cooling tower.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which the flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
ZERO PROCESS DISCHARGE USER. Those users that only discharge domestic wastes or have no discharge, but have significant quantities of hazardous material or high strength wastes which, if discharged, would be regulated by this chapter. The facilities may be regulated by requiring them to have zero discharge of process wastes, thus allowing only domestic wastes to be discharged.
(2001 Code, § 15-1-1) (Ord. 04-578, passed 7-22-2004; Ord. 2022-913, passed 2-22-2022)