Unless otherwise defined herein, terms shall be as adopted in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and American Water Works Association, and the Water Environment Federation and as set forth in 40 CFR Part 136. Waste constituents and characteristics shall be measured by Standard Methods unless a mutually agreed upon, acceptable alternative method is adopted, or in such other method established by state or federal regulatory agencies. Monitoring and metering will be carried out by customarily accepted methods.
BENEFICIAL USES. These include, but are not limited to, domestic, municipal, agricultural and industrial use, power generation, recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, navigation, and the preservation and enhancement offish, wildlife and other aquatic resources or reserves, and other uses, both tangible and intangible, as specified by state and Federal law.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD) OF SEWAGE, SEWAGE EFFLUENT, POLLUTED WATERS OR INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The quantity of dissolved oxygen in milligrams per liter required during stabilization of the decomposable organic matter by aerobic biochemical action under standard laboratory procedures for five days at 20°C. The laboratory determinations of BOD shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in standard methods, therein and conventionally referred to as BODs.
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a building and conveys it to the building sewer three feet outside of the building wall.
(1) BUILDING DRAIN; SANITARY. A building drain which conveys sanitary or industrial wastewater.
(2) BUILDING DRAIN; STORM. A building drain which conveys stormwater or other clear water drainage, but not wastewater.
BUILDING (OR HOUSE) LATERAL SEWER. The private extension by the property owner from the building to the grinder pump station.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) OF SEWAGE, SEWAGE EFFLUENT, POLLUTED WATERS OR INDUSTRIAL WASTES. 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.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS. Wastewater having or containing:
(1) Measurable biochemical oxygen demand;
(2) Suspended solids;
(3) pH;
(4) Fecal coliform bacteria; or
(5) Additional pollutants identified or defined in the Town of Fremont's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit or by the state or Council.
CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF WASTEWATER. The chemical, physical, bacteriological or radiological properties, including volume, flow rate and such other properties which serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality, quantity and strength of wastewater.
COUNCIL. The Council of the town. It is the governing body of the wastewater system of the town, which system is a public service.
EFFLUENT. The water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing out of a drain, sewer, receptacle or outlet.
GARBAGE. Any solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, or dispensing of food or from the handling, storage or sale of produce.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS. Any pollutants which are not compatible pollutants.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy discharged, permitted to flow into or enter the wastewater system or ground from an industrial, manufacturing, commercial or business process or from the development, recovery of processing of any natural resource carried on by any person and shall further mean any waste from an industrial user, but not including wastewater or stormwater.
INFILTRATION. The water entering the wastewater system directly or via private sewers, building drains and building sewers connected therewith, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls.
INFLOW. Water, other than wastewater, entering the wastewater system from sources, such as leaders, cellar, yard area, and foundation drains, sump-pumps, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole areas, catch basins, cooling towers, stormwater, surface runoff and street wastewater or drainage.
INSPECTOR. A person authorized by the Council to perform inspection duties assigned to him or her by the Council.
LATERAL SEWER. The extension from the grinder pump station to the wastewater system.
LOCAL LIMIT. Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by the town upon all users to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 C.F.R. 403.5(a)(1) and (b).
MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR. A user discharging or introducing into the wastewater system:
(1) A flow of more than 50,000 gallons per average workday;
(2) A toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in U.S. Public Law § 92-500 as now adopted or as hereafter amended;
(3) A flow or pollutant concentration as now or hereafter defined or identified as a problem pollutant or flow by applicable state or federal regulations or by the Council;
(4) An effluent of significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributors, on the wastewater treatment plant or the quality of its effluent; or
(5) Any substance unusual or unique in quality or quantity requiring special attention or processing in order to effect proper wastewater treatment.
MAY. The act referred to is both permissible and approved.
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE. Sewage, such as discharged by residential users, with a BOD, concentration not in excess of 250 mg/l and a suspended solids concentration not in excess of 250 mg/l.
NPDES PERMIT. National pollutant discharge elimination system permit now or hereafter held by the Town of Fremont and setting forth conditions for the discharge of any pollutants or combination of pollutants.
NUISANCE. Any substance which is injurious to health or offensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfort or enjoyment of like or property.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. Shall have the same meaning as defined in the Sewer Rate Ordinance.
PERSON. Any natural person, or public or private corporation, or any other entity whatever.
pH. The conventional scientific measure of the degree of acidity or alkalinity.
POLLUTION. An alteration of the quality of water by waste, contaminants or pollutants to a degree which renders such water unfit for beneficial users.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards, and local limits.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer owned by the town.
(1) COLLECTOR SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewaters from individual point source discharges.
(2) FORCE MAIN. A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
(3) GRINDER PUMP STATION. A pumping station for a building sewer.
(4) INTERCEPTOR SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to transport wastewater from collector sewers to a treatment facility.
(5) PUMPING STATION. A pump station which collects wastewater and introduces it into a force main under pressure.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Sewage, such as, and having the characteristics of, domestic wastewater from dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, or institutions, free from storm and surface water and industrial wastes.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer intended to carry only sanitary or sanitary and industrial wastewaters from residence, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit laid for carrying wastewater or other liquids, and solids suspended or entrained therein.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage that is shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under the conditions normally prevailing in the wastewater system, with no particle being greater than one-half inch in dimension.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids which either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquid and which are removable by laboratory filtration. Their concentration shall be expressed in milligrams per liter. Quantitative determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in standard methods.
TOWN. The Town of Clear Lake, Indiana.
USER. A person who introduces into or discharges into, including both the owner and occupant of real estate from which is introduced or discharged into the wastewater system, any substance whatever.
WASTE. Wastewater and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, processing, manufacturing, or industrial operation of whatever nature, including such waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal.
WASTEWATER. The water-carried waste from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, singular or in any combination, together with such ground, surface and stormwater as may be present.
WASTEWATER SYSTEM. The network of publicly owned sewers and appurtenances used for collection, transporting, and pumping wastewater to a wastewater treatment plant.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. The Town of Fremont wastewater treatment plant owned by the Town of Fremont.
(Ord. 285, Article I, § 1.1, passed 6-9-03; Am. Ord. 2017-03, passed 9-11-17; Am. Ord. 2017-05, passed 11-13-17)