For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
B.O.D. (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 degrees C, expressed in parts per million by weight.
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 the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning three feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SERVICE. That portion of the sanitary sewer from the building up to and including the connection to the public sanitary sewer.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sanitary sewer.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Any liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INFLOW/INFILTRATION. That portion of the waste stream which includes ground, surface and storm waters (clear water).
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake 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. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such 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.
PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER. A sanitary sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted or introduced.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities and equipment for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids; and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 1227, passed 8-26-91)