(A) Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this title shall be as follows:
ACCESSIBILITY
shall mean a distance from the nearest point of the water and sewer system to the property line nearest the system of not greater than one hundred and fifty (150) feet. If the distance is greater than one hundred and fifty (150) feet, said system shall be deemed not accessible.
BOD
means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five (5) days at 20 degrees Celsius expressed in terms of concentration (e.g., milligrams per liter) and/or weight (pounds).
BUILDING DRAIN
shall mean that part of 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 five (5) feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER
shall mean the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CUSTOMER
shall mean any person, firm, corporation, company, association, society or group who owns improved real estate to whom water and/or sewer service is available and accessible or who has signed a contract with the city to become a customer without regard to whether or not such person makes use of the system.
DISTRIBUTION MAIN
is one from which service connections with customers are taken at frequent intervals.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
or
EPA
means the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the Regional Water Management Division Director, or other duly authorized official of said agency.
GARBAGE
shall mean solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation of cooking and dispensing of food from the handling, storage and sale of food.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
means the liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial, manufacturing, trade or business establishments, as distinct from domestic wastes.
METER
shall mean any device used for the purpose of measuring the quantity of water or wastewater delivered by the city to a customer.
NATURAL OUTLET
shall mean any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
pH
a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution expressed in standard units.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
shall mean the waste from the preparation of 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 (1/2) inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER
shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWER
shall mean a sewer which carries sewage to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE LINE
shall mean the line between the distribution main or sewer collector line and the point where connection is made to the customer's plumbing and shall include all pipe, fittings, and valves necessary to make the connection.
SERVICE CONNECTION
shall mean the points where the service line is connected to the distribution main or collector line and to the customer's plumbing.
SEWAGE
shall mean a combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
shall mean any arrangement of the devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS
shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage or industrial wastewaters.
SEWER
shall mean a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER SURCHARGE
shall mean a charge for sewer service and treatment service for wastes having characteristics different from sanitary wastes and for which additional charges must be assessed in order for the discharges to make compensation for additional expenses incurred in handling these different wastewaters.
SLUG
shall mean 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 fifteen (15) minutes, more than five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration occurring during normal operation.
STANDARD METHODS
shall mean the examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
STORM DRAIN
sometimes termed
STORM SEWER
, shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes.
STREET
the word
STREET
shall be construed to embrace streets, avenues, drives, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes and viaducts, and all other public highways in the sanitary area.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
shall mean solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids which are removable by laboratory filtering and is further defined in standard methods.
SEWER SYSTEM
shall mean the City of Dillon, South Carolina and its entire system of sewer collection lines.
TOTAL SOLIDS
shall mean the sum of suspended matter, settleable matter and dissolved matter, both volatile and nonvolatile and as further defined in standard methods.
TREATMENT WORKS
shall mean all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage or industrial wastewaters.
TRANSMISSION MAIN
is used for conveying water to the distribution system, reservoirs, tanks or standpipes and has generally no service connections with customers.
USER
shall mean any person who purchases water from the city's waterworks system or any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the city's sewerage system.
USER
shall have the same meaning as customer.
WATERCOURSE
shall mean a channel in which flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
WATER SYSTEM
shall mean the City of Dillon, South Carolina and its entire system of water supply.
(B) All other words shall be construed as having the meaning defined in Glossary Water and Sewage Control Engineering, published by the Water Pollution Control Federation, Washington, D.C., in §1-3-42 of this Code, or by their general usage if undefined.
(Ord. passed 10-14-1985)