For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“B.O.D.” Biochemical Oxygen Demand. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in parts per million (milligrams per liter) 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 five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
“BUILDING SEWER.” The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
“COMBINED SEWER.” A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
“DOMESTIC SEWAGE.” Waste and wastewater from humans or household operations that is discharged to or otherwise enters a sewage works.
“GARBAGE.” Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
“INDIRECT DISCHARGE.” The introduction of pollutants into the sewage works from any non-domestic source regulated under section 307 (b), (c), or (d) of the Clean Water Act of 1977.
“INDUSTRIAL USER.” An indirect discharger pursuant to 327 IAC 5-1.5-25.
“INDUSTRIAL WASTES.” The liquid waste or liquid-borne waste resulting from any commercial, manufacturing, or industrial operation or process.
“INSPECTOR.” The person duly authorized by the town, through its Board of Trustees, to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
“INTERFERENCE.” A discharge that, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, does one of the following:
(1) Inhibits or disrupts the sewage treatment plant, its treatment processes or operations, its sludge processes, or its selected sludge use or disposal methods.
(2) Causes a violation of any requirement of the NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
(3) Prevents the use of the sewage treatment plant sludge or its sludge disposal method selected in compliance with the following statutory provisions, regulations, or permits issued thereunder or more stringent state or local regulations:
(a) Section 405 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1345).
(b) The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (42 U.S.C. 6901), including:
(i) Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); and
(ii) The rules contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA (42 U.S.C. 6941).
(c) The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401).
(d) The Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601).
"NATURAL OUTLET." Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
"NPDES PERMIT." National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit which sets the condition for the discharge for any pollutant or combination of pollutants to the navigable waters of the United States pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, Public Law 95-217.
"PASS THROUGH." A discharge proceeding through the sewage treatment plant into waters of the state in quantities or concentrations that, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, are a cause of a violation of any requirement of the NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude of duration of a violation).
"pH." The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
"PRETREATMENT." The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
"PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE." The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that has been shredded to 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- inch in any dimension.
"PUBLIC SEWER." A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.
"SANITARY SEWER." A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
"SEWAGE." A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with any ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
"SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT." Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
"SEWAGE WORKS." All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
"SEWER." A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
"STORM SEWER" or "STORM DRAIN." A sewer which carries storm and surface water and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
"SUPERINTENDENT." The Superintendent of the Municipal Sewage Works of the town or his or her authorized deputy agent or representative.
"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.
"TOTAL PHOSPHORUS." The sum of all phosphorus compounds, including orthophosphates, condensed phosphates and organic phosphates.
"TOWN." The Town of Edinburgh.
"WASTEWATER." Liquid or water-carried wastes from industrial, municipal, agricultural, or other sources.
"WATERCOURSE." A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
('83 Code, § 2-1) (Am. Ord. 2007-7, passed 6-11-07; Am. Ord. 2018-4, passed 4-23-18)