§ 55.001 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.013)

   BASIC USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.015)

   BOD. Denoting biochemical oxygen demand means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.020)

   BUILDING DRAIN. The 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.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.030)

   BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.040)

   CITY. The City of Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.045)

   COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.048)

   COMMERCIAL USER. Any user offering lodging, selling goods or offering services for sale.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.050)

   CONTROL MANHOLE. A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an interior drop. The purpose of a CONTROL MANHOLE is to provide access for the city’s representative to sample and/or measure discharges.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.051)

   DEPRECIATION. Expenditure to establish a sinking fund for replacement of major treatment units at the expiration of the facilities’ useful life.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.053)

   DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Environmental Protection Agency.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.054)

   EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.055)

   EFFLUENT CRITERIA. Defined in any applicable NPDES permit.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.056)

   FEDERAL ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.) as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. Nos. 92-500 and 93-243).

(1986 Code, § 7.22.057)

   FEDERAL GRANT. The United States government participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by Title II, Grants for Construction of Treatment Works of the Act, and implementing regulations.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.058)

   FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat or grease in a physical state so that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pre-treatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of FLOATABLE FAT if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.059)

   GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.060)

   INDUSTRIAL USER. Any nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment works identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:

      (1)   Division A, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing;

      (2)   Division B, Mining;

      (3)   Division D, Manufacturing;

      (4)   Division E, Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services; and

      (5)   Division I, Services.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.065)

   INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.070)

   MAY. Is permissive.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.180)

   MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg/l). A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 gram of the constituent of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water and wastewater analysis.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.075)

   NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.080)

   NPDES PERMIT. Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued by the Administrator, or, where deemed appropriate by the Director, after enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to § 402 of the Federal Act.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.085)

   PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.090)

   pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.100)

   POPULATION EQUIVALENT. A term used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other waste on a treatment works or stream. One POPULATION EQUIVALENT is 100 gallons of sewage per day, containing 0.17 pounds of BOD and 0.20 pounds of suspended solids.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.102)

   ppm. Parts per million.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.240)

   PRETREATMENT. The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction into the wastewater treatment works.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.104)

   PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have 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.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.110)

   PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.120)

   REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which the works were designed and constructed. The term operation and maintenance includes REPLACEMENT.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.126)

   RESIDENTIAL USER. Any user of the treatment works residing in a dwelling unit and contributing primarily domestic wastes or wastes from a sanitary convenience.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.125)

   SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.130)

   SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with ground, surface and stormwaters as may be present.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.140)

   SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.150)

   SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.160)

   SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.170)

   SEWERAGE. The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation and pumping of sewage.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.161)

   SHALL. Is mandatory.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.180)

   SLUG. 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 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.190)

   STANDARD METHODS. 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.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.191)

   STATE ACT. The State Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.192)

   STORM DRAIN. Sometimes termed STORM SEWER, means a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.200)

   STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries storm surface and groundwater drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.201)

   STORMWATER RUNOFF. The portion of the precipitation that is drained into the sewers.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.202)

   SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of Sewage Works and/or of water pollution control of the city, or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.210)

   SURCHARGE. The assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established in § 55.171.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.211)

   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.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.220)

   UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.221)

   USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the collection system and/or treatment works will be operated and shall be 20 years from the date of startup of any wastewater facilities constructed with a federal grant.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.224)

   USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.222)

   USER CLASS. The type of user, either residential or commercial (nonindustrial), or industrial, as defined in this chapter.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.223)

   WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. It may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.225)

   WASTEWATER FACILITIES. The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport effluent to a watercourse.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.226)

   WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE. The charge per month levied on all users of the wastewater facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined in §§ 55.165 through 55.183 and shall consist of the total of the basic user charge, the capital cost charge and a surcharge, if applicable.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.228)

   WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS. An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS is synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT PLANT or WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT or POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.227)

   WATER AND SEWERAGE FUND. The principal accounting designation of all revenues received in the city’s operation of the sewerage system.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.229)

   WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. Defined in the water pollution regulations of the state.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.232)

   WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

(1986 Code, § 7.22.230)

(Ord. 1240, passed - -1984; Ord. 1428, passed - -1994)