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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standards laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. Within the part of the lowest piping, 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 or other approved point of discharge, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) 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 which is designed and intended to receive wastewater, storm, surface, and groundwater drainage.
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 village representative to sample and/or measure discharges.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Environmental Protection Agency.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EFFLUENT CRITERIA. Defined in any applicable NPDES permit.
FEDERAL ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.) as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of Amendments of 1972 (Pub. Law 92-500 and Pub. Law 93-243).
FEDERAL GRANT. The U.S. 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.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat, or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL USER. Any nongovernmental user of publicly owned treatment works having a waste discharge greater than 25,000 gallons per calendar day 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.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance discharged, permitted to flow, or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or business establishment or process, or from the development, recovery, or processing of any natural resource as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. An industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works that:
(1) Has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average work day;
(2) Has a flow greater than 10% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste;
(3) Has, in its waste, a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; or
(4) Is found by the permit issuance authority, in connection with the issuance of the NPDES permit to the publicly owned treatment works receiving the waste, to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on that treatment works or upon the quality of effluent from that treatment works.
MAY. Permissible.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml 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.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
NPDES PERMIT. Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued by the Administrator, or, where appropriated by the Director, after enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
ORDINANCE. The ordinance codified in this chapter.
PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in STANDARD METHODS.
POPULATION EQUIVALENT. 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.
PPM. Parts per million by weight.
PRETREATMENT. The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction into the wastewater treatment works.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food that have 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 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the village. It shall also include sewers within or outside the village boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge into the village sanitary (or combined sewer system), even though those sewers may not have been constructed with village funds.
RESIDENTIAL or COMMERCIAL or NON-INDUSTRIAL USER. Any user of the treatment works not classified as an industrial user or excluded as an industrial user as provided for in this section.
SADDLE. A sewer connection device designed for use when tapping an existing main.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which storm, surface, and groundwaters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. Used interchangeably with WASTEWATER.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including storm, surface, and groundwater drainage.
SEWERAGE. The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation, and pumping of sewage.
SHALL. Mandatory.
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.
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.
STATE ACT. The State Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970, being 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq.
STATE GRANT. The state’s participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by the State Anti-Pollution Bond Act, being 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq., and for making such grants as filed with the Secretary of the state.
STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries storm, surface, and groundwater drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
STORMWATER RUNOFF. The portion of the precipitation that is drained into the sewers.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the combined Waterworks and Sewerage Departments of the village, 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 industrial waste, and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of SUSPEND SOLIDS shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in STANDARD METHODS.
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.
USER CLASS. The type of user, either RESIDENT or COMMERCIAL (non-industrial) or INDUSTRIAL as defined herein.
VILLAGE. The Village of Flanagan, Livingston, County, Illinois.
VILLAGE BOARD. The Village Board of Flanagan, Illinois.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. From this standpoint, 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.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES. The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport effluent to a watercourse.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS. An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT PLANT or WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT or POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT.
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. Defined in the Water Pollution Regulations of the state.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. passed 1-16-1979)