For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° Centigrade, expressed in parts by million by weight.
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of the drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drain pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer.
BUILDING SEWER. The sewer that connects the building drain with the public sewer or other place of disposal and conveys the sewage of one building.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving sewage.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, processing and sale of produce.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The official Health Department of Clinton County.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Liquid wastes, solids or semi-solids from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAY. Is permissive.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any water course, pond, ditch, lake, or any other body of water, either surface or ground.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PLUMBING BOARD. The appointed Board of Plumbing of the village.
PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. Any septic tank, cesspool or other facilities intended or used for the disposal of sanitary sewage, and which is not owned and operated by the village.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage that has been cut or shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried away freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting property have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
S.W.R.C. The State Water Resources Commission.
SANITARY SEWAGE. The liquid or water-carried waste discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and industrial waste or either of them and to which storm water is not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. Any combination of sanitary sewage, storm water, industrial wastes and uncontaminated industrial wastes, or any of them.
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. Any pipe, tile, tube or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries the storm water and uncontaminated industrial wastes, or either of them.
STORM WATER. That part of the rainfall or melted snow which reaches the sewers as runoff from natural land surface, building roofs or pavements, or as ground water infiltration or uncontaminated industrial water.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The solids that either float on the surface of or are suspended in water, sewage of other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
UNCONTAMINATED INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Waste water which has not come into contact with any substance used in or incidental to industrial processing operations.
WATER COURSE. An open channel, either natural or artificial, in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 17, passed 9-14-81)