For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADDENDUM. The document attached to the ordinance codified herein and incorporated herein entitled, “Service Use Charge System”.
AID-IN-CONSTRUCTION. The cost imposed by the town where the extension of any line, any improvements or any construction for the benefit of a specific user or any construction for the benefit of a specific user or combination of users, the cost of which shall be assessed to those directly or indirectly affected or benefitted.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (B.O.D.). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation or organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
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 (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the wastewater place of disposal. Also called HOUSE CONNECTION.
CESSPOOL. An underground reservoir for liquid waste (as household sewage).
CLASS. A classification of volume of use as described hereinafter.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
COMPLETION. When referring to the wastewater system, a date on which:
(1) The town has accepted the contractor’s work on the wastewater system; and
(2) When effluent, sewage or wastewater can be discharged into the system by any person.
COMPLETION OF THE SYSTEM. The mandatory date by which any person required by law to connect to the system must connect.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat or grease in 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 system.
GARBAGE. All waste resulting from use of residences, commercial trades or businesses and institutions. Commercial and industrial waste shall be distinct from domestic or household sanitary wastes.
GOVERNING BODY. The Mayor and Council members of the town.
HEARING BOARD. The Board appointed according to provision of § 52.092 to hear disputes regarding interpretations of this policy.
HEAVY, MEDIUM AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL FLOWS. Any commercial user who discharges waste into the system with a higher than normal (see RESIDENTIAL FLOWS) biochemical oxygen demand, a greater than “normal” total suspended solids or a greater than “normal” volume.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive. (See SHALL.)
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, partnership or group, including the United States, state, any territory, county or political subdivision of the state which may lawfully own property.
pH.
(1) The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogenous concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter of solution.
(2) Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven and a hydrogen-ion concentration of ten.
POLICY. The 1999 Town of Fredonia, Arizona, Wastewater System Policy adopted by Ord. 99-003 on 10-13-1999.
PRIVY. A small building having a bench with holes through which the user may defecate or urinate.
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 wastewater facilities, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT. A structure, building or unit discharging effluent into the system placing no more burden or discharge no more effluent than residential flows as defined hereinafter.
RESIDENTIAL FLOWS. The assumed average or standard flow expected from a single-family dwelling based on wintertime culinary water usage. A RESIDENTIAL FLOW strength is 250 mg/l TSS (total suspended solids, see SUSPENDED SOLIDS) and 200 mg/l B.O.D. (biochemical oxygen demand, see B.O.D.). Rates for volume and strength of RESIDENTIAL FLOW are as set out in Addendum “A”.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that carries liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SEPTIC TANK. A tank in which the solid matter of continuous flowing sewage is disintegrated by bacteria.
SEWAGE. The spent water of a community. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory. (See MAY.)
SLUG. Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 and shall adversely affect the collection system or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
STORM DRAIN. (Sometimes termed STORM SEWER.) A drain or sewer for conveying water, ground water, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the wastewater facility, of wastewater treatment works, or of water pollution control of the town or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Total suspended matter measured in milligrams per liter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as non-filterable residue.
SYSTEM. The wastewater or combined wastewater and storm or surface water facilities of the town.
TOWN. The Town of Fredonia, Coconino County, Arizona.
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 wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USER. Any person who uses the system. (See PERSON, SYSTEM.)
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any ground water, surface water and storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES. The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS.
(1) An arrangement of devices and structures for treating “wastewater”, industrial wastes and sludge.
(2) Sometimes used as synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT PLANT or WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT or WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT.
WATERCOURSE. A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.
(1974 Code, § 11-a-1) (Res. 99-017, passed 10-13-1999; Ord. 99-003, passed 10-13-1999)