Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this article shall be as follows:
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)
The quantity of oxygen expressed in parts per million by weight, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five days at 20° C. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage published by the American Public Health Association.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
The normal water-carried household and toilet wastes from residences.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy rejected or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, trade or business process or from the development, recovery or processing of natural resources, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
The group of elected officials acting as the governing body of the Town of Hammonton.
PARTS PER MILLION (PPM)
The ratio of parts by weight of material under consideration to 1,000,000 parts by weight of sewage.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
PH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in moles per liter and indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
SANITARY SEWAGE
The normal water-carried wastes from business buildings, institutions, commercial and industrial establishments.
SEWER SYSTEM
All facilities for collecting, treating and disposing of sewage.
SLUG
Any discharge of water, sewage or waste exceeding a concentration or flow greater than five times that of the average twenty-four-hour discharge from the person, which is discharged continuously for a period longer than 15 minutes.
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 filtration.
TOWN
The Town of Hammonton.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any poisonous substance.