For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"ASTM." The American Society for Testing and Materials.
"BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND" or "BOD." 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.
"BUILDING DRAIN." That 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, or 1.5 meters, outside of the inner face of the building wall.
"BUILDING SEWER" or "HOUSE CONNECTION." The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
"CITY." The City of Hazard, Kentucky, acting through its Mayor and Board of Commissioners and the Superintendent of Public Works.
"CITY ENGINEER." The person or firm employed as the chief engineer for the city.
"COMBINED SEWER." A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
"COMMERCIAL USER." All retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries, and other private business and service establishments.
"DEBT SERVICE." Charges levied on users of the wastewater treatment works to support the annual debt service obligations of the system.
"EASEMENT." An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
"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. A wastewater shall be considered free of "FLOATABLE OIL" if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
"GARBAGE." The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and serving of foods.
"GOVERNMENTAL USER" shall include legislative, judicial, administrative, and regulatory activities of federal, state and local governments.
"GROUND WATER." Water within the earth.
"HEALTH OFFICER." The official representative of the State Department of Health, the Stream Pollution Control Commission, or the Environmental Protection Agency.
"INDUSTRIAL USER." A source of indirect discharge which does not constitute a "discharge of pollutants" under regulations issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act. "INSTITUTIONAL USER" shall include social, charitable, religious, and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, and similar institutional users.
"INDUSTRIAL WASTES." The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
"MAY" 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 groundwater.
"NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER." Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than 300 mg/l and a suspended solids concentration of not more than 300 mg/l and an ammonia-nitrogen concentration of not more than 30 mg/l.
"OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE." Those functions that result in expenditures during the useful life of the treatment works for materials, labor, utilities and other items which are necessary for managing and for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE" includes "REPLACEMENT" as defined below.
"pH." The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a "pH" value of 7 and a hydrogen-ion concentration of 10-7.
"PRETREATMENT." The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater before discharge from the city wastewater facilities, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
"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 l/2 inch, or 1.27 centimeters, in any dimension.
"PUBLIC SEWER." A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
"REPLACEMENT." Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
"RESIDENTIAL USER." Any contributor to the city's treatment works whose lot, parcel or real estate or building is used for domestic dwelling purposes only.
"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.
"SEWAGE." The spent water of a community.
"SEWER." A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
"SHALL" 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 adversely affects the collection system or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
"STORM DRAIN" or "STORM SEWER." A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any source.
"STORM WATER." Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
"SUPERINTENDENT." The Superintendent of Public Works or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
"SURFACE WATER." Water that occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds the rate at which water may percolate into the soil.
"SUSPENDED SOLIDS." Total suspended matter 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 nonfilterable residue.
"TOXICS." Any of the pollutants designed by federal regulations pursuant to Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
"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 benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
"USEFUL LIFE." The estimated period during which a treatment works will be operated.
"USER." Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the POTW.
"USER CHARGE." The total wastewater service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance, replacement and debt service expenses of the wastewater treatment works.
"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 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 disposal of the effluent.
"WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS." An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes, and sludge. "WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS" is sometimes referred to as the waste treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, or water pollution control plant.
"WATER METER." A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by a user and approved by the city.
"WATERCOURSE." A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.
"WPCF." The Water Pollution Control Federation.
(Ord. 610.14A, passed 1-18-82; Am. Ord. 94-5, passed 3-7-94)