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.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The Village of Herrick.
BASIC USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system.
BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of the organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from the 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 (one and one-half 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, stormwater, surface water, and groundwater drainage.
COMMERCIAL USER. Include transit, lodging, retail, and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise or rendering services.
CONTROL MANHOLE. A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole will have an interior drop. The purpose of a CONTROL MANHOLE is to provide access for the village representative to sample and/or measure discharges.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal, and coverage of (loan, bond, and the like) outstanding and shall be computed by dividing the annual debt service by the number of users connected to the wastewater facilities.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EFFLUENT CRITERIA. As defined in any applicable NPDES permit.
FEDERAL ACT. The Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.
FEDERAL GRANT. The U.S. Government participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by the Title II of the Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., 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 pre-treatment facility. A 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 USERS. Include establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into products.
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.
INSTITUTIONAL/GOVERNMENTAL USER. Include schools, hospitals, churches, penal institutions, and users associated with federal, state, and local governments.
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 § 307(a) of the Federal Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1317(a); 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. The act referred to is permissible.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg/l). A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 gram of the constituent in 1.000 milliliters 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 water 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 Act to regulate the discharge of pollutants under 33 U.S.C. § 1342.
ORDINANCE. Ordinance 153.
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. A term used 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.
PRE-TREATMENT. 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 particles 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.
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. The term “operation and maintenance” includes REPLACEMENT.
RESIDENTIAL USER. All dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments, and permanent multi-family dwellings.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which stormwater, surface water, and groundwaters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE and WASTEWATER. Are inter-changeable.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including stormwater, surface water, and groundwater drainage.
SEWERAGE. The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation, and pumping of sewage.
SEWERAGE FUND. The principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the sewage system.
SHALL. The act referred to is 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 Water Environment Federation, and the American Water Works Association.
STATE ACT. The Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970, being 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq.
STATE GRANT. The State of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by the Anti-Pollution Bond Act, being 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq., and for making such grants as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois.
STORMWATER RUNOFF. That portion of the precipitation that is drained into the sewers.
STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries stormwater, surface water, and groundwater drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
SURCHARGE. The assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established in § 51.04.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS). 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 SUSPENDED 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.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the collection system and/or the treatment works will be operated and shall be 30 years from the date of start-up of any wastewater facilities constructed with a state grant.
USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community. From this standpoint, of course, 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 SERVICE CHARGE. The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the wastewater facilities. The SERVICE CHARGE shall be computed as outlined in § 51.04 and shall consist of the total or the basic user charge, the debt service charge, and a surcharge, if applicable.
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.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. The regulations of the Illinois Pollution Control Board captioned Water Quality Standards that appear in 35 Ill. Admin. Code Part 302.
(Ord. 153, passed 7-9-1990)