Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this subchapter shall be as follows:
(A) BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure, five days at 20°C expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/l)), as measured by standard methods.
(B) COMMERCIAL USER. Non-domestic sources of indirect discharge other than industrial users, as defined herein including but not limited to the following: a publicly or privately owned facility where persons are engaged in the exchange or sale of goods or services, hospitals, retail establishments, schools and facilities operated by local and state governments.
(C) INDIRECT DISCHARGE. The discharge or the introduction of non-domestic pollutants from any source regulated under Section 307 (b) or (c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, P.L. 92-500, as amended, into the public waste treatment system.
(D) INDUSTRIAL USER. A source of indirect discharge under regulations issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 USC 1342), which source originates from, but is not limited to, facilities engaged in industry, manufacturing, business, trade or research, including the development, recovery or processing of natural resources.
(E) INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any liquid, solid or gaseous waste or form of energy or combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, business, trade or research, including the development, recovery or processing of natural resources.
(F) P. Phosphorous in the waste expressed in terms of milligrams per liter (P.P.M.).
(G) POLLUTANT. Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
(H) PUBLIC SEWER. A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
(I) SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water, waste water or other liquids, and which is removable by laboratory filtering as measured according to standard methods.
(J) WASTE WATER or SEWAGE. Spent water which may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, institutions, or other land uses, including drainage water inadvertently present in said waste.
(K) WASTE WATER SYSTEM or SEWER SYSTEM. Any part or all of the property, structures, equipment, sewers, materials and/or appurtenances used in conjunction with the collection and disposal of waste water, including the publicly owned treatment work (POTW).
(Ord. 586, sec. iii)