For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AMMONIA NITROGEN or NH3-N. The measure of nitrogen as ammonia, as determined by the appropriate procedure in the latest edition of Standard Methods.
BOD or BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The measure of decomposable organic material in domestic or industrial wastewaters as represented by the oxygen utilized over a period of five days at 20°C and as determined by the appropriate procedure in Standard Methods.
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 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.
COD or CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. A measure of the oxygen equivalent of that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant, as determined by the appropriate procedure in Standard Methods.
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. The Estill County Health Department.
DISCHARGER. Any person who discharges or causes a discharge to a public sewer.
EFFLUENT. The liquid outflow of any facility designed to treat, convey or retain wastewater.
EFFLUENT SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying only effluent which has received at least primary treatment, such as by a septic tank.
GARBAGE. Animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of food in home kitchens, stores, markets, restaurants, motels, hotels and other places where food is stored, prepared or served. Specifically excluded are food-processing wastes from canneries, slaughterhouses, packing plants and similar industries.
GRAB SAMPLE. Any individual sample of wastewater collected over a period of time not exceeding 15 minutes.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. All water-carried wastes and wastewater of the community excluding domestic wastewater and uncontaminated water, including all wastewater from any producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional, commercial, agricultural or other operation where the wastewater discharge includes significant quantities of wastes of non-human origin.
IRVINE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES. A Commission appointed in 1962, composed of three members, who are responsible for the complete operations of water and sewerage within the boundary of authority of the city.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
pH. The reciprocal of the logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration which is the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
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 sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
SEWERAGE. Any and all facilities used for collecting, conveying, pumping, treating and disposing of wastewater.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, domestic wastewater or industrial 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 of flows during normal operation.
STANDARD METHODS. The current edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and as published by the American Public Health Association.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the Sewerage Works, or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The insoluble solid matter suspended in wastewater that is separable by laboratory filtration in accordance with the procedure described in Standard Methods.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Prior Code, § 50.001) (Ord. 6-24-82, passed 6-14-1982)