Unless otherwise defined herein, terms shall be as adopted in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater published by the American Public Health Association, and American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation and as set forth in 40 C.F.R. Pt. 136. Waste constituents and characteristics shall be measured by Standard Methods, unless a mutually agreed upon acceptable alternative method is adopted or in such other method established by state or federal or regulatory agencies. Monitoring and metering will be carried out by customarily accepted method.
BENEFICIAL USES. These uses include, but are not limited to domestic, municipal, agricultural and industrial use, power generation, recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, navigation, and the preservation and enhancement of fish, wildlife, and other aquatic resources or reserves, and other uses, both tangible or intangible, as specified by state or federal law.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). Of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters, or industrial wastes shall mean the quantity of dissolved oxygen in milligrams per liter required during stabilization of the decomposable organic matter by aerobic biochemical action under standard laboratory procedures for five days at 20°C. The laboratory determinations of BOD shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods therein and conventionally referred to as BOD5.
BOARD. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the city. It is the governing body of the sewerage system of the city, which system is a public utility.
BUILDING DRAIN. The lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil pipes, waste pipes, and other drainage pipes inside a building and conveys it to a point outside of the building.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD). Of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters, or industrial wastes is 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. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
CITY. The City of Jasonville, Indiana.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer which carries some surface or ground water runoff in addition to sewage.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS. Wastewater having or containing:
(1) Measurable biochemical oxygen demand;
(2) Suspended solids;
(3) pH;
(4) Fecal coliform bacteria; or
(5) Additional pollutants identified or defined in the city’s national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit or by the state or Board.
CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS (OF WASTEWATER). The chemical, physical, bacteriological, and radiological properties, including volume, flow rate, and such other properties which serve to define, classify, or measure the contents, quality, quantity, and strength of wastewater.
EFFLUENT. The water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing out of a drain, sewer, receptacle, or outlet.
EQUIPMENT. All movable, non-fixed items necessary to the wastewater treatment process.
GARBAGE. Any solid wastes from the preparation, cooking, or dispensing of food or from the handling, storage, or sale of produce.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS. Any pollutants which are not compatible pollutants.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Any solid, liquid, or gaseous substance or form of energy discharged, permitted to flow into or enter the sewerage system or ground from an industrial, manufacturing, commercial, or business process or from the development, recovery, or processing of any natural resource carried on by any person and shall further mean any waste from an industrial user, but not including sanitary sewage or storm water.
INFILTRATION. The water entering the sewerage system directly or via private sewers, building drains, and building sewers connected therewith from the ground through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls.
INSPECTOR. A person authorized by the Board or the Superintendent to perform inspection duties assigned by it or him or her.
LATERAL SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the sewerage system or other place of disposal.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR. A user discharging or introducing into the sewerage system:
(1) A flow of more than 50,000 gallons per average workday;
(2) A toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in the Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1317 as now adopted or as hereafter amended;
(3) Has significant impact, either singularly or in combination with other contributors, on the wastewater treatment plant or the quality of its effluent; or
(4) Any substance unusual or unique in quality or quantity requiring special attention or processing in order to effect proper wastewater treatment.
MAY. The act referred to is both permissible and approved.
NPDES PERMIT. National pollutant discharge elimination system permit now or hereafter held by the city and setting forth conditions for the discharge of any pollutants or combination of pollutants.
NUISANCE. Any substance which is injurious to health or offensive to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfort or enjoyment of life or property.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES. All annual expenses related directly to operating and maintaining the sewage works as identified in Uniform System of Accounts for Wastewater Utilities or as prescribed by the state’s Board of Accounts under general headings, Plant Operation and Maintenance, Sewer Operation and Maintenance, Customer Accounts, Administrative and General, Insurance and Taxes.
PERSON. Any natural person, or public or private corporation, or any other entity whatever.
pH. The conventional scientific degree of acidity or alkalinity.
POLLUTION. An alteration of the quality of water by waste, contaminants of pollutants to a degree which renders such water unfit for beneficial uses.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer owned by the city.
REAL PROPERTY. All non-movable, fixed in place item such as structures and buildings housing equipment or otherwise used in the wastewater treatment plant process.
RECEIVING SEWER SYSTEM. The city’s municipal sewer system.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for procuring and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the sewage works to maintain its designed capacity and performance.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Sewage such as, and having the characteristics of, domestic sewage from dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, or institutions, free from storm and surface water and industrial wastes.
SERVICE LIFE. The period of time during which a component of a wastewater sewage works will be capable of performing a function; and the maximum life components constructed under EPA Project No. are hereby set as follows:
(1) Real property: 50 years commencing from September 1, 1979;
(2) Process equipment: 30 years commencing from September 1, 1979; and
(3) Auxiliary equipment: 15 years commencing from September 1, 1979.
SEWAGE. The water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, singular or in any combination, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage and sludge.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit laid for carrying sewage or other liquids, and solids suspended or entrained therein.
SEWER CHARGES. Comprised of the user charges and separate amount for debt service and user charges shall mean a system of charges levied on users of a treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of such works. In addition, each user shall pay an amount sufficient to pay principal and interest (debt service) on any revenue bonds, payable from the revenues of the sewage works, proportional to the equipment and real property necessary for wastewater treatment for each user. The method of computing the initial user charge and debt service charge is contained in a report prepared by McCullough & Associates, Public Accountants, Indianapolis, Indiana, and is incorporated as a part hereof. Prior to May, of each year, the Clerk-Treasurer shall prepare and present to the Common Council an accounting of operation and maintenance expenses, replacement costs, and debt service for the immediately preceding calendar year, and the Common Council shall, upon receiving said accounting, effect any change in the monthly sewer charges necessary to produce revenue proportionate to costs for each user.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM. The network of publicly-owned sewers and appurtenances used for collection, transporting, and pumping wastewater to the treatment plant.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
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 American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation and as set forth in the Congressional Record 40 C.F.R. Pt. 136.
STRENGTH-OF-WASTES SURCHARGE. The extra user charges for sewerage services assessed users whose sewage is of such a nature that it imposes upon the sewage works a burden greater than that covered by the basic user charge.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent subject to the control of the Board in all matters of the Sewer Department.
SURCHARGE. A charge for sewerage services in addition to the basic service charge.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids which either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage, or other liquid and which are removable by laboratory filtration. Their concentration shall be expressed in milligrams per liter. Quantitative determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
USER. A person who introduces into or discharges into, including both the owner and occupant of real estate from which is introduced or discharged into the sewerage system, any substance whatsoever.
USER CLASSES. For the purpose of the user charge system, each recipient shall be either in the industrial class or the non-industrial class (including domestic, commercial, institutional, and governmental). The industrial class, as it pertains to the user charge system, shall include any user determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety to be discharging waste resulting from any industrial or manufacturing process; from the development, recovery, or processing of any natural resource; or from any other process of operation which produces waste of a strength greater than sanitary waste. The non-industrial class shall include all domestic and governmental users and those industrial, commercial, and institutional users whose wastes are segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary conveniences where regular domestic wastes are those wastes generated by normal domestic activity as determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety.
WASTE. Sanitary sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, processing, manufacturing, or industrial operation of whatever nature, including such waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal.
WASTEWATER. The water-carried waste from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, singular or in any combination, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used by the city for treatment and disposing of sewage, sludge, and other sewage constituents and products.
(2003 Code, § 13.12.010) (Ord. 80-1, passed 1-14-1980; Ord. 80-2, passed 1-14-1980)