For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days at 20°C, usually expressed as a concentration (e.g., mg/l).
BUILDING SEWER. A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to the POTW.
BYPASS. The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of a user’s treatment facility.
CITY. The City of Kings Mountain or the City Council of Kings Mountain.
CODES DIRECTOR. That officer of the city who is charged with the enforcement of building standards, zoning regulations and the like, regardless of changes in title.
COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DAILY FLOW, HOW CALCULATED. Daily flow may be based on water usage as metered by city’s water meter; or by sewage meter should the user decide, or the city direct, to install such. In either case, the sewage meter shall be maintained and calibrated at the owners expense, to the city’s satisfaction.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Kings Mountain Water and Sewer Department.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or where appropriate the term may also be used as a designation for the Administrator or other duly authorized official of the Agency.
HEALTH OFFICER. An officer of the Health Department of the respective county, or of the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources of the state.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
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.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW). A treatment works as defined by § 212 of the Act, (33 U.S.C. § 1292) which is owned in this instance by the city. This definition includes sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant, but does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. For the purpose of this chapter, POTW shall also include all pump stations, manholes, force mains and other units of the city system.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm waters, surface waters and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with ground waters, surface and storm, waters as may be present.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
STATE. State of North Carolina.
STORM WATER. Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUPERINTENDENT. See DIRECTOR.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The total suspended matter that floats on, or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
USER. Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the city’s POTW.
WASTEWATER. The liquid- and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter the POTW.
WASTEWATER CONTRIBUTION PERMIT. As set forth herein.
WATER METER ACCURACY.
(1) Questions of accuracy of city water meters shall be settled as follows: meters smaller than one inch shall be tested in place by city. One inch or larger meters shall be tested by private testing concern either in place or by other means as necessary.
(2) Meters found to be within
ACCURACY LIMITS shall be left in or reinstalled and test shall be paid for by user at city’s cost, plus 10%. ACCURACY LIMITS shall be +/-3%.
(3) Acts of vandalism, tampering or other attempts to defeat the purpose of water meter shall be cause for action, the least of which shall be billing for new meter and maximum prior bill.
WATERS OF THE STATE. All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through or border upon the state or any portion thereof.
(Ord. 01-19, passed 3-27-2001)