(A) Title. This chapter shall be officially known and cited as the Pretreatment Ordinance of Lake County, Illinois. References made herein to "this chapter" shall be interpreted as referring to the Pretreatment Ordinance.
(B) Authority. This chapter is adopted pursuant to the statutory authority conferred by 55 ILCS 5/5-15021.
(C) Applicability and jurisdiction.
(1) This chapter shall apply to anyone whose waste stream is treated by a Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facility. This chapter authorizes the issuance of individual wastewater discharge permit, provides for monitoring, compliance, and enforcement activities; establishes administrative review procedures; requires user reporting; and provides for the setting of fees for the equitable distribution of costs resulting from the program established herein.
(2) This chapter sets forth uniform requirements for users of Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facilities and enables the county to comply with all applicable state and federal laws, including the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.) and the General Pretreatment Regulations (40 CFR 403).
(D) Minimum requirements. The standards of this chapter are minimum requirements. The issuance of any permit in accordance with the standards and requirements of this chapter shall not relieve the recipient of such permit, certificate or approval from the responsibility for complying with all other applicable requirements of any other county, state or federal agency, having jurisdiction over the structures or land uses for which the permit, certificate or approval was issued.
(E) Purpose. The purposes of this chapter are:
(1) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facilities that will or could interfere with the operation of the system or contaminate the resulting sludges and biosolids;
(2) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facilities that will pass through the treatment process and be discharged into receiving waters, or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
(3) To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facilities that will pose a health or safety threat to the general public or to the Lake County industrial pretreatment program, collection system field crew or Water Reclamation Facilities personnel;
(4) To promote reuse and recycling of industrial wastewater and biosolids from the Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facilities;
(5) To establish how surcharges for excessive strength wastewater discharged into the Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facilities are calculated and evaluated;
(6) To enable the Lake County Public Works Water Reclamation Facilities to comply with its national pollutant discharge elimination system permit conditions, biosolids use and disposal requirements, and any other federal or state laws to which the Water Reclamation Facilities are subject.
(F) Word usage and construction of language.
(1) Meanings and intent. All provisions, terms, phrases and expressions contained in this chapter shall be construed according to the purpose set out in division (E) above.
(2) Headings, illustrations and text. In case of any difference of meaning or implication between the text of this chapter and any heading, drawing, table, figure, or illustration, the text shall control.
(3) Lists and examples. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, lists of items or examples that use terms such as "including," "such as," or similar language are intended to provide examples. They are not intended to be exhaustive lists of all possibilities.
(4) Computation of time. The time in which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day. If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday observed by the county, that day shall be excluded.
(5) References to other regulations, publications and documents. Whenever reference is made to a resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation, or document, that reference shall be construed as referring to the most recent edition of such resolution, ordinance, statute, regulation, or document or to the relevant successor document, unless otherwise expressly stated.
(6) Delegation of authority. Whenever a provision appears requiring the head of a department or another officer or employee of the county to perform an act or duty, that provision shall be construed as authorizing officer, department head or employee to delegate that responsibility to others over whom they have authority.
(7) Technical and nontechnical terms. Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases that may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning. (See also division (J), "Definitions.")
(8) Public officials and agencies. All public officials, bodies, and agencies to which references are made are those of Lake County, unless otherwise expressly provided.
(9) Mandatory and discretionary terms. The words "shall," "will," and "must" are mandatory, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary. The words "may" and "should" are advisory and discretionary terms.
(10) Conjunctions. Unless the context clearly suggests the contrary, conjunctions shall be interpreted as follows:
(a) "And" indicates that all connected items, conditions, provisions, or events apply; and
(b) "Or" indicates that one or more of the connected items, conditions, provisions, or events may apply.
(11) Tenses and plurals. Words used in one tense (past, present, or future) include all other tenses, unless the context clearly indicates the contrary. The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
(12) Numerical calculations. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, for standards involving the use of numbers, all calculations shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.
(G) Conflicting provisions.
(1) Conflict with state or federal regulations. If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with those of the state or federal government, the more restrictive provision shall control, to the extent permitted by law.
(2) Conflict with other county regulations. If the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with one another, or if they conflict with provisions found in other adopted ordinances or regulations of the county, the more restrictive provision will control. No text amendment, variance or condition of approval placed on a permit or other form of county approval under this chapter shall have the effect of nullifying, abrogating or diminishing the provisions of any other county ordinance.
(H) Transitional provisions.
Violations continue. Any violation of the pretreatment provisions of any previous county ordinance, or any previously permitted or enforced local limit shall continue to be a violation under this chapter and shall be subject to penalties and enforcement under § 54.99, unless the use, construction or other activity is consistent with the express terms of this chapter, in which case enforcement action shall cease, except to the extent of collecting penalties for violations that occurred before the adoption of this chapter.
(I) Abbreviations. The following abbreviations shall have the designated meanings:
BMPs | Best management practices |
BOD | Biochemical oxygen demand |
CBOD5 | Carbonaceous 5-day biochemical oxygen demand |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CIU | Categorical industrial user |
COD | Chemical oxygen demand |
GPM | Gallons per minute |
HEM | Hexane extractable material |
IEPA | Illinois Environmental Protection Agency |
µg/L | Micrograms per liter |
mg/L | Milligrams per liter |
NORM | Naturally occurring radioactive material |
NPDES | National pollutant discharge elimination system |
NSCIU | Non-significant categorical industrial user |
O&G | Oils and grease |
P-HEM | Polar hexane extractable material |
POTW | Publicly owned treatment works |
RCRA | Resource Conservation Recovery Act |
SGT-HEM | Silica gel treated hexane extractable material |
SIC | Standard industrial classification |
SIU | Significant industrial user |
SWDA | Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 USC 6901 et seq.) |
TENORM | Technically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material |
TSS | Total suspended solids |
TTO | Total toxic organics |
USC | United States Code |
USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
WRF | Water reclamation facility |
(J) Definitions. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act and the Water Quality Act of 1987. (33 USC 1251 et seq.)
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. With respect to an industrial user:
(a) Principal executive officer or at least the level of vice-president, or proprietor if the user is a corporation; or
(b) A general partner or proprietor if the industrial user is a partnership or proprietorship, respectively; or
(c) A duly authorized representative of the individual designated above. A person is a duly authorized representative only if the authorization is made in writing to Lake County by a person described in divisions (a) or (b) above of this definition.
BASELINE MONITORING REPORT. The report required by 40 CFR 403.12(b)(1-7).
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the pollution of "waters of the United States" as defined by the Clean Water Act 40 CFR 230.3. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control water reclamation facility site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw material storage.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD5). The measurement of the amount of organic pollution that can be oxidized biologically in a sample of water, expressed in mg/L, over a five-day period using laboratory procedures as described in Standard Methods.
BIOSOLIDS. The liquid containing solids or semi-solid Water Reclamation Facilities byproduct that has been processed to allow its disposal or land application in accordance with applicable federal and state regulations.
BYPASS. The intentional diversion of waste streams from any portion of an industrial user's treatment facility.
CARBONACEOUS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (CBOD5). The same standard method test as defined in BOD5 where the contribution from nitrogenous bacteria has been suppressed.
CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER (CIU). An industrial user that is currently subject to a categorical pretreatment standard.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD). The measure of oxygen consuming capacity, expressed in mg/L, of inorganic and organic matter present in wastewater. It is expressed as the amount of oxygen consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific test using procedures as described in Standard Methods.
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR). The official compilation of rules and regulations of the agencies of the United States government.
COMBINED WASTE STREAM FORMULA. The combined waste stream formula as found at 40 CFR 403.6(e).
COMPOSITE SAMPLE. The numerical average of all grab samples or the result of an analysis of a single sample formed by combining all individual aliquots. A daily COMPOSITE SAMPLE must be based upon at least four grab samples taken at different times and representative of the user's flow.
COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling, or refrigeration to which the only pollutant added is heat.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Ammonia ntrogen, CBOD5, fats, oils and grease by HEM, TSS, pH, COD and fecal coliform bacteria.
DENTAL DISCHARGER. Any non-mobile company or firm that removes amalgam (mercury and silver amalgam). DENTAL DISCHARGERS shall not be governed or classified as a categorial or significant industrial user as defined herein. These dischargers will be subject to the rules and regulations set forth in 40 CFR 441.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Lake County Public Works or his or her duly authorized representative.
ECONOMIC BENEFIT. The difference between the cost of on-time compliance and delayed compliance. ECONOMIC BENEFITS realized by a user who fails to comply by a required deadline can be measured by:
(a) The money that the user would expect to earn by delaying the purchase of pretreatment equipment and investing the money in more profitable projects; or
(b) The annual cost the user avoids, and the expected return on avoided costs during the period of noncompliance; or
(c) Any competitive advantage the user may gain, such as increased market share over competitors already in compliance, because of cost advantages attributed to delayed compliance.
EXISTING SOURCE. Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge, which is not a new source.
FATS, OILS AND GREASE (FOG).The sum of polar hexane extractable material (P-HEM) (polar hydrocarbons such as vegetable oils, animal fats, and other highly biodegradable oils) and of silica gel treated hexane extractable material (SGT-HEM) (non-polar hydrocarbons such as petroleum oil, non-biodegradable cutting oil, products of mineral oil origin) as determined by HEM and SGT-HEM analyses. FOG is interchangeable with HEXANE EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL (HEM).
FECAL COLIFORM. Any number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of humans and animals whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
FLOW. Volume of wastewater per unit of time.
GALLONS PER MINUTE (GPM). A rate of water, wastewater or other flow.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from commercial handling, storage and sale of produce.
GRAB. A sample which is collected from a waste stream on a one-time basis without regard to the waste stream flow and without consideration of time.
HEXANE EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL (HEM). The oil and grease extracted from a wastewater sample using USEPA Method 1664 as found in USEPA document EPA-821-B-94-004, October, 1994.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. All pollutants other than the compatible pollutants as defined herein.
INDIRECT DISCHARGE or DISCHARGE. The introduction of pollutants into the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities from any non-domestic source regulated under Section 307(b), (c), or (d) of the Act, state law, or this chapter.
INDUSTRIAL USER. A source of indirect discharge including, but not limited to, a manufacturing or process facility or other facility engaged in the purchase or sale of goods, transaction of business or who otherwise renders services to the public.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, that both:
(a) Inhibits or disrupts the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities, including, but not necessarily limited to: the collection and conveyance of wastewater to the Water Reclamation Facilities, the processes or operations of the Water Reclamation Facilities, or the use or disposal of sludges and biosolids produced by the Water Reclamation Facilities; and
(b) Is therefore a cause of a violation of any requirement of Lake County's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued there under(or more stringent state or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, most commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
LAKE COUNTY. Lake County, Illinois including the Lake County Department of Public Works.
MEDICAL WASTE. Any isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood byproducts, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, fomites, etiological agents, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes and dialysis wastes.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER (mg/L). A unit of concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 m/L 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.
MICROGRAMS PER LITER (µg/L). A unit of concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.000001 g of the constituent in 1,000 m/L of water.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD. Any pretreatment regulation specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants which may be discharged to a Water Reclamation Facilities by industrial users promulgated by the USEPA in accordance with Section 307 (b) and (c) of the Act (33 USC 1317). This term includes prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to 40 CFR 403.5 or any revision thereto.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. A permit issued for the direct discharge to waters of the United States pursuant to Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC 1342).
NEW SOURCE. Any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is or may be a discharge, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section.
(a) If national categorical pretreatment standards are not applicable, NEW SOURCE shall mean any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the remodeling (if that remodeling results in a new SIC code being assigned to the industrial user by Lake County) or the construction of which commences after the effective date of this chapter.
NON-SIGNIFICANT CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER (NSCIU). A categorical industrial user, who does not discharge a regulated waste, or meet the definition of a SIU.
NORM. Naturally occurring radioactive materials as defined in Section 3.1 of the Guidance on Radioactive Materials in Sewage and Ash at Publicly Owned Treatment Works Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards.
PASS THROUGH. A discharge which exits the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of Lake County's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, firm, company, association, society, corporation, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns. The masculine gender shall include the feminine, the singular shall include the plural where indicated by context.
pH. The intensity of the acid or base condition of a solution, calculated by taking the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
POLAR HEXANE EXTRACTABLE MATERIAL (P-HEM). Vegetable oils, animal fats, other highly degradable oils and other polar hydrocarbons as determined by subtracting a sample's SGT-HEM content from its HEM content. POLAR FOG is defined as floatable oils, fat or grease of animal or vegetable origin.
POLLUTANT. Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharged equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, commercial, agricultural waste, or any other contaminant.
PRETREATMENT. The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities. This can be accomplished by physical, chemical or biochemical processes, process changes, or other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS. Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a pretreatment standard, imposed on an industrial user.
PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW). A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act. This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature that convey wastewater to the POTW regardless of ownership, but does not include sewers, pipes, and other conveyances not connected to the POTW.
RECEIVING WATER. A surface body of water into which wastewater or effluent is discharged.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT (RCRA). The federal law in the United States governing disposal of solid and hazardous waste.
SANITARY SEWER. Any pipe conduit, or other device used that collects and conveys sewage and polluted industrial wastes and to which stormwater, surface drainage, groundwater or unpolluted wastewater are not intentionally admitted.
SELF-MONITORING REPORT.The report required by 40 CFR 403.12(e) to be submitted by the industrial user every six months to Lake County.
SEVERE PROPERTY DAMAGE. Substantial physical damage to the Water Reclamation Facilities which causes them to become inoperable, or substantial and permanent loss of natural resources which can reasonably be expected to occur in the absence of bypass. SEVERE PROPERTY DAMAGE does not mean economic loss caused by delays in production.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER (SIU).
(a) Any industrial user of the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities who meets any of the following criteria:
1. Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of process wastewater into the Water Reclamation Facilities (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blow-down wastewater); or
2. Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the Water Reclamation Facilities; or
3. Is designated as such by Lake County on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting Lake County's Water Reclamation Facilities' operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement (in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(f)(6)); or
4. Is subject to categorical pretreatment standards under 40 CFR 403.6 and 40 CFR, Chapter I, Subchapter N.
(b) Upon finding that an industrial user meeting the criteria in divisions (a)(1) through (3) of this definition has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities or violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, Lake County may, at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from an industrial user, and in accordance with 40 CFR 403.8(F)(6), determine that such industrial user is not an SIU.
SIGNIFICANT NONCOMPLIANCE. Violations by point source dischargers of sufficient magnitude or duration to be a regulatory priority. An IU is in significant noncompliance if its violation meets one or more of the following criteria:
(a) Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which 66% or more of wastewater measurements taken during a six-month period exceed (by any magnitude) a numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3 (l); or
(b) Technical review criterion (TRC) violations defined here as those in which 33% or more of wastewater measurements taken during a six-month monitoring period equals or exceeds the product of the numeric pretreatment standard or requirement, including instantaneous limits, as defined by 40 CFR 403.3(l) maximum limit or the average limit multiplied by an applicable TRC factor. The TRC factor for CBOD5, TSS, O&G is 1.4. The TRC factor for all other pollutants except pH, is 1.2.; or
(c) Any other discharge violations that Lake County believes has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interferences or pass through (including endangering the health of Lake County personnel or the general public); or
(d) Any discharge of pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in Lake County's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge under § 54.99; or
(e) Failure to meet, within 90 days of the scheduled date, a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement action for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance; or
(f) Failure to provide, within 45 days after the due date, required reports such as baseline monitoring reports, 90-day compliance reports, self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules; or
(g) Failure to accurately report noncompliance; or
(h) Any other violation or group of violations which Lake County determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the Lake County pretreatment program.
SLUDGE. The settleable solids separated from liquids during the wastewater treatment process.
SLUG. Any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge.
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT OF 1965 (42 USC 6901 et seq.) (SWDA). The law passed by Congress to regulate methods for disposal of household, municipal, commercial and industrial wastes.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC). The system used by government agencies to classify industry areas.
STANDARD METHODS. The laboratory procedures set forth in the latest edition, at the time of analysis, of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation; and other procedures as recognized by the USEPA and IEPA.
STATE. The State of Illinois.
SURCHARGE. The fee Lake County assesses to industrial user for the treatment of excessive or high strength sewage, without incurring a violation for one or more pollutants.
TENORM. Technically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials, technologically enhanced by human activity as defined in Section 3.1 of the Guidance on Radioactive Materials in Sewage and Ash at Publicly Owned Treatment Works Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards.
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS or (TSS). The total filterable residue, expressed in milligrams per liter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and is removable by filtration as prescribed in Standard Methods.
TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS (TTO). The sum of the masses or concentrations of specific toxic organic compounds at a concentration greater than 0.01 mg/L. Each categorical standard lists the specific toxic organic compounds that are to be included in the summation to define TTO for the category.
TOXIC POLLUTANT. Any pollutant or combination of pollutants identified as toxic pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or other federal statutes or in regulations promulgated by the state under state law.
UNITED STATES CODE (USC). The collection of the general and permanent laws of the United States.
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (USEPA). An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent quality criteria set forth in Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code, Part 304 or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards set forth in Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code, Parts 302 and 303 and would not be benefitted by discharge to sanitary sewers and Water Reclamation Facilities provided.
UPSET. An incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with Categorical Pretreatment Standards because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the Industrial User. An upset does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed Water Reclamation Facilities, inadequate Water Reclamation Facilities, lack of preventative maintenance, or careless or improper operation.
USER. Any person who contributes, causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities.
WASTEWATER. The combination of the liquid and water carrying industrial or domestic wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, or institutions including polluted cooling water, whether treated or untreated.
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. The document(s) allowing discharge into the Lake County Water Reclamation Facilities and issued to a user by Lake County in accordance with the terms of this chapter.
WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY. A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act. This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature that convey wastewater to the Water Reclamation Facility regardless of ownership, but does not include sewers, pipes, and other conveyances not connected to the Water Reclamation Facility. Also referred to as PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW).
(Ord. 19-1394, passed 9-10-2019)