(A) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL FARM LAND. Land being used for purpose of growing crops for human consumption and animal feed for animals whose products are consumed by humans, to be sold in the market place in the normal course of business.
LAND APPLICATION OPERATION. An operation in which sludge, waste products or wastewater products generated by industrial, municipal, or semi-public facilities are disposed of by application upon or incorporation into the soil. A LAND APPLICATION OPERATION does not include the operation of a landfill or an open dump as those terms are commonly understood.
SLUDGE. Any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal, commercial or industrial wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility exclusive of the treatment effluent from a wastewater treatment plant.
WASTEWATER PRODUCT. Materials which are not considered sludge or wastewater under these rules but are generated as waste and production processes.
(B) The application of sludge or wastewater products in a land application operation to commercial farmland in areas which are dependent on wells for human water supply is prohibited.
(Prior Code, § 51.21) (Ord. 1017A, passed 1-14-1986)