The following terms have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise:
A. 208 PLAN SERVICE AREA. The area established by the Mohave County 208 Water Quality Management Plan (208 Plan) and includes users within and outside of the city limits.
B. ACT or THE ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500; 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251, et seq.) as it is, from time to time, updated by Congress.
C. ADEQ. Arizona Department of Environmental Quality or its designee or successor.
D. APPLICANT. The person making application for service or written authorization required by the city.
E. APPLICATION. The written instrument by which a person applies to the city for a service or written authorization.
F. APPROVED. Accepted by the city as meeting an applicable specification stated or cited in this Title, or as suitable for the proposed use.
G. AQUIFER PROTECTION PERMIT. An individual or general permit issued under A.R.S. §§ 49-203, 49-241 through 49-252, and Articles 1, 2 and 3 of Title 18, Chapter 9 of the Arizona Administrative Code.
H. AUXILIARY WATER SUPPLY. Any water supply on or available to premises other than the potable water supplied by the city. These auxiliary waters may include, but shall not be limited to, water from another purveyor's public potable water supply or any natural sources such as a well, spring, river, stream, harbor or treated effluent, wastewaters or industrial fluids. These waters may be polluted or contaminated or may be objectionable and constitute an unacceptable water source over which the Department does not have sanitary control.
I. AZPDES. The Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, ADEQ has authority by the EPA to administer the NPDES for Arizona.
J. BACKFLOW. The reversal of the normal flow of water caused by either back pressure or back siphonage.
K. BACK PRESSURE. Any pressure increases in the downstream piping system that is above the pressure of the potable water source which causes a reversal of the normal direction of flow.
L. BACK SIPHONAGE. A reversal of the normal flow of water caused by a reduction of pressure in the potable water supply systems that cause the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances from a customer's water supply system into the distribution system of the public potable water supply system.
M. BAN AREAS. The "1-mile on-site wastewater treatment system ban areas" established by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and/or the county on which a denitrifying onsite wastewater treatment system was approved by the county and was installed between July 18, 1996, and January 8, 2001, (the effective dates of the ban). A map is located in the City Clerk's office (Ordinance No. 02-668, Attachment A, as amended).
N. BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20° C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
O. BOILER BLOW OFF. The condensed steam or hot water from a boiler when "blown off" to remove scale and slime or "blown down" from cleaning and repair.
P. BUILDING. Any structure containing sanitary facilities used for human habitation, a place of business, recreation, or like purpose.
Q. BUILDING DRAIN. That part of the lowest 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 2 feet outside the building wall.
R. BUILDING DRAINAGE SYSTEM (DRAINAGE PIPING). Includes all the piping within a public or private premises which conveys sewage or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal but does not include the mains of a public sewer system or a public sewage treatment or disposal plant.
S. BUILDING SEWER. Part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which extends from the end of the building drain, and which receives the discharge of the building drain and conveys it to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage/disposal system or other point of disposal.
T. C. Degrees Celsius.
U. CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. National pretreatment standards, as established by the EPA, specifying quantities or concentrations of pollutants or pollutant properties which may be discharged to the POTW by industrial users, specifically industrial subcategories which are determined to interfere with or pass through, or are otherwise incompatible with the treatment works.
V. CENTRALIZED SEWER COLLECTION. A system of lateral, main and trunk sewers, connected together to convey sewage from individual properties to a central location for treatment and disposal.
W. CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD). A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic and organic matter present in water or wastewater under standard laboratory procedures expressed in milligrams per liter.
X. CITY MANAGER. The City Manager of Lake Havasu City or designee.
Y. COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL USER. Any user or establishment not defined as a domestic user.
Z. CONTAMINATION. An impairment of the quality of the potable water by sewage, industrial fluids or water liquids, compounds or other materials to a degree which creates an actual or potential hazard to the public health by poisoning or the spread of disease.
AA. CONTROL MANHOLE. A structure that is accessible for the purpose of maintaining a building sewer. A control manhole may be used as an inspection chamber.
BB. CONTRACTOR. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or association duly licensed by the State of Arizona to perform the type of work to be done under a permit.
CC. COOLING WATER. The water discharge from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration, or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or suspended solids each in excess of 10 parts per million by weight, or toxic substances as limited in this Title, or other polluting substances which may be limited in this Title.
DD. COUNTY. Mohave County.
EE. CROSS-CONNECTION. Any physical connection or arrangement of piping or fixtures between 2 (or more) otherwise separate piping systems, 1 of which contains potable water and the other non-potable water or industrial fluids of questionable safety, or any other supply of unknown or questionable quality through which or because of which, backflow may occur into the potable water system. This would include any temporary connections, such as: swing connections, removable sections, 4-way plug valves, spools, dummy section of pipe, swivel or changeover devices, hydrant connections, or sliding multi-port tube.
FF. CUSTOMER OR CONSUMER. Any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, or association furnished water or sewage disposal service by the city.
GG. DAYS. Days means calendar days unless indicated otherwise.
HH. DEPARTMENT. Lake Havasu City Public Works Department or its authorized agent or representative.
II. DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. Any dwelling unit located on its own lot and not sharing a common wall with or not having adjoining walls with another dwelling unit.
JJ. DEVELOPER. The individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, syndication, trust, or other legal entity that is responsible for new physical development within the city and creating a demand for city services.
KK. DEVELOPMENT. Any improvement, which created a demand for city services.
LL. DIRECTOR. The Public Works Department Director or designee.
MM. DISCHARGE. The addition of a pollutant or effluent to water or to the sewer system.
NN. DISCHARGE PERMIT. A written authorization to discharge pollutants into the city's POTW in accordance with the Act, the regulations promulgated hereunder and pursuant to this Title.
OO. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. The network of conduits used to deliver potable water from the source facilities to the customer's water supply system.
PP. DOUBLE CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY. An assembly of 2 independently operating approved check valves with properly located resilient seated test cocks and resilient seated shut off valves at each end of the assembly.
QQ. DOMESTIC SEWAGE. Sewage derived principally from dwellings, business buildings, industries, institutions, and the like originating as wastes from kitchens, water closets, lavatories, bathroom, and showers.
RR. DOMESTIC USER. All detached, single-family dwelling units or multi-family units.
SS. DRAIN. Any pipe which carries waste or water borne wastes in a building drainage system.
TT. EFFLUENT. Sewage, industrial or any other waste, pollutant, or water, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into, or permitted to enter, the sewer system.
UU. ENTERPRISE. Any corporation, association, labor union, or other legal entity.
VV. EPA. United States Environmental Protection Agency.
WW. EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT (ERU). The average amount of wastewater discharged by a single-family residential dwelling, which has been determined to be approximately 65,000 gallons per year.
XX. F. Degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32° and the boiling point as 212° at one atmosphere of pressure.
YY. FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATE. The rate charged for personnel services of the city including overhead and fixed asset replacement allocations.
ZZ. GREASE. Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent.
AAA. HAZARD, DEGREE OF. An evaluation of the potential risk to public health and the adverse effect of the hazard upon the public potable water system.
BBB. INDUSTRIAL USER.
1. Any user of the POTW identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, including but not limited to the following divisions:
a. Division A: Agriculture, forestry and fishing;
b. Division B: Mining;
c. Division D: Manufacturing;
d. Division E: Transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary service;
e. Division I: Services.
2. A user in the division listed may be excluded if it is determined that it will introduce primarily segregated domestic waste or wastes from sanitary conveniences; a source of industrial waste.
CCC. INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any liquid, solid, or gaseous substance or form of energy, or combination thereof, resulting from any process of industrial, commercial, governmental, and institutional concerns, manufacturing, business, trade, or research, including the development, recovery or processing of natural resources, or from sources identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the U.S. Office of Management Budget, as amended.
DDD. INFLUENT. Sewage, raw or partly treated, flowing into any sewage treatment device, pumping station, or related facilities.
EEE. INSPECTION CHAMBER. An accessible structure through which sewage from a building sewer flows and from which samples of said sewage may be collected for the purpose of being tested.
FFF. INTERCEPTOR. A device designed and installed to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous, or undesirable matter from normal wastes and permit normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity.
GGG. INTERFERENCE. A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
1. Inhibits or disrupts the POTW, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and
2. Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's regulatory permits such as reuse permit, aquifer protection permit or AZPDES 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 hereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations): Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more 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.
HHH. IRRIGATION METER. A service being used for landscaping, or other purposes whose use does not result in a discharge to the sewer system and has been approved for use as an irrigation meter by the city.
III. LOT. Any piece or parcel of land bounded, defined, or shown upon a plat or deed recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of the county which conforms to the boundaries of such lot as shown upon such recorded map, plat or deed; provided, however, that in the event any building or structure covers more area than a lot as herein defined, the term "lot" shall include all such pieces or parcels of land upon which said building or structure is wholly or partly located, together with the yards, courts, and other unoccupied spaces legally required for the building or structure.
JJJ. LATERAL SEWER. That part of the horizontal piping within a public street or right-of-way, connecting a building sewer to a main sewer.
KKK. MAIN. A water pipeline located in streets, highways, public ways, thoroughfares, easements or private rights-of-way, and which is used to serve the general public.
LLL. MAIN SEWER. A public sewer designated to accommodate more than 1 lateral sewer in a dedicated right-of-way or easement in which changes in alignment and grade occur only at manholes or cleanouts, or where angle point or curves between manholes have been approved by the city.
MMM. MASTER FEE SCHEDULE. The schedule of fees and service charges established in accordance with Chapter 3.20 of the City Code.
NNN. mg/l. Milligrams per liter.
OOO. MIXING. The stirring up of organics, inorganics, floatable, and settleable components located in a pretreatment device.
PPP. MULTI-FAMILY UNIT. All dwelling units other than detached, single-family dwelling units, including apartments, mobile homes, condominiums, townhouses, travel trailer spaces, hotels, motels, rest homes, hospitals, and other places used for dwelling.
QQQ. NPDES. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
RRR. ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. A conventional septic system or alternative system installed at a site to treat and dispose of wastewater, predominantly of human origin, generated at that site.
SSS. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. The process and act of keeping all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage, in normal operation and in a good state of repair including the replacement of said facilities when necessary.
TTT. OUTFALL. The point or location where wastewater or effluent discharges from a drain or sewer.
UUU. OUTFALL SEWER. A sewer that receives wastewater or effluent from a collecting system or treatment works and carries it to a point of final discharge.
VVV. PASS THROUGH. A discharge which exits the POTW 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 the POTW's regulatory permits such as reuse permit, aquifer protection permit or AZPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
WWW. PERMIT. Any written authorization required pursuant to this Title or any other regulation of the city.
XXX. PERMITTEE. Any person who has received a permit to accomplish work or a purpose as described in this Title.
YYY. PERSON. Any individual, partnership, firm, private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility or cooperative; including the state and the United States, to the extent authorized by state and federal law.
ZZZ. pH. An expression of the intensity of the basic or acidic condition of liquid; the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration in grams per liter of solution.
AAAA. PLUMBING SYSTEM. All plumbing fixtures and traps or soil, waste, special waste and vent pipes, and all sanitary sewer pipes within a building and extending to the building sewer connection two feet outside the building wall.
BBBB. PLUMBING CODE. The version of the International Plumbing Code currently adopted by the city.
CCCC. POLLUTANT. Any fluids, contaminants, toxic wastes, toxic pollutants, dredged spoil, solid waste, substances and chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, petroleum products, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and mining, industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes or any other liquid, solid, gaseous, or hazardous substances.
DDDD. POLLUTION. The presence of any foreign substance (organic, inorganic, or biological) in water which tends to degrade its quality or impair its usefulness to a degree which does not create an actual hazard to the public health, but which does adversely and unreasonably affect such water for domestic use.
EEEE. POTABLE WATER. Any water which is safe for human consumption pursuant to the standards set by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
FFFF. POTW. Publicly owned treatment works.
GGGG. PREMISES. The integral property or area, hereby considered to be any legally recorded lot or parcel including improvements thereon, to which water service is or will be provided.
HHHH. PRESSURE VACUUM BREAKER ASSEMBLY. An assembly containing an independently operating loaded check valve and an independently operating loaded air inlet valve located on the discharge side of the check valve. Must be equipped with properly located resilient seated test cocks and resilient seated shut off valves at each end of the assembly.
IIII. PRETREATMENT FACILITIES. Structures, devices, or equipment for the purpose of removing deleterious wastes from sewage generated from premises prior to its discharge into a public sewer.
JJJJ. PRIVATE SEWER. Any sewer or system of sewers, inclusive of building sewers, which is not owned by the municipality in which it is located, or any other public authority or private utility.
KKKK. PUBLIC POTABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM. The source facilities and the distribution system under control of the Department to the point where a customer's water supply system commences. A customer's water supply system commences at the discharge point of the water meter.
LLLL. PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer main lying within a street or other right-of-way which is controlled by or under the jurisdiction of the city, in which all owners of abutting property have an equal right to use, provided they are properties to which these regulations apply.
MMMM. PUMPING FREQUENCY. The frequency with which interceptors and/or traps are completely cleaned.
NNNN. SAMPLING. The periodic collection of sewage for testing.
OOOO. SANITARY SEWER. A sewer, which carries sanitary sewage, and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
PPPP. SDS. Safety data sheets.
QQQQ. SERVICE CONNECTION. Each single-family dwelling unit, multi-family dwelling unit, commercial, or industrial establishment to which potable water is supplied from the distribution system.
RRRR. SEWAGE. Any water borne or liquid wastes, including domestic sewage and industrial waste, from residences, business buildings, public buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, but does not include or mean stormwater, ground water, swamp cooler or A/C drainage, roof or yard drainage. May also be referred to as "wastewater" herein.
SSSS. SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and/or industrial waste.
TTTT. SEWER SYSTEM. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
UUUU. SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. The city treatment works and facilities auxiliary thereto; term is used interchangeably with POTW and wastewater treatment plant.
VVVV. SINGLE-PASS COOLING WATER. Water used for cooling components of heating or cooling equipment that is directly discharged to the city's treatment works.
WWWW. SOURCE FACILITIES. All components and facilities utilized in the production, treatment, storage, and delivery of potable water in the distribution system.
XXXX. S.S. (SUSPENDED SOLIDS). The insoluble solid matter suspended in water or wastewater which are removable by laboratory filtering.
YYYY. STANDARD METHODS FOR EXAMINATION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER. A joint publication of the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation; ASTM, "Annual Book of Standards, Part 23, Water Atmospheric Analysis, 1972" a publication of the American Society for Testing Materials; EPA Methods, "Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes," a publication of the Environmental Protection Agency; or in accordance with any other equivalent methods prescribed by the Director.
ZZZZ. STATE. The State of Arizona.
AAAAA. STREET. Any public highway, road, street, avenue, boulevard, alleyway, place, easement, or right-of-way.
BBBBB. SURCHARGE. That part of the sewer service charge which shall be applied to extra strength wastes to cover added operation and maintenance costs.
CCCCC. TESTING. The analysis of samples of sewage.
DDDDD. TOXIC EFFLUENT STANDARD, POLLUTANT. Any material appearing on the list developed by the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act.
EEEEE. TOXIC SUBSTANCE. Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, which when discharged to the sewer system in sufficient quantities, may tend to interfere with any sewage treatment process, or constitute a hazard to human beings or animals, or inhibit aquatic life or create a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from the sewage treatment plant.
FFFFF. TRAP. A small pretreatment device designed and installed to separate and retain deleterious hazardous or undesirable matter from normal wastes and permit normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the building sewer or outfall by gravity.
GGGGG. TREATMENT CAPACITY FEE. A fee charged to users of the city's public sewer facilities and is based on the size and number of domestic water meters serving the property as established by the City Council pursuant to this Title and Code.
HHHHH. TREATMENT WORKS. Any devices and systems used in the collection, transmission, storage, treatment, recycling, disposal, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, sewage treatment plants, disposal facilities, pumping, power and other equipment, and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations of any device or system; units essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities.
IIIII. TRUNK SEWER. A public sewer in a dedicated right-of-way or easement, which connects several main sewers and accommodates lateral sewers.
JJJJJ. UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES. Those real properties, which exist in their natural state without grading or other modifications.
KKKKK. USED WATER. Any water supplied by the Department from the public potable water system to a customer's water system, after it has passed through the service connection and is no longer under the quality control of the Department.
LLLLL. USER. A source of any waste that discharges into the sewer system; any person or premises receiving water or wastewater disposal services.
MMMMM. USER CHARGE. Charges assigned to each user that defray a proportionate share of the cost of operation, maintenance, and capital costs of the water and sewer system.
NNNNN. WASTE. Any useless, superfluous, or discarded matter, which is discharged into the sewer system.
OOOOO. WASTEWATER. See definition for SEWAGE.
PPPPP. WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN COST CRITERIA. The cost estimated per connection based on previous year's average bid tab costs with inflation added. If the cost to connect a single (or more) home exceeds this dollar amount, the connection to the sewer system shall not be required.
(Ord. 24-1330, § 1, passed 4-23-2024)