(a) Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
(1) "BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)" means the same as defined in Section 915.02 (a)(1).
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86. )
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86. )
(1.5) "CBOD (Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand)" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(1.5).
(Ord. 27-94. Passed 8-22-94.)
(Ord. 27-94. Passed 8-22-94.)
(2) "Building (or house) drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the buildings and conveys it to a point approximately three feet outside the foundation wall of the building.
(3) "Building (or house) sewer" means the pipe which is connected to the building (or house) drain at a point approximately three feet outside the foundation wall of the building and which conveys the building's discharge from that point to the public sewer, septic tank or other place of disposal.
(4) "Chemical Oxygen Demand" (or 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 the latest edition of Standard Methods.
(5) "City" means the City of Lancaster, Ohio.
(6) "City Engineer" means the City Engineer of the City or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
(7) "Combined sewer" means a sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
(8) "Compatible pollutant" means biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria, plus pollutants identified in the NPDES permit if the treatment works were designed to treat such pollutants, and in fact, does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree. The term substantial degree is not subject to precise definition, but generally contemplates removals in the order of eighty percent (80%) or greater. Minor incidental removals in the order of ten to thirty percent (10% to 30%) are not considered substantial. Examples of the additional pollutants which may be considered compatible include: A. Chemical oxygen demand; B. Total organic carbon; C. Phosphorus and phosphorus compounds; D. Nitrogen and nitrogen compounds; and E. Fats, oils and greases of animal or vegetable origin (except as prohibited where these materials would interfere with the operation of the treatment works).
(9) "Debt service costs" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(2).
(10) "Effluent" means the water, together with any wastes that may be present, flowing out of a drain, sewer, receptacle or outlet.
(11) "EPA" means the Environmental Protection Agency.
(12) "Fecal coliform" means any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of humans and animals, whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
(13) "Floatable oil" means oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility.
(14) "Garbage" means any solid wastes from the preparation, cooking or dispensing of food and from the handling, storage or sale of produce.
(15) "Hydrogen ion concentration" means the same as defined in subsection (a)(29) hereof.
(16) "Incompatible pollutant" means any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant, including nonbiodegradable dissolved solids.
(18) "Infiltration" means the water entering a sewer system including building drains and sewers, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls. (Infiltration does not include and is distinguished from inflow).
(19) "Inflow" means the water discharged into a sewer system including building drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited to: roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drain, foundation drains, unpolluted cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from storm sewers, and combined sewers, catch basins, storm water surface run-off, street wash water or drainage. (Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from infiltration.)
(20) "Infiltration/inflow" means the total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow without distinguishing the source.
(21) "Inspector" means the person or persons duly authorized by the City, to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
(22) "Major contributor" means the same as defined in Section 916.02(a)(29).
(23) "NH3-N" means the same as ammonia nitrogen measured as nitrogen. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods.
(24) "Normal domestic sewage" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(7).
(25) “NPDES permit” means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(6).
(26) "Operation and maintenance cost" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(9).
(27) “Outlet" means any outlet, natural or constructed, which is the point of final discharge of sewage or of treatment plant effluent into any watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
(28) "Person" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(11).
(29) "pH" means the logarithm (to the base of ten) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution expressed in gram-atoms per liter of solutions.
(30) "Pretreatment" means the same as defined in Section 916.02(a)(43).
(31) "Properly shredded garbage" means the waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such 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.
(32) "Receiving stream" means the watercourse, stream or body of water receiving the waters finally discharged from the sewage treatment plant.
(33) "Replacement” means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(12).
(34) "Residential user" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(19)A.
(35) "Sanitary sewage" means sewage discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses, hotels and motels), office buildings, factories or institutions and free from storm water, surface water and industrial wastes.
(36) "Sewage" means 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.
(37) "Sewage treatment plant" means the arrangement of devices, structures and equipment used for treatment and disposing of sewage and sludge.
(38) "Sewage works" means the organization and all facilities for collecting, transporting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage and sludge, namely the sewerage system and the sewage treatment plant.
(39) "Sewer" means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage or other waste liquids.
A. "Private sewer" means a sewer which is not owned by a public authority.
B. "Public sewer" means a sewer in which all owners of abutting property have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
C. "Sanitary sewer" means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters and unpolluted industrial waste waters are not intentionally admitted.
D. "Storm sewer" means a sewer which carries storm and surface water drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
(40) "Sewerage system or sewage system" means the network of sewers and appurtenances used for collecting, transporting and pumping sewage to the sewage treatment plant.
(41) "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissible.
(42) "Slug" means any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen minutes more than five times the average twenty-four hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
(43) "Standard Methods" means 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 Pollution Control Federation and "Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for Analysis of Pollutants", Regulation 40 CFR Part 136, published in the Federal Register on October 16, 1975.
(44) "Superintendent" means the same as defined in Section 916.02(a)(55).
(45) "Surcharge" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(3).
(46) "SS (Suspended Solids)" means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(13).
(47) "Tonal revenue" means that revenue obtained from monthly billing for the use of and service rendered by the sewage works and does not include user capacity charge, permit or inspection fees or other charges.
(48) "Total solids" means the sum of suspended and dissolved solids.
(49) "Toxic amount" means concentrations of any pollutant or combination of pollutants, which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse effects, such as cancer, genetic mutations and physiological manifestations, as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307 (a) of PL 92-500.
(50) "Unpolluted water" means water of a quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect, or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
(51) “User charge” means the same as defined in Section 915.02(a)(18).
(52) "User capacity charge" means the connection fee when new customers are connected to the sewer system.
(53) "Volatile organic matter" means the material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at 550 degrees Centigrade for fifteen to twenty minutes.
(54) "Watercourse" means a channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86.)
(Ord. 7-86. Passed 2-10-86.)