For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The village engineer.
BASIC USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public sewer system.
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 degrees Celsius, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. The 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 or other approved point of discharge, beginning 5 feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGE. A charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct the sewage treatment works.
COMMERCIAL USER. Transit lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise or rendering services.
CONTROL MANHOLE. A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an interior drop. The purpose of a CONTROL MANHOLE is to provide access for the village representative to sample and/or measure discharges.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal and coverage of outstanding loan, bond, and the like.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EFFLUENT CRITERIA. These are defined in any applicable NPDES permit.
FEDERAL ACT. The federal clean water act (33 USC 466 et seq.) as amended.
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATOR. The administrator of the U.S. environmental protection agency.
FEDERAL GRANT. The U.S. government participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by title II – grants for construction of treatment works of the act and implementing regulations.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of FLOATABLE OIL if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food.
INDUSTRIAL USERS. Establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substance into products.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted to flow or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial or business establishment or process or from the development, recovery or processing of any natural resource as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSTITUTIONAL/GOVERNMENTAL USERS. Schools, churches, penal institutions and users associated with federal, state and local governments.
LANDSCAPE WASTE. Leaves, grass clippings, trimmings from hedges and shrubs and woody materials.
LOCAL CAPITAL, COST CHARGE. Charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance and replacement costs, i.e., debt service and capital improvement costs.
MAJOR CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY. An industrial user of the publicly owned treatment works that has a flow of 50,000 gallons or more per average workday, has a flow greater than 10% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste, has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under section 307(a) of the federal act, or is found by the permit issuant authority, in connection with the issuance of the NPDES permit to the publicly owned treatment works receiving the waste, to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on that treatment works or upon the quality of effluent from that treatment works.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 gram of the constituent in 1,000 milliliters of water.
NPDES PERMIT. Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued by the administrator, or, where appropriated by the director, after enactment of the federal clean water act to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to section 402 of the federal act.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
ppm. Parts per million, by weight.
PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial including any individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed by 1 of the procedures outlined in the "IEPA Division Of Laboratories Manual Of Laboratory Methods".
POPULATION EQUIVALENT. A term used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other waste on a treatment works or stream. 1 POPULATION EQUIVALENT is 100 gallons of sewage per day, containing 0–17 pounds of BOD and 0.21 pounds of suspended solids.
PRETREATMENT. The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction into the wastewater treatment works.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooling and dispensing of food that have 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 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the village. It also shall include sewers within or outside the village boundaries that serve 1 or more persons and ultimately discharge into the village sanitary sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been constructed with village funds.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. All newspapers, glass, metal cans (including aluminum, delabeled bimetal and tin) and plastics.
REPLACEMENT or OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which the works were designed and constructed.
RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE. The accumulation of animal, fruit, fish, fowl, or vegetable matter resulting from the preparation, use or cooking of food for household consumption. Also, any and all household refuse, exclusive of dirt, furniture, household furnishings and any refuse resulting from repair or remodeling of buildings.
RESIDENTIAL USER. All dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments, or permanent multi-family dwellings.
SANITARY DISTRICT. The Lindenhurst Sanitary District.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which storm, surface, and ground waters or polluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including storm, surface and ground water drainage.
SEWERAGE. The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation and pumping of sewage.
SEWERAGE FUND. The principal accounting designated for all revenues received in the operation of the sewerage system.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE. All detached, single-family homes and all townhomes, duplexes and condominiums containing 4 units or fewer.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or inflow quantity exceeds for any period longer than 15 minutes more than 5 times the average 24 hour concentration of flows during normal operation.
STATE ACT. The Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970.
STATE DIRECTOR. The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
STATE GRANT. The State of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by the Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act and for making grants as filed with the Secretary of State of Illinois.
STORM SEWER. A sewer that carries storm, surface and ground water drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
STORMWATER RUNOFF. That portion of the
precipitation that is drained into the sewers.
SURCHARGE. The assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established in this title.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS). Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage, or industrial waste, and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the "IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods".
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water 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.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the collection system and treatment works will be operated.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of treatment works for the cost of operation, maintenance and replacement.
USER CLASS. The type of user – residential, institutional/governmental, commercial or industrial, as defined herein.
VILLAGE. The Village of Lindenhurst.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES. The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport effluent to a watercourse.
WASTEWATER or SEWAGE. The spent water of a community. It may be a combination of the liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and stormwater that may be present.
WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE. The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the wastewater facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined in this title and shall consist of the total or the basic user charge, the local capital cost and a surcharge, if applicable.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS. An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with waste treatment plant or wastewater treatment plant or pollution control plant.
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. These are defined in the water pollution regulations of Illinois.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(1968 Code § 11.01) (Ord. 90-6-741, passed 6-11-1990)