For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also referred to as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 et seq.
ASTM. American Society for Testing Materials.
BOD5 or BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C in terms of milligrams per liter (mg/l), as described in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, current edition.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal 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 five feet 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, also referred to as a service connection.
CITY. The area within the corporate boundaries of any joint participant, except the county as presently established or as amended by ordinance or other legal actions at a future time. The term CITY, when used herein, may also be used to refer to the specific city which has adopted this chapter and to the City Council and its authorized representative.
COD or CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the chemical oxidation of organic matter as determined by standard laboratory procedures, and as expressed in terms of milligrams per liter (mg/l).
COMMISSION. When used in the text will refer to the city’s Joint Sewage Treatment Commission.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the NPDES/SDS permit if the treatment facilities are designed to treat the pollutants to a degree which complies with effluent concentration limits imposed by the permit.
CONTROL MANHOLE. Any manhole installed at an industry to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of waste.
COUNTY. The area within the county sewer district area. The term COUNTY, when used herein, may also be used to refer to the South Lindstrom - South Center Sanitary District or to the county and its board and their authorized representatives.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FECAL COLIFORM. Any number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of man and animals whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
FLOATABLE OIL. Any oil, that has a density less than that of water which causes it to float on the sewage and which tends to coat surfaces and cause maintenance problems.
GARBAGE. Animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of food.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT. Any pollutant that is not defined as a compatible pollutant, including non-biodegradable dissolved solids.
IGU or INDIVIDUAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. When used in this chapter will refer to the applicable city or county, as previously defined.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Gaseous, liquid and solid wastes resulting from industrial or manufacturing processes, trade or business, or from the development, recovery and processing of natural resources, as distinct from residential or domestic strength wastes.
INDUSTRY. Any nongovernmental or nonresidential user of a publicly owned treatment works which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classifications Manual, latest edition, which is categorized in Divisions A, B, D, E and I.
INFILTRATION. Water entering a sewer system, including building drains and pipe, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls.
I/I or INFILTRATION/INFLOW. The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow.
INFLOW. Water other than wastewater that enters a sewer system, including building drains, from such sources as, but not limited to roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections from storm sewers, catch basins, surface runoff, street wash water or drainage.
INTERFERENCE.
(1) The inhibition or disruption of the city’s or county’s wastewater disposal system processes or operations which causes or significantly contributes to a violation of any requirement of the city’s or county’s NPDES and/or SDS permit.
(2) The term includes of sewage sludge use or disposal by the city or county in accordance with published regulations providing guidelines under Section 405 of the Act or any regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act or more stringent State criteria applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the city or county.
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
MPCA. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS. Federal regulations establishing pretreatment standards for introduction of pollutants in publicly-owned wastewater treatment facilities, which are determined to be not susceptible to treatment by the treatment facilities or would interfere with the operation of the treatment facilities, pursuant to Section 307 (b) of the Act.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet, which leads directly or indirectly to the natural environment without first going through the public sewer system.
NON-CONTRACT COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration or during which the only pollutant added, is heat.
NORMAL DOMESTIC STRENGTH WASTE. Wastewater that is primarily introduced by residential users with a BOD5 concentration not greater than 200 mg/l, a suspended solids (TSS) concentration not greater than 250 mg/l.
NPDES PERMIT or NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT. A permit issued by the MPCA, setting limits on pollutants that a permittee may legally discharge into navigable waters of the United States, pursuant to Sections 402 and 405 of the Act.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the concentration of hydrogen ions in terms of grams per liter of solution.
PLANT OPERATION. The utilities superintendent or a deputy, agent or representative thereof.
PRETREATMENT. The treatment of wastewater from industrial sources prior to the introduction of the waste effluent into a publicly-owned treatment works.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to 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.
SDS PERMIT or STATE DISPOSAL SYSTEM PERMIT. Any permit, including any terms, conditions and requirements thereof, issued by the MPCA pursuant to M.S. § 115.07, as it may be amended from time to time, for a disposal system, as defined by M.S. § 115.01(8), as it may be amended from time to time.
SEWAGE. The spent water of a community. The preferred term is “wastewater.”
SEWER. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
(1) COLLECTION SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to collect wastewater from individual point source discharges and connections.
(2) COMBINED SEWER. A sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm sewer.
(3) FORCE MAIN. A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
(4) INTERCEPTOR SEWER. A sewer whose primary purpose is to transport wastewater from collection sewers to a treatment facility.
(5) PRIVATE SEWER. A sewer which is not owned and maintained by a public authority. It shall include the entire service line including that beneath the public right-of-way to the point of connection with the lateral or other public sewer line.
(6) PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer owned, maintained and controlled by a public authority.
(7) SANITARY SEWER. A sewer intended to carry only liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial building, industrial plants and institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters which are not admitted intentionally.
(8) STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A drain or sewer intended to carry storm waters, surface runoff, ground water, subsurface water, street wash water, drainage and unpolluted water from any source.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER. Any industrial user of the wastewater treatment facility which has a discharge flow:
(1) In excess of 25,000 gallons per average work day;
(2) Has exceeded 5% of the total flow received at the treatment facility;
(3) Whose waste contains a toxic pollutant in toxic amount pursuant to Section 307 (a) of the Act; or
(4) Whose discharge has a significant effect, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater disposal system, the quality of sludge, the system’s effluent quality or emissions generated by the treatment system.
SLUG. Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration of any given constituent, or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average 24-hour concentration of flows during normal operation, and which adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
SS or SUSPENDED SOLIDS or TSS or TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is suspended in water, wastewater or other liquids, and is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, latest edition, and referred to as non-filterable residue.
TOXIC POLLUTANT. The concentration of any pollutant or combination of pollutants which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse affects as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Act.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of 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 benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities.
USER. Any person who discharges or causes or permits the discharge of wastewater into the city’s wastewater disposal system.
USER CHARGE. The quarterly fee charged each user of the sewer utility to cover all operation, maintenance and replacement costs incurred by the Commission.
WASTEWATER. The spent water of a community and referred to as sewage. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions together with any ground water, surface water and storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS or TREATMENT WORKS. An arrangement of any devices, facilities, structures, equipment or processes owned or used by the city and county, for the purpose of the transmission, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage or industrial wastewater or structures necessary to recycle or reuse water including interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, collection sewers, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances;
extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled water supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works including land which is an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from the treatment.
WATERCOURSE. A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently.
WPCF. The Water Pollution Control Federation.
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