Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
ADDENDUM: The document amended hereto entitled "Service User Charge System". The addendum is incorporated in this chapter as section 14.20.780.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD5): The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN: That 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 (5') (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, also called house connection.
CESSPOOL: An underground reservoir for liquid waste (as household sewage).
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FLOW: Those users of the system with BOD5 of more than two hundred milligrams per liter (200 mg/l) and/or TSS of more than two hundred fifty milligrams per liter (250 mg/l).
EASEMENT: An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FLOATABLE OIL: Oil, fat, or grease in physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE: The animal and vegetable waste resulting from processes, trade, or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES: The wastewater from industrial processes, trade, or business as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
MAY: Is permissive (see also definition of Shall).
NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet (including storm sewers), into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other body of surface or ground water.
OWNER: The owner(s) of the real property to which the sewer system is connected, or to which the sewer system is required to be connected, which ownership is reflected on the records of the Utah County recorder as of the date a charge or fee is assessed by the city. Any person who sells real property, subject to a charge or fee assessed under this chapter, by means of a contract or instrument which does not transfer legal title to the buyer, shall be deemed the owner of the premises for purposes of this chapter.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
pH: The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogenous concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogenous, in grams, per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a hydrogenous concentration of 107.
PRETREATMENT OR TREATMENT: The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS: Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user.
PRIVY: A small building having a bench with holes through which the user may defecate or urinate.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: The wastes from the preparation, cooking, 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 one-half inch (1/2") (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER: A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency, public utility, or the city.
RESIDENTIAL FLOWS: The average monthly wastewater flow from connections with BOD5 of less than or equal to two hundred milligrams per liter (200 mg/l) and TSS of less than or equal to two hundred fifty milligrams per liter (250 mg/l). "Average monthly winter flow" is defined as the April water meter reading less the October water reading.
SANITARY SEWER: A sewer that carries liquid and water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions together with minor quantities of ground, storm, and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
SEPTIC TANK: A tank in which the solid matter of continuous flowing sewage is disintegrated by bacteria.
SEWAGE: The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater".
SEWER: A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SHALL: Is mandatory (see also definition of May).
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 fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty four (24) hour concentration or flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
STORM DRAIN (Sometimes Termed "Storm Sewer"): A drain or sewer for conveying water, ground water, subsurface water, or unpolluted water from any source.
SUPERINTENDENT: The director of public works of Mapleton City or his authorized deputy, agent, or representative as designated by the city.
SURCHARGE: An additional sum added to the usual amount or cost.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS: Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods For The Examination Of Water And Waste Water" and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
SYSTEM: The sewer, wastewater or combined wastewater and storm or surface water facilities of the city.
UNPOLLUTED WATER: The 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 benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
WASTEWATER: The spent water of a community. 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 FACILITIES: The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.
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".
WATERCOURSE: A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 95-19)