For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNCIL. The elected Town Council of the Town of Moores Hill, Indiana.
DESIGN ENGINEER. A professional engineer trained and licensed to prepare and certify wastewater collection and treatment systems in the state.
DEVELOPER. The person or organization requesting authorization to extend the sanitary sewer services of the town to specific property.
EASEMENT. The right to use real property owned by others for a specific purpose.
FORCE MAIN. A pipe in which wastewater is carried under pressure.
PUMPING STATION. A component of a force main system that provides pressure to pump wastewater to a higher elevation.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The strip of land on which is located a public road or alley.
SERVICE LATERAL. All pipes, pumps and other devices that are required to connect a building to a sanitary sewer main, including the point of connection to the sanitary sewer main and all components between the point of connection and the building served by the lateral.
SUPERINTENDENT. The appointed Sewer Superintendent of the Town of Moores Hill or the Superintendent’s designated representative.
TEN STATES STANDARDS. The most recent edition of Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities - 1997 Edition, as may be from time to time amended or replaced, of the Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Managers, published by Health Education Services, a division of Health Research, Inc., P.O. Box 7126, Albany, NY 12224.
TOWN. The Town of Moores Hill, Indiana.
WASTEWATER. The combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residential, commercial and industrial buildings, plants and institutions that are discharged from toilet and other sanitary plumbing facilities, polluted cooling water and industrial process water from pre-treatment facilities.
WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM. A sewer whose main purpose is to collect wastewater from individual point source discharges.
(Ord. 2002-01, passed 10-7-2002)