For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOD (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, expressed in milligrams per liter by weight.
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 (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.
CITY. The City of Otterville, Missouri, or any representative or employee of the city, or duly authorized deputy or agent thereof.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any system of condensation, air-conditioning, cooling, refrigeration, or similar system. Such WATER shall be free from odor and oil, and shall contain no polluting substance which would produce BOD or suspended solids in excess of ten milligrams per liter.
DRAINAGE CHANNEL. Any artificially constructed open channel, ditch, swale, or flume, whether lined or unlined for the drainage of storm, surface, or ground water.
GARBAGE. Every refuse accumulation of solid animal, fruit, and vegetable matter that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in, or storing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. The liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR. 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.
MAY. Is permissive.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, stream, creek, river, pond, lake, or any body of surface or ground water.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration in grams per liter of solution.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, or group.
POLLUTED WASTE or WASTE. Any water or waste containing free or emulsified grease or oil; acid or alkali; phenols or other substances imparting tastes or odors in receiving waters; toxic or poisonous substances in suspension, colloidal state, or solution; noxious or odorous gases; dissolved solids in greater concentration than 10,000 milligrams per liter; BOD or suspended solids in concentration greater than ten milligrams per liter; or color in excess of 50 units.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of foods 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 (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer controlled by the city.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Sewage discharged from the sanitary convenience of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, or institutions, and free from storm water, surface water, and industrial wastes.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer designed and intended to receive and convey only sewage as defined herein, together with such ground water infiltration as cannot be avoided.
SEWAGE. The waterborne wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, singly or in combination, together with such ground and surface waters as cannot be avoided.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and other waste liquids.
SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SLUG. 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 15 minutes more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
STATE DIRECTOR. The State Director of the Farmers Home Administration for Missouri, United States Department of Agriculture, or his or her successor.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A pipe or conduit designed and intended to receive and convey only storm or unpolluted waters.
STORM WATER. Any water resulting from precipitation mixed with the accumulation of dirt, soil, and other debris or substances collected from the surfaces on which precipitation falls or flows.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of the Municipal Sewer Works of the City of Otterville, Missouri, or his or her authorized deputy, agent, or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float upon the surface of, or are carried in suspension in, water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WATERCOURSE. A natural surface drainage channel for storm, ground, or surface water in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Prior Code, § 710.020) (Ord. 204A, passed 8-9-1983)