For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(A) ACT - The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 USC Sections 1251 et seq.
(B) APPROVAL AUTHORITY - California State Water Resources Control Board or Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region.
(C) AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE USER -
(1) If the user is a corporation, a responsible corporate officer. For the purpose of this paragraph, a responsible corporate officer means:
(a) The president, secretary, treasurer, or a vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation; or
(b) The manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operating facilities, provided the manager is authorized to make management decisions which govern the operation of the regulated facility, including having the explicit or implicit duty of making major capital investment recommendations, and to initiate and direct other comprehensive measures to assure long-term environmental compliance with environmental laws and regulations; can ensure that the necessary systems are established or actions taken to gather complete and accurate information for control mechanism requirements; and where authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(2) If the user is a partnership or sole proprietorship, a general partner or proprietor, respectively.
(3) If the user is a federal, State, or local government entity, the principal executive officer or director having responsibility for the overall operation of the discharging facility.
(4) A duly authorized representative of the individual designated in subsections (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection (C) if:
(a) The authorization is made in writing by the individual described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3);
(b) The authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the facility from which the discharge originates, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well, or a well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and
(c) The written authorization is submitted to the city.
(D) BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND - Quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic material under standard laboratory procedures for 5 days at 20 degrees centigrade, usually expressed as a concentration such as mg/l.
(E) BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs) - The schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to implement the prohibitions listed in Section 19-25(A) and (B) [40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b)] including treatment requirements, operating procedures, practices to control plant site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or waste disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage and also including alternative means (i.e., management plans) of complying with, or in place of certain established categorical Pretreatment Standards and effluent limits.
(F) BUILDING SEWER - A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a person to the public sewer, private sewer, individual wastewater disposal system or other approved point of disposal.
(G) BYPASS - The intentional diversion of waste and/or wastewater from any portion of a user's pretreatment facility.
(H) CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD or CATEGORICAL STANDARD - Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with Section 307(b) and (c) of the Act (33 USC Section 1317) that apply to a specific category of users and that appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405-471, incorporated herein by reference.
(I) CATEGORICAL INDUSTRIAL USER - An industrial user subject to a categorical pretreatment standard or categorical standard.
(J) [CITY] - The City of Oxnard or the City Council of Oxnard.
(K) CITY MANAGER - The Oxnard City Manager or their designee.
(L) CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (COD) - A measure of the oxygen required to oxidize all compounds, both organic and inorganic, in water.
(M) COLOR - The optical density at visual wave length of maximum absorption, relative to distilled water in which 100% transmittance is equivalent to zero optical density.
(N) COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE - A schedule containing increments of progress, in the form of dates, for the commencement and completion of major events leading to the construction and operation of pretreatment equipment and/or systems required for the user to meet applicable pretreatment standards.
(O) COMPOSITE SAMPLE - The sample resulting from the combination of individual wastewater samples taken at selected intervals, based on an increment of either flow or time.
(P) CONNECTION - The part of any sewer extending from a sewer main in a public easement or right-of-way to private property for exclusive use of the property.
(Q) CONTROL AUTHORITY - The city.
(R) COOLING WATER - The water discharged from any use, including but not limited to, air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration units to which the only pollutant added is heat.
(S) DAILY MAXIMUM - The arithmetic average of all effluent samples for a pollutant collected during a calendar day.
(T) DAILY MAXIMUM LIMIT - The maximum allowable discharge limit of a pollutant during a calendar day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in units of mass, the daily discharge is the total mass discharged over the course of the day. Where daily maximum limits are expressed in terms of a concentration, the daily discharge is the arithmetic average measurement of the pollutant concentration derived from all measurements taken that day.
(U) DENTAL INDUSTRIAL USER also known as a DENTAL DISCHARGER - A facility where the practice of dentistry is performed that discharges wastewater to a publicly owned treatment works (POTW), including, but not limited to, institutions, permanent or temporary offices, clinics, home offices, and facilities owned and operated by Federal, state or local governments.
(V) DISCHARGE - The discharge or the introduction of pollutants into the system by a person.
(W) DOMESTIC WASTEWATER - Human excrement and gray water from such uses as household showers and dish washing.
(X) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or, where appropriate, the regional water management division director, or other duly authorized official.
(Y) EXISTING SOURCE - Any source of discharge, the construction or operation of which commenced prior to the publication by EPA of proposed categorical pretreatment standards, which will be applicable to such source if the standard is thereafter promulgated in accordance with Section 307 of the Act.
(Z) FEE - Any charge assessed to a person associated with the use, or continued use, of any portion of the system and includes, but is not limited to, a charge for connection or tap for new customers; monthly sewer service; IWD permit; excess capacity connection; wastewater treatment; excessive wastewater strength; laboratory testing; waste hauler’s permit; oversize sewer; and noncompliance.
(AA) FOOD ESTABLISHMENT - Any facility engaged in the preparation of food products for sale. A facility engaged in the sale of food products that are wholly prepared off-site is not included within this definition.
(BB) FORMULA USERS - Those users who are regulated under the IWD permit system and billed according to a formula based on the measured or set strength and volume of their wastewater discharged.
(CC) GARBAGE - The putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation and consumption of foods.
(DD) GRAB SAMPLE - A sample which is taken from a waste stream without regard to the flow in the waste stream and over a period of time not to exceed 15 minutes.
(EE) GRAVITY SEPARATION DEVICE - A device designed, constructed, and operated for the purpose of retaining sand, silt, grit, mineral material, and oil by gravity-differential separation from wastewater.
(FF) GREASE - A varied group of compounds having the common properties of immiscibility with water and a specific gravity lower than water as determined by appropriate procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
(GG) GREASE INTERCEPTOR or INTERCEPTOR - A device of at least 750 gallon capacity designed, constructed, and operated to separate and retain grease while permitting the wastewater to be discharged into the system.
(HH) GROUND GARBAGE - The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally prevailing in a public sewer, with no particle greater than 1/2-inch in any dimension.
(II) HOLDING TANK WASTEWATER - Any wastewater from holding tanks including, but not limited to, vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
(JJ) INDIRECT DISCHARGE - The introduction of pollutants into the system from any non-domestic source regulated under Section 307 (b), (c), or (d) of the Act.
(KK) INDUSTRIAL USER - Any producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional, commercial, agricultural or similar person that discharges, directly or indirectly, wastewater into the system that is solid, liquid or gaseous waste and contains pollutants different from, or stronger than, or with constituents other than those defined for domestic wastewater.
(LL) INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER - Any non-domestic, liquid byproduct produced as a result of business operations, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter the POTW.
(MM) INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT or PERMIT - A conditionally written authorization to allow a user to utilize the system for the discharge of industrial wastewater.
(NN) INSTANTANEOUS MAXIMUM DISCHARGE LIMIT - The maximum concentration of a pollutant allowed to be discharged at any time, determined from the analysis of any discrete or composited sample collected, independent of the industrial flow rate and the duration of the sampling event.
(OO) INTERFERENCE - A discharge that, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, inhibits or disrupts the system, its treatment processes or operations or its biosolids processes, use or disposal, and that is therefore a cause of a violation of the city’s NPDES permit or of the prevention of biosolids use or disposal in compliance with all applicable federal, State, or local regulations, including but not limited to: Section 405 of the Act, the SWDA, including Title II, commonly referred to as RCRA, any and all federal and State clean air acts, the Toxic Substances Control Act, and the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act.
(PP) LOCAL LIMIT - Specific discharge limits developed and enforced by [the City] upon industrial or commercial facilities to implement the general and specific discharge prohibitions listed in 40 CFR 403.5(a)(1) and (b).
(QQ) MASS EMISSION RATE - The weight of material discharged to the system during a given time interval. Unless otherwise specified, the mass emission rate shall mean pounds per day of a particular constituent or combination of constituents.
(RR) MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE INDUSTRIAL LOADING (MAIL) - The maximum loading of a pollutant that can be received at a POTW's headworks from all permitted industrial users and other controlled sources without causing pass through or interference.
(SS) MEDICAL WASTE - Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood products, pathological wastes, sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes.
(TT) MONITORING FACILITIES - An approved opening to a building sewer for the purpose of inspection, sampling and/or flow measurement.
(UU) MONTHLY AVERAGE - The sum of all “daily discharges” measured during a calendar month divided by the number of “daily discharges” measured during that month.
(VV) MONTHLY AVERAGE LIMIT - The highest allowable average of “daily discharges” over a calendar month, calculated as the sum of all “daily discharges” measured during a calendar month divided by the number of “daily discharges” measured during that month.
(WW) MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SYSTEM or SYSTEM - A “treatment works,” as defined by Section 212 of the Act, owned by the city and includes any devices or systems used in the collection, storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of wastewater (domestic or industrial) and any conveyances which convey wastewater to the treatment plant.
(XX) NARRATIVE STANDARD or NARRATIVE LIMIT - Any statement of prohibition or condition on a discharge established in this chapter that is not a local limit. Narrative standards include, but are not limited to prohibited discharge standards and best management practices.
(YY) NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT - A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act.
(ZZ) NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD or PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD - Any regulation developed under the authority of Section 307(b) of the Act.
(AAA) NEW SOURCE -
(1) Any building structure, facility, or installation from which there is (or may be) a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Act which will be applicable to such source if such standards are thereafter promulgated in accordance with that section, provided that:
(a) The building, structure, facility, or installation is constructed at a site at which no other source is located; or
(b) The building, structure, facility, or installation totally replaces the process or production equipment that causes the discharge or pollutants at an existing source; or
(c) The production or wastewater generating processes of the building, structure, facility or installation are substantially independent of an existing source at the same site. In determining whether these are substantially independent, factors such as the extent to which the new facility is integrated with the existing plant, and the extent to which the new facility is engaged in the same general type of activity as the existing source, should be considered.
(2) Construction on a site at which an existing source is located and results in a modification rather than a new source if the construction does not create a new building, structure, facility, or installation meeting the criteria of subdivisions (1)(b) or (1)(c) above, but otherwise alters, replaces, or adds to existing process or production equipment.
(3) Construction of a new source, as defined under this subsection, has commenced if the owner or operator has:
(a) Begun, or caused to begin, as part of a continuous on-site construction program:
1. Any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment; or
2. Significant site preparation work including clearing, excavation or removal of existing buildings, structures, or facilities which is necessary for the placement, assembly, or installation of new source facilities or equipment; or
(b) Entered into a binding contractual obligation for the purchase of facilities or equipment which are intended to be used in its operation within a reasonable time. Options to purchase or contracts which can be terminated or modified without substantial loss, and contracts for feasibility, engineering, and design studies do not constitute a contractual obligation under this subsection.
(BBB) NONCONTACT COOLING WATER - Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished product.
(CCC) PASS THROUGH - A discharge that exits the system into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the city’s NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation.
(DDD) PERSON - Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or any other legal entity, or their legal representatives, agents or assigns; and including all federal, State and local governmental entities.
(EEE) pH - A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, expressed in standard units.
(FFF) POLLUTANT - Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, domestic wastewater, garbage, sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discharge equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes and certain characteristics of the wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, TSS, turbidity, color, BOD, COD, toxicity, or odor).
(GGG) 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 prior to, or in lieu of, introducing such pollutants into the system. Such pretreatment or treatment can be accomplished by physical, chemical, biological processes, or by other means, with the exception of diluting the concentration of the pollutant unless allowed by an applicable pretreatment standard.
(HHH) PRETREATMENT FACILITY - Any works or device for the treatment or flow limitation of domestic wastewater, liquid waste, industrial waste or industrial wastewater prior to discharge into the system.
(III) PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS - Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment imposed on a user, other than a pretreatment standard.
(JJJ) PRETREATMENT STANDARDS or STANDARDS - Prohibited discharge standards, categorical pretreatment standards, and/or local limits.
(KKK) PRIVATE SEWER - A sewer, other than a connection, laid by a person to serve one or more buildings, so as to connect a building to a public sewer and irrespective of whether the sewer is constructed on public or private property.
(LLL) PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM - A septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface disposal field, into one or more seepage pits or into a combination of subsurface disposal field and seepage pit or other wastewater holding facilities.
(MMM) PROHIBITED DISCHARGE STANDARDS or PROHIBITED DISCHARGE - Absolute prohibitions against the discharge of certain substances; these prohibitions appear in section 19-25 of this article.
(NNN) PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) - A treatment works, as defined by section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. section 1292), which is owned by a State or municipality (as defined by section 502(4) of the Act). This definition includes any devices or systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. The term also means the municipality as defined in section 502(4) of the Act, which has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works.
(OOO) RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL - Material containing chemical elements that spontaneously change their atomic structure by emitting any particles, rays or energy forms in excess of normal background radiation.
(PPP) SEEPAGE PIT - A lined excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of a septic tank and is designed to permit the effluent from the septic tank to seep through its bottom and side.
(QQQ) SEPTAGE - Any domestic wastewater from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, and septic tanks.
(RRR) SEPTIC TANK - A watertight receptacle which receives the domestic wastewater discharge of a building and is designed and constructed to separate solids from the liquid, digest organic matter through a period of detention and allow the liquid to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open joint or perforated piping or a seepage pit.
(SSS) SETTLEABLE SOLIDS - Any solid that will settle out of a liquid in a specified interval of time as determined by appropriate procedures set forth in 40 CFR 136.
(TTT) SEWAGE - Human excrement and gray water (household showers, dishwashing operations, etc.).
(UUU) SEWER - A pipe or conduit together with appurtenances for carrying wastewater.
(VVV) SIGNIFICANT CHANGE - Plus or minus 25% in an industrial user’s typical discharge pattern, flow rate, peak flow rate, constituents, concentration of constituents or characteristics.
(WWW) SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER -
(1) A user subject to categorical pretreatment standards; or
(2) A user that:
(a) Discharges an average of 10,000 gpd or more of industrial wastewater to the system;
(b) Contributes a waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the system; or
(c) Is designated as such by the city on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the system’s operation or for violating a pretreatment standard or requirement.
(3) The [City] may determine that an industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards is a non-significant categorical industrial user rather than a significant industrial user on a finding that the industrial user never discharges more than 100 gallons per day (gpd) of total categorical wastewater (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater, unless specifically included in the pretreatment standard) and the following conditions are met:
(a) The industrial user, prior to [City’s] finding, has consistently complied with all applicable categorical pretreatment standards and requirements;
(b) The industrial user annually submits the certification statement required in 40 CFR 403.12(q), together with any additional information necessary to support the certification statement; and
(c) The industrial user never discharges any untreated concentrated wastewater.
(4) Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in subdivision (2) above has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the system operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the city may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user, and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR Part 403.8(f)(6), determine that such user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
(XXX) SLUG LOAD or SLUG DISCHARGE - Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration, which could cause a violation of the prohibited discharge standards in this chapter. A slug discharge is any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including, but not limited to, an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through, or in any other way violate the POTWs regulations, local limits or permit conditions.
(YYY) STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (SIC) - A classification pursuant to the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, latest edition, issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
(ZZZ) STANDARD METHODS - Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, latest edition, published by American Water Works Association, Water Environment Association, and the American Public Health Association, 1015 18th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.
(AAAA) STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS - The current edition of standards and requirements relating to size, quantity, quality and performance, including standard drawing, as detailed and made available by the city.
(BBBB) STATE - State of California.
(CCCC) STORM WATER - Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelts.
(DDDD) SUSPENDED SOLIDS - The total suspended matter in wastewater, as determined by the appropriate procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
(EEEE) TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS - The solid matter in solution in wastewater, as determined by the appropriate procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 136.
(FFFF) TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS - The summation of all quantifiable values greater than 0.01 milligrams per liter, subject to the local limits established pursuant to section 19-26 of this article, for the following toxic organics: Acenaphthene, Acrolein, Acrylonitrile, Benzene, Benzidine, Carbon tetrachloride (tetrachloromethane), Chlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, Hexachlorobenzene, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, Hexachloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, Chloroethane, Bis (2-chloroethyl) ether, 2-chloroethyl vinyl ether (mixed), 2-chloronaphthalene, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, Parachlorometa cresol, Chloroform (trichloromethane), 2-chlorophenol, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 3,3-dichlorobenzidine, 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,2-trans-dichloroethylene, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 1,2-dichloropropane, 1,3-dichloropropylene (1,3-dichloropropene), 2,4-dimethylphenol, 2,4-dinitrotoluene, 2,6-dinitrotoluene, 1,2-diphenylhydrazine, Ethylbenzene, Fluoranthene, 4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether, 4-bromophenyl phenyl ether, Bis (2-chloroisopropyl) ether, Bis (2-chloroethoxy) methane, Methylene chloride (dichloromethane), Methyl chloride (chloromethane), Methyl bromide (bromomethane), Bromoform (tribromomethane), Dichlorobromomethane, Chlorodibromomethane, Hexachlorobutadiene, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Isophorone, Naphthalene, Nitrobenzene, 2-nitrophenol, 4-nitrophenol, 2,4-dinitrophenol, 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol, N-nitrosodimethylamine, N-nitrosodiphenylamine, N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine, Pentachlorophenol, Phenol, Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Butyl benzyl phthalate, Di-n-butyl phthalate, Di-n-octyl phthalate, Diethyl phthalate, Dimethyl phthalate, 1,2-benzanthracene (benzo(a)anthracene), Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-benzopyrene), 3,4-Benzofluoranthene (benzo(b)fluoranthene), 11,12-benzofluoranthene (benzo(k)fluoranthene), Chrysene, Acenaphthylene, Anthracene, 1,12-benzoperylene (benzo(ghi)perylene), Fluorene, Phenanthrene, 1,2,5,6-dibenzanthracene (dibenzo(a,h)anthracene), Indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene) (2,3 o-phenylene pyrene), Pyrene, Tetrachloroethylene, Toluene, Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride (chloroethylene), Aldrin, Dieldrin, Chlordane (technical mixture and metabolites), 4,4-DDT, 4,4-DDE (p,p-DDX), 4,4-DDD (p,p-TDE), Alpha-endosulfan, Beta-endosulfan, Endosulfan sulfate, Endrin, Endrin aldehyde, Heptachlor, Heptachlor epoxide, (BHC-hexachlorocyclohexane): Alpha-BHC, Beta-BHC, Gamma-BHC, Delta-BHC, (PCB-polychlorinated biphenyls): PCB-1242 (Arochlor 1242), PCB-1254 (Arochlor 1254), PCB-1221 (Arochlor 1221), PCB-1232 (Arochlor 1232), PCB-1248 (Arochlor 1248), PCB-1260 (Arochlor 1260), PCB-1016 (Arochlor 1016), Toxaphene, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin (TCDD).
(GGGG) TOXIC ORGANICS MANAGEMENT PLAN - A strategy for keeping track of all solvents delivered to a site, their storage, use, and disposal. This includes keeping spent solvents segregated from other process wastewaters to maximize the value of the recoverable solvents, to avoid contamination of other segregated wastes, and to prevent the discharge of toxic organics to any wastewater collection system or the environment. The plan should describe measures to control spills and leaks and to ensure that there is no deliberate dumping of solvents. Also known as a solvent management plan.
(HHHH) TOXIC POLLUTANT - The pollutants, or combination of pollutants, listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the EPA (40 CFR Part 401.15) under authority of Section 307(a)(1) of the Act.
(IIII) UNCONTAMINATED WATER - Any water not contaminated or polluted with sewage or other waste and which is suitable for discharge into the storm water drainage system, excluding unlined natural water courses.
(JJJJ) UPSET - An exceptional incident in which there is unintentional and temporary noncompliance with categorical and/or local pretreatment standards because of factors beyond the reasonable control of the industrial user; this does not include noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operation.
(KKKK) USER - A source of direct or indirect discharge.
(LLLL) WASTEWATER - Liquid and water-carried industrial wastes and domestic wastewater from residential dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and institutions, whether treated or untreated, which are contributed directly or indirectly to the system.
(MMMM) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT or TREATMENT PLANT - That portion of the system designed to provide treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater.
(`64 Code, Sec. 25-4) (Ord. No. 2494, 2761, 2875, 2997)