For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
BASIC USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public water system.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGE. A charge levied on users to improve, extend, or reconstruct the waterworks.
CHAPTER. This chapter.
CURB COCK. A shut-off valve attached to a water service pipe from a water main to a building installed near the curb, which may be operated by a valve key to start or stop flow in the water-supply lines of a building. Also called CURB STOP.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal, and coverage of (loan, bond, and the like) outstanding.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FEDERAL ACT. The Federal 1996 Safe Drinking Water Acts Amendments.
LOCAL CAPITAL COST CHARGE. Charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs, such as debt service and capital improvement costs.
MAY. The act referred to is permissible.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. A unit of the concentration of water constituent. It is 0.001 g of constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water analysis.
PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration expressed by 1 of the procedures outlined in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
ppm. Parts per million by weight.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the works to maintain the capacity and performance for which those works were designed and constructed. The term “operation and maintenance” includes REPLACEMENT.
SERVICE BOX. A valve box used with corporation or curb cock.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
STATE ACT. The State Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970.
STATE LOAN. The state participation in the financing of the construction of waterworks as provided for by the State Anti-Pollution Bond Act and for making such loans as filed with the Secretary of State of the state.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the waterworks will be operated.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of waterworks for the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement.
WATER FUND. The principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the water system.
WATER SERVICE CHARGE. The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the water facilities. The service charge shall be computed as outlined in §§ 51.080et seq. and shall consist of the total of the basic user charge and the local capital cost if applicable.
(Ord. 200, App. 1, passed 9-16-1998)