§ 52.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   AMMONIA NITROGEN or NH3N. Has the same meaning as defined in Chapter 51 of this code.
   BOD or BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. Has the same meaning as defined in Chapter 51 of this code.
   DEBT SERVICE COSTS. The average annual principal and interest payments on all outstanding revenue bonds or other long-term capital debt.
   EXCESSIVE STRENGTH SURCHARGE. An additional charge which is billed to users for treating sewer wastes with an average strength in excess of normal domestic sewage.
   INDUSTRIAL WASTES. Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance or form of energy discharged which is permitted to flow into or enter the sewage system or ground from an industrial, manufacturing, commercial or business process or from the development, recovery or processing of any natural resource carried on by any person, and shall further mean any waste from an industrial user, but not including sanitary sewage or stormwater.
   MAY. Is permissive.
   NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE. Such as is discharged by residential users with a BOD concentration not in excess of 200 milligrams per liter, a suspended solids concentration not in excess of 200 milligrams per liter and an ammonia nitrogen concentration not in excess of 30 milligrams per liter.
   NPDES. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System setting forth conditions for the discharge of any pollutants or combination of pollutants.
   OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. All costs, direct and indirect, necessary to provide adequate wastewater collection, transport and treatment on a continuing basis and produce discharges to receiving waters that conform with all related federal, state and local requirements.
   OTHER SERVICE CHARGES. Tap charges, connection charges, area charges and other identifiable charges other than user charges, debt service charges and excessive strength surcharges.
   PERSON. Any natural person, or public or private corporation, or any other entity whatsoever.
   REPLACEMENT COSTS. The expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories and/or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the sewage works equipment to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.
   SEWAGE. Has the same meaning as defined in Chapter 51 of this code.
   SHALL. Is mandatory.
   S.S. or SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Has the same meaning as defined in Chapter 51 of this code.
   TOWN. The Town of Patriot, Indiana.
   TOWN COUNCIL. The Patriot Town Council, acting as the Municipal Works Board.
   USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of the wastewater treatment works for the cost of operation and maintenance of such works, pursuant to § 96 of Pub. Law No. 309 (1981).
   USER CLASSES. The division of sewage treatment customers by source, function, waste characteristics and process or discharge similarities.
      (1)   COMMERCIAL USER. Transient lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in providing merchandise for personal, household or industrial consumption and/or rendering service to others.
      (2)   GOVERNMENTAL USER. A user engaged in legislative, judicial or administrative activities of federal, state and local governments, such as courthouses, police and fire stations, town halls and similar governmental users.
      (3)   INDUSTRIAL USER. Any user who discharges industrial waste as defined herein.
      (4)   INSTITUTIONAL USER. A publicly or privately owned school, hospital, nursing home, prison or other similar institution whose wastes are segregated domestic wastes.
      (5)   MULTIPLE USER. A user who introduces only normal domestic sewage from multiple-family dwellings, such as duplexes, apartment houses or condominiums, into the sewage system and where the quantity of water is measured by a single meter.
      (6)   RESIDENTIAL USER. A user who introduces only normal domestic sewage from a single-family dwelling into the sewage system and where the quantity of water usage is measured by a single meter, or whose water usage is not metered in such a manner that adequate measurement is not available to the sewer utility.
(Ord. 91-18-09, passed 10-2-1991)