Unless the contents of this chapter specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning and intent of terms used herein shall be as follows:
(a) “The Act” shall means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (PL 92-500) and subsequent amendments.
(b) “Biochemical Oxygen Demand, (BOD)” shall mean the quantity of oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter in a specified time, at a specified temperature, and under specified conditions and is expressed in milligrams per liter. This is a standard wastewater strength assessment test.
(c) “Collection facilities” shall mean any devices and systems and their related appurtenances which are used for the purpose of collecting, accumulating or transferring wastewater from various sources and ultimately delivering it to the treatment facilities.
(d) “Combined sewer” shall mean a sewer intended to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm sewer, or as an industrial sewer and a storm sewer.
(e) “Cooling water” shall mean uncontaminated water used for cooling purposes (usually by industry).
(f) “Commercial User” shall mean any private establishment in the Municipality which outlets wastewater to the public sewer; such as restaurants, hotels and motels, stores, filling stations, recreational facilities, etc., as well as, non-profit organizations such as churches, schools, hospitals, charitable organizations, etc.; excepting, any of the above which have wastewater flows equal to or smaller than one residential user (300 gpd), which shall be treated as residential users.
(g) “Domestic wastewater” shall mean the wastewater derived principally from dwellings due to domestic activities.
(h) “Individual system” shall mean privately owned alternative wastewater treatment works serving one or more principal residences or small commercial establishments which are neither connected into, nor a part of, any conventional treatment works.
(i) “Industrial cost recovery, (ICR)” shall mean recovery by the Municipality, from the industrial users of a wastewater treatment works or from the commercial users of an individual system, of the Federal grant amount allocable to the treatment of wastewater from such users pursuant to Section 204(b) and Section 201(h) of the Act respectively.
(j) “Industrial Cost Recovery Period” shall mean the period during which the Federal grant amount allocable to the construction of facilities for treatment of wastewater from industrial users is recovered from the industrial users of such works.
(k) “Industrial User” shall mean any user who meets the qualifications noted in Section 35.905-8 of Subpart E of Part 35 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (See Section 921.11
(a)).
(l) “Industrial wastewater” shall mean the liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastewater.
(m) “Infiltration” shall mean the water entering a sewer system, including sewer service connections, from the ground, through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections or manhole walls. Infiltration does not include, and is distinguishing from, inflow.
(n) “Infiltration/inflow, (I/I)” shall mean the total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow without distinguishing the source.
(o) “Inflow” shall mean the water discharged into a sewer system, including service connections from such sources as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains, foundation drains, cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from storm sewers and combined sewers, catch basins, storm waters, surface run-off, street wash waters, or drainage. Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, infiltration.
(p) “Monitoring” shall mean the measurement, continuous or periodic, of the quantity and/or quality of water.
(q) “Municipal Council” shall mean the Council of the Village of Pioneer, Williams County, Ohio.
(r) “Municipality” shall mean the Village of Pioneer, Williams County, Ohio.
(s) “Ohio EPA, (OEPA)” shall mean the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(t) “PH” shall mean the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. This is a standard test used to determine the acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
(u) “Pretreated wastewater” shall mean industrial process water which has been pretreated prior to release to the public wastewater treatment works.
(v) “Process water” shall mean the water which comes in contact with an end product or with materials incorporated in an end product of an industrial or commercial process.
(w) “Public sewer” shall mean a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
(x) “Sanitary sewer” shall means a sewer intended to carry only sanitary and sanitary and industrial wastewaters, from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions; and into which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
(y) “Sanitary wastewater” shall mean the domestic wastewater with storm and surface water excluded, as well as, the discharge from sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, industrial plants and institutions.
(z) “Service area” shall mean the physical area in and around the Municipality which is actively served by the wastewater treatment works.
(aa) “Storm sewer” shall mean a sewer intended to carry only storm waters, surface run- off, street wash waters, and drainage.
(bb) “Suspended solids, (SS)” shall mean solids that either float on the surface, or are in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which are largely removable by laboratory filtering.
(cc) “Treatment facilities” shall mean the wastewater treatment works, less and except, the collection facilities.
(dd) “Wastewater” shall mean a combination of the water carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and stormwater as may be present.
(ee) “Wastewater treatment works” shall mean any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement Section 201 of the Act, or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the useful life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvement, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment; or any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disposing of municipal waste, including storm water run-off, or industrial waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
(ff) “U.S. EPA” shall mean the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(gg) “User charge” shall mean a charge levied on users of a wastewater treatment works, or that portion of the ad valorem taxes paid by a user, for the user’s proportional share of the cost of operation and maintenance (including replacement) of such works under Sections 204(b)(1)(A) and 201(h)(2) of the Act.
(hh) “Shall” is mandatory; “May” is permissive.
(Ord. 18-1980. Passed 10-13-80.)