(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOD or BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND. The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure, 5 days at 20°C, expressed milligrams per liter.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-3)
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge form soil waste and drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning 5 feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-4)
BUILDING SEWER. The extension form the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-5)
COUNCIL. The members of the Town Council of the Town of Prosperity, South Carolina, including the Mayor and 4 Council members.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-2)
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation of cooking and dispensing of food from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-6)
GENDER. A word importing masculine gender only, shall extend and be applied to females and firms, partnerships and corporations as well as to males.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-7)
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid waste from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-8)
MAY. The act referred to is permissive.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-20)
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into water-source, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or groundwater.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-9)
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-10)
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-11)
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The waste from the preparation of cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing to public sewers with no particle greater that 1/2 inch in dimension.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-12)
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-13)
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-14)
SEWAGE. A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business, buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-15)
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of the devices and structures used for treating sewage.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-16)
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-17)
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-18)
SEWER SURCHARGE. A charge for sewer service and treatment service for wastes having characteristics different form sanitary wastes and for which additional charges must be assessed in order for the waste to make compensation for additional expenses incurred.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-19)
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-20)
SLUDGE. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial water which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds, for any period of duration longer that 15 minutes, more than 5 times the average 24-hour concentration proposed during normal operation.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-21)
STANDARD METHODS. The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods of Water, Sewage and Industrial Wastes Treatment, published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-22)
STORM DRAIN. Sometimes termed STORM SEWER, shall mean a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and rain fall but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-23)
STREET. Embraces streets, avenues, drives, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes and viaducts, all other public highways in the sanitary area.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-24)
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids which are removable by laboratory filtering.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-25)
TOTAL SOLIDS. The sum of suspended matter, satiable matter and dissolved matter, both volatile and nonvolatile.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-26)
TOWN. The Town of Prosperity, South Carolina.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-1)
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-27)
(B) All other words shall be construes as having the meaning defined in Glossary Water and Sewage Control Engineering, published by the Water Pollution Control Federation, Washington, D.C. or by their general usage, if undefined.
(1982 Code, Ch. 8, Art. IV, § 1-28)