For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The wastewater operator, as appointed by the city or his or her duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD). The quantity of oxygen, expressed in parts per million by weight, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory determinations made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the drainage from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the side sewer which begins two feet outside the outer face of the building wall.
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT. The amount of chlorine, in parts per million by weight, which must be added to the sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content, or to meet the requirements of some other objective, in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
CITY. The City of Salmon, Idaho.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff (storm drainage) and wastewater (sanitary sewage).
COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Any structure built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels, or property of any kind or for any type of business or enterprises or for any other purposes not otherwise described or covered below under DWELLINGS.
COMMERCIAL USER. All persons not specifically classified as domestic or as an industrial waste contributor.
DWELLINGS.
(1) AUTO COURT, HOTEL, MOTEL, MOTOR COURT, TRAVEL TRAILER COURT. The combination or group of two or more dwelling units occupying a building site or area under one ownership, used for the purpose of furnishing transient living accommodations.
(2) DUPLEX. A building designed, built, rented or leased for occupancy by two families living independently of each other.
(3) MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING or APARTMENT HOUSE. Any building or portion thereof which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or which is occupied as the home or residence of three or more families or persons living independently of each other and doing their own cooking within the premises, which shall include townhouses or condominiums.
(4) SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING. A building designed for or occupied by one family for living or sleeping purposes, and having one kitchen or set of cooking facilities.
(5) TRAILER HOUSE or MOBILE HOME. Any vehicle used or so constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets or highways and constructed in such a manner as will permit occupancy thereof as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons.
GARBAGE. The residue from the preparation and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of food products and produce.
GROUND GARBAGE. The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely in suspension under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimensions.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any flow discharged to the wastewater treatment system identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of the Management Budget, as amended and supplemented under the following divisions:
(1) Division A: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing;
(2) Division B: Mining;
(3) Division D: Manufacturing;
(4) Division E: Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitation Service; and
(5) Division I: Services.
MG. Million gallons.
MGD. Million gallons per day.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water developed by naturally occurring process of nature.
PH. The logarithm (base-10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in moles per liter and is a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. It shall be determined by one of the procedures outlined in Standard Methods.
PARTS PER MILLION. A weight-to-weight ratio. The PARTS PER MILLION value multiplied by the factor 8.345 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons of water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation, group or other entity.
PRIVATE SEWER. A sewer serving two or more buildings, residences or properties, constructed by private contract outside of the public right-of-way and remaining under private ownership and jurisdiction and which shall be designed, constructed and maintained by the private owners to the same design, construction and maintenance standards as are public sewers.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the city. It shall also include sewers within or outside the city boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge into the city’s sanitary or combined sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been constructed with city funds. All PUBLIC SEWERS shall be located in dedicated public rights-of-way or easements. PUBLIC SEWERS shall be at least eight inches in diameter.
REPLACEMENT. Any expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE includes REPLACEMENT.
SANITARY SEWAGE. Wastes that are derived principally from dwellings, business buildings, institutions and the like, exclusive of storm and surface waters and industrial wastes.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer that conveys sanitary sewage or industrial wastes, or a combination of the two, and into which storm, surface and ground water or unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SERVICE CHARGE. The charge levied on all users of the sewage system for the purpose of repayment of city indebtedness for the construction and installation of the system and for its efficient maintenance and operation, and in establishing such rates and charges the city has taken into account the cost and value of the system, operation and maintenance expenses, possible delinquencies, proper allowance for depreciation, contingencies and any amounts necessary to retire all bonds payable from net revenues and the reserve required for these.
SERVICE CONNECTION. A sewer line connected to the sewer main.
SEWAGE. Wastewater.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Wastewater treatment plant or other like facilities.
SEWER. Any pipe or conduit used for conveying wastewater or any other waste liquids, including storm, surface and ground water drainage.
SEWER MAIN. The pipe laid in a street, road, alley or easement and running approximately parallel to the street, road, alley or easement for the collection of wastewater from the customers, and which is owned, operated, controlled and maintained by the city.
SIDE SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer and is sometimes referred to as the sewer service connection or sewer service line.
STANDARD SEWAGE. Sewage and acceptable wastes that are within specifications regarding pH, BOD, dissolved oxygen, suspended solids and grease.
STORM DRAIN. Any pipe or conduit conveying storm, surface and ground water drainage, but excluding sewage and industrial wastes.
STORM WATER RUNOFF. The portion of the rainfall that is drained into the sewers.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS). Solids that either float on the surface of, or in suspension in water, sewage or industrial waste and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of SUSPENDED SOLIDS shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Any water or liquid containing none of the following: free or emulsified grease or oil; acids or alkalis, substances that may impart taste and odor or color characteristics; toxic or poisonous substances in suspensions, colloidal state or solution; odorous or otherwise obnoxious gases. It shall contain not more than 30 parts per million each of suspended solids or biochemical oxygen demand. Analytical determination shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
WASTEWATER. The water-carried human, animal or household wastes in a public or private sewer, and may include ground water infiltration, surface drainage and industrial wastes.
WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SYSTEM.
(1) Also termed SEWAGE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SYSTEM.
(2) All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of domestic, commercial and industrial waste, and includes sewers as well as the wastewater treatment plant.
WASTEWATER OPERATOR. The wastewater operator of the city.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. An assemblage of devices, structures, equipment and holding ponds or lagoons for treating domestic, commercial and industrial waste.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
(Prior Code, § 8-4-1) (Ord. 92-554, passed 10-21-1992)