Definitions herein shall supplement all definitions in Chapters 1 and 3 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the San Bernardino County Code.
ALTERNATIVE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS. Onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) that do not meet the criteria of a conventional OWTS, but are allowed under conditions specified by DEHS.
LIQUID WASTE. Includes the term “sewage” and means water that flows out of a septic tank, aerobic treatment unit, dispersal system, or other component.
LOCAL AGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (LAMP). A program approved by the Regional Water Quality Control Board in April 2017, and as thereafter amended, for the siting, design, operation, and maintenance of OWTS.
MOUNTAIN AREAS. Those areas included within the boundaries of the San Bernardino National Forest and of the Angeles National Forest.
ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS (OWTS). Wastewater treatment systems that use subsurface disposal, including: individual systems; community collection and disposal systems; and, alternative collection and disposal systems. OWTS do not include “graywater” systems as defined in Chapter 16 of the California Plumbing Code.
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD (RWQCB). A regional water quality board that regulates wastewater discharges to surface water (rivers, ocean, etc.) and to groundwater (via land). It also regulates storm water discharges from construction, industrial, and municipal activities; discharges from irrigated agriculture; dredge and other activities with practices that could degrade water quality.
SEEPAGE PITS. A lined excavation in the ground that receives the discharge of a septic tank so designed as to permit the effluent from the septic tank to seep through its bottom and sides.
STANDARDS. DEHS’ “On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Soil Percolation (PERC) Test Report Standards: Suitability of Lots and Soils for Use of Leachlines or Seepage Pits” adopted in April 2017 and as thereafter amended.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Am. Ord. 4330, passed - -2017)