For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires or indicates a different meaning. Words and phrases not defined by this chapter will have the meanings stated elsewhere in this code, or under the California Water Code, if defined there, and if not, by the Clean Water Act and the regulations implementing the Clean Water Act. If the application of any definition to a specific situation is without utility or creates ambiguity, reference may be made to the definitions of the California Plumbing Code, or in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, to resolve the issues created.
ABBREVIATIONS
and
ACRONYMS.
BOD | = Biochemical oxygen demand, 5 Day |
CFR | = Code of Federal Regulations |
COD | = Chemical oxygen demand |
EPA | = Environmental Protection Agency |
L | = Liter |
Mg | = Milligrams |
Mg/l | = Milligrams per liter |
Lb/d | = Pounds per day |
Klb | = Thousand of pounds |
Klb/day | = Thousands of pounds per day |
SS | = Suspended solids |
O & G | = Oil and Grease |
ACT
or
CLEAN WATER ACT.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.
APPROVAL AUTHORITY.
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board - Los Angeles Region.
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTRIAL USER.
As defined in 40 CFR § 403.12(1), means a responsible corporate officer or a duly authorized representative of that person from which the sewage discharge originates.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
or
BOD.
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in milligrams per liter, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter as determined by the appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
BUILDING SEWER.
A sewer conveying wastewater from the premises of a user to the public sewer.
CFR.
Code of Federal Regulations.
CESSPOOL.
A lined excavation in the ground, which receives wastewater and so constructed that the solid matter is retained and the liquid portion is permitted to seep away.
CLEAN WATER ACT
or
CWA.
The federal Clean Water Act, 33 USC §§ 1345, et seq.
CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND OR COD.
The measurement of wastewater strength in terms of the total quantity of oxygen required for oxidation of organic matter as determined by the appropriate procedure set forth in "Standard Methods."
CHLORINE DEMAND.
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to a sample of wastewater and the amount remaining at the end of a 39-minute period, as determined by the appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
CHLORINE REQUIREMENT.
The amount of chlorine, in parts per million by weight, which must be added to sewage to produce a specified residual chlorine content, or to meet the requirements of some other objective, in accordance with the appropriate procedure.
CITY.
The City of Santa Paula, California.
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT.
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), organic carbon, suspended solids, ammonia-nitrogen, and total coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the city's wastewater treatment plant national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit if the city's wastewater treatment plant was designed to treat the pollutants and if the pollutants do not interfere with the operations of the wastewater treatment plant and if in fact the wastewater treatment plant does remove the pollutants to a substantial degree.
COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE.
The time period allowed by the Director in which an industrial user is to comply with permit conditions, or prohibitions, limitations, and/or requirements of this chapter or any other order issued by the Director.
CONNECTION.
That part of any sewer extending from a sewer main in a public easement or right-of-way to private property for exclusive use of the property (also known as a sewer lateral).
CONTAMINATED WATER.
Any water impaired in quality by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health.
CONTAMINATION.
Any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of industrial waste.
CONTROL AUTHORITY.
The City of Santa Paula. See 40 CFR 403.12(a).
COOLING WATER.
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
CUSTOMER.
A person who is or who has agreed to be responsible for the payment of sewer service charges as defined or levied by the city.
DIRECTOR.
The Public Works Director of the city or the Director's duly authorized representative.
DISCHARGE.
The release or introduction of a pollutant into the city's sewer system by a person.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER.
The liquid and waterborne waste, free from industrial wastewater, discharged from residential, commercial and industrial premises and susceptible to satisfactory disposal without special treatment into the public sewer or by means of a private wastewater disposal system The Director has on file the parameters and concentration of constituents that, for the purpose of this chapter, define domestic wastewater.
EFFLUENT.
The liquid overflow from any treatment plant or facility designated to treat, convey, or store wastewater.
FEE.
Any charge assessed to a person for the use, or continued use, of any portion of the city's sewer system fee includes without limitation a charge(s) for connection or tap for new customers' monthly sewer service; industrial wastewater discharge permit; excess capacity connection; industrial wastewater treatment; excessive industrial wastewater treatment capacity; laboratory testing; waste hauler's permit; oversize sewer and noncompliance penalty.
FLOATABLE OIL AND GREASE.
The oil and grease floating on the surface of a sample of water as determined by the appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
FORMULA USERS.
Those users who are regulated under the industrial wastewater discharge permit system and billed according to a city formula based on the measured or set strength and/or volume of their wastewater discharged.
GARBAGE.
The putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation and consumption of foods. See 14 CCR § 17225.30.
GRAB SAMPLE.
A sample which is taken from a waste stream on a one-time basis with no regard to the flow in the waste stream and without consideration of time.
GRAVITY SEPARATION DEVICE.
A device designed, constructed, and operated for the purpose of retaining sand, silt, grit, mineral material and oil and grease by gravity-differential separation from wastewater.
GREASE.
The definition as set forth in "Standard Methods," and includes waxes, fats, oils and other nonvolatile materials tested as determined by appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods." See 40 CFR Part 136.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
or
INTERCEPTOR
or
GREASE TRAP.
A device designed, constructed, and operated to separate and retain grease, hazardous or undesirable matter from normal wastes while permitting the wastewater to be discharged into the city's sewer system.
GROUND GARBAGE.
The residue from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to such a 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 dimension.
INDUSTRIAL CONNECTION SEWER.
The sewer connecting a building sewer or building wastewater drainage system to a city sewer for the purpose of conveying industrial wastewater.
INDUSTRIAL USER.
Any producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional, commercial, agricultural or similar person (as defined herein) that discharges, directly or indirectly, wastewater into the city's sewer system of which the solid, liquid or gaseous waste discharge has pollutants different than or stronger than or with constituents other than those defined for domestic wastewater or any categorical industrial user as defined in 40 CFR Parts 401-471.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE.
Any solid, liquid, gaseous or radioactive substance that is discharged, flowing or permitted to escape from any producing, manufacturing, processing, institutional, commercial, agricultural or similar operation from the development, recovery or processing of any material resource which will enter the city's sewer system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER.
The liquid and water-carried industrial waste, whether treated or untreated, which is contributed into or permitted to enter the city's sewer system.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT.
A conditionally written authorization required to allow an industrial user to utilize the city's sewer system for the discharge of industrial wastewater.
INSPECTOR.
The person authorized by the Director to inspect any raw material, waste or wastewater generation, conveyance, processing, storage and/or disposal facilities within the city's jurisdiction.
INTERCEPTOR MAIN.
A sewer main which is ten inches or greater in size and is intended to collect wastewater from a large area.
INTERCEPTOR SEWER.
A closed conduit the primary purpose of which is to transport rather than collect wastewater and to perform one or more of the following functions as its primary purpose:
(1) Intercept wastewater from a final point in a collection system and conveys the wastewater directly to the wastewater treatment plant;
(2) Serves in place of a potential treatment plant and transports the collected wastewater to an adjoining collection system or interceptor and thence to treatment;
(3) Transports the wastewater from one or more municipal collection systems to another municipality or to the wastewater treatment plant for treatment; or
(4) Intercepts an existing major discharge of raw or inadequately treated wastewater for transport directly to another interceptor or to the wastewater treatment plant.
INTERFERENCE.
The discharge by an industrial user which, alone or in conjunction with discharge by other sources, inhibits or disrupts the city's wastewater treatment plant, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal and which is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the city's wastewater treatment plant NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sludge use or disposal by the city's wastewater treatment plant in accordance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations):
(1) Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1345;
(2) The Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq., and including state regulations contained in any state's sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D or the SWDA);
(3) The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.);
(4) The Toxic Substance Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.;
(5) The Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1431 et seq. and 33 U.S.C. §§ 1401 et seq.; and
(6) 40 CFR § 403.3(i).
MASS EMISSION RATE.
The weight of material discharged to the city's sewer system during a given time interval unless otherwise specified, the mass fission rate must mean pounds per day of a particular constituent or combination of constituents.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits applying to a specific category of industrial users which is promulgated by the EPA in accordance with 40 CFR Chapter 1, Chapter N, Parts 401-471 and, specifically, in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1317.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
or
NPDES PERMIT.
A permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342.
NATIONAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD, PRETREATMENT STANDARDS, OR STANDARD.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with section 307 (b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act, which applies to industrial users. This term includes prohibitive discharge limits established pursuant to 40 CFR Parts 405-471.
NATIONAL PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARDS
or
PROHIBITIVE DISCHARGE STANDARD.
Any regulation developed under the authority of 307(b) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) and 40 CFR § 403.5.
NEW SOURCE.
Any building, structure, facility or installation from which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants, the construction of which is commenced after the publication of proposed pretreatment standards under Section 307(c) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1317, and as further defined in 40 CFR § 403.3(k)(1).
NON-COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT.
Any pollutant, which is not a compatible pollutant, as defined in this section.
NUISANCE.
Anything which is injurious to health or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
PASS-THROUGH.
A discharge of effluent from the POTW into waters of the United States or the state in quantities or concentration which alone, or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation). See 40 CFR § 403.3(n).
PEAK FLOW RATE.
Maximum discharge rate over a 30-minute period between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., and determined by averaging a maximum of ten substantiated peak flow rate measurements of the accrual period in gallons per minute; in the absence of actual peak flow rate data, peak flow rate may be computed in the manner set forth in the city's specifications.
PERSON.
Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, governmental entity or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns the masculine gender must include the feminine, the singular must include the plural where indicated by the context.
pH.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration expressed in moles per liter as determined by the appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
POLLUTANT.
Any dredged soil, spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, domestic wastewater, garbage, sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial, municipal and agricultural waste discharged into water.
POLLUTED WATER.
Any water altered in quality by waste to a degree, which unreasonably affects the water for beneficial use or the facilities, which serve the beneficial use.
POLLUTION.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water. The term
POLLUTION
may include "contamination."
PRETREATMENT.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state before or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing the pollutants into the city's wastewater treatment system. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, or by process changes, except as prohibited by 40 CFR § 403.6(d).
PRETREATMENT FACILITY.
Any works or device for the treatment or flow limitation of sewage, liquid waste or industrial waste before discharge into a public sewer.
PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENT.
Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard, imposed on an industrial discharger.
PRETREATMENT STANDARD.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated by the EPA in accordance with §§ 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1317(b) and (c), which applies to industrial users. These include "categorical standards" which establish specific concentration limits for certain pollutants and total prohibitions of other pollutants as specified in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
PRIVATE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM.
A septic tank, and appurtenant piping, cesspool, seepage pit, leach fields or other facilities.
PRIVATE SEWER.
A sewer, other than a connection, laid by a private party to serve one or more buildings which are not immediately adjacent to a public sewer, so as to connect a building to a public sewer and irrespective of whether the sewer is constructed on public or private property.
PUBLIC SEWER.
Any sewer dedicated to public use and which is controlled by a public authority. See "Sewer System and Wastewater Treatment Plant" below.
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.
Material containing chemical elements that spontaneously change their atomic structure by emitting any particles, rays or energy forms in excess of normal background radiation.
RECLAIMED WATER.
Water, which, as a result of treatment of waste, is suitable for a direct beneficial use or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur.
REGIONAL USERS.
Those users of the city's sewer system with a written agreement with the city, other than an industrial wastewater discharge permit, wherein the city guarantees treatment and disposal of their wastewater at an agreed upon reimbursement.
RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE OFFICER OF INDUSTRIAL USER means (a) president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person that performs that function, or any person who performs similar policy or decision making functions of the corporation, or (b) the manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25,000,000, if authority to sign documents has been assigned to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures (Federal General Pretreatment Regulations 40 CFR 403.12(I)(1-3)).
SAMPLING WELL.
An approved opening to a building sewer for the purpose of inspection, sampling and/or flow measurement.
SANITARY SEWER.
A conduit that conveys wastewater or industrial wastes, or a combination of both, and into which storm waters, surface and groundwater and unpolluted waters are not admitted.
SEEPAGE PIT.
A lined excavation in the ground that receives the discharge of a septic tank and designed to permit the effluent from the septic tank to seep through its bottom and side.
SEPTIC TANK.
A water-tight receptacle which receives the domestic wastewater discharge of a building and is designed and constructed to separate solids from the liquid, digest organic matter through a period of detention and allow the liquid to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open joint or perforated piping or a seepage pit.
SETTLEABLE SOLIDS.
Any solids that will settle out of a liquid in a specified interval of time as determined by appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods." See 40 CFR Part 136.
SEWAGE.
The wastewater of the community derived from domestic, agricultural, commercial, institutional or industrial sources, together with such surface water, groundwater and storm water as may be present.
SEWER SYSTEM
or
CITY SEWER SYSTEM
or
POTW.
All the facilities used for collection, pumping, transportation, treatment and final disposal of wastewater. For the purposes of this chapter, includes any sewer that conveys wastewater from persons outside the city who are, by contract or agreement with the city, users of the city's sewer system. See 33 U.S.C. § 1292(2)(A). See "Public Sewer" above and "Wastewater Treatment Plant" below.
SEWER.
A pipe or conduit together with appurtenances for carrying wastewater.
SEWER MAIN.
The same as "Interceptor Main."
SIGNATORY/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Signatory requirements for industrial user reports. The reports required in this chapter must include the certification statement as set forth in 40 CFR § 403.6(a)(2)(ii), and must be signed as follows:
(1) By a responsible corporate officer, if the industrial user submitting the reports is a corporation. For the purpose of this definition, a
RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE OFFICER
means a president, secretary, treasurer, or vice-president of the corporation in charge of a principal business function, or any other person who performs similar policy or decision-making functions for the corporation, or the manager of one or more manufacturing, production, or operation facilities employing more than 250 persons or having gross annual sales or expenditures exceeding $25 million (in second-quarter 1980 dollars), if authority to sign documents has been assigned or delegated to the manager in accordance with corporate procedures.
(2) By a general partner or proprietor if the industrial user submitting the reports required is a partnership or sole proprietorship respectively.
(3) By a duly authorized representative of the individual designated if the authorization is made in writing by the individual described in paragraph 40 CFR § 403.12(l); the authorization specifies either an individual or a position having responsibility for the overall operation of the facility from which the industrial discharge originates, such as the position of plant manager, operator of a well, or well field superintendent, or a position of equivalent responsibility, or having overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company; and the written authorization is submitted to the control authority.
(4) If an authorization under 40 CFR § 403.12 is no longer accurate because a different individual or position has responsibility for the overall operation of the facility, or overall responsibility for environmental matters for the company, a new authorization satisfying the requirements of this definition must be submitted to the control authority before or together with any reports to be signed by an authorized representative.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
Plus or minus 25% in a user's typical discharge pattern: flow rate, peak flow rate, constituents, concentration of constituents or characteristics.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER USER.
Any industrial user of the city's sewer system who is:
(1) An industrial user subject to categorical pretreatment standards under 40 CFR § 403.6 and 40 CFR chapter I, Chapter N; or
(2) A user that:
(a) Discharges an average of 25,000 gallons per day or more of processed wastewater to the sewer system (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling, and boiler blowdown wastewater); or
(b) Contributes a process waste stream which makes up 5% or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the wastewater treatment plant; or
(c) Is designated as such by the control authority as defined in 40 CFR § 403.12(a) on the basis that the industrial user has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the POTW's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement in accordance with 40 CFR § 403.8(f)(6).
(3) Upon a finding that a user meeting the criteria in division (2) above, has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the wastewater treatment plant's operation or for violating any pretreatment standard or requirement, the control authority may at any time, on its own initiative or in response to a petition received from a user (and in accordance with procedures in 40 CFR § 403.8(f)(6)) determine that the user should not be considered a significant industrial user.
SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE.
Any of the following:
(1) Chronic violations of wastewater discharge limits, defined here as those in which 66% or more of wastewater measurements taken during a six month period exceed the daily maximum limit or average limit for the same pollutant parameter by any amount;
(2) Technical review criteria (TRC) violations, defined here as those in which 33% or more of wastewater measurements taken for each pollutant parameter during a six month period equals or exceeds the product of the daily maximum limit or the average limit multiplied by the applicable criteria (1.4 for BOD, TSS, fats, oils and grease, and 1.2 for all other pollutants except pH);
(3) Any other discharge violation that the Director believes has caused, alone or in combination with other discharges, interference or pass through, including endangering the health of city personnel or the general public;
(4) Any discharge of pollutants that has caused imminent endangerment to the public or to the environment, or has resulted in the city's exercise of its emergency authority to halt or prevent such a discharge;
(5) Failure, within 90 days of the scheduled date, to meet a compliance schedule milestone contained in a wastewater discharge permit or enforcement order for starting construction, completing construction, or attaining final compliance;
(6) Failure to provide within 30 days after the due date, any required reports, including baseline monitoring reports, reports on compliance with categorical pretreatment standard deadlines, periodic self-monitoring reports, and reports on compliance with compliance schedules;
(7) Failure to accurately report non-compliance; or
(8) Any other violation(s) which the Director determines will adversely affect the operation or implementation of the local pretreatment program.
SLUG LOAD.
Any discharge at a flow rate or concentration, which could cause a violation of the discharge standards of this chapter, or any discharge of a non-routine, episodic nature, including without limitation, an accidental spill or a non-customary batch discharge.
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
or
SIC.
A classification pursuant to the standard industrial classification manual (latest edition) issued by the Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget.
STANDARD METHODS
. The current edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" published by the American Water Works Association, the Water Environment Association and the American Public Health Association. All tests must be conducted in accordance with these procedures except where the Director a pproves other procedures necessary for unusual wastes.
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS.
The current edition of standards and requirements relating to size, quality, quantity and performance, including standard drawings, as detailed and made available by the city.
STATE.
The State of California.
STORM DRAIN. The municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4), a conveyance structure, which carries storm water and surface waters and drainage water, but excludes sewage, other than unpolluted cooling water or irrigation water.
STORM WATER. Any flow of water occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS.
The solid matter suspended in wastewater as determined by appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS
or
TDS.
The solid matter in solution in wastewater, as determined by evaporation of a wastewater sample from which all suspended matter has been removed by filtration as determined by the appropriate procedures set forth in "Standard Methods."
TOTAL TOXIC ORGANICS
or
TTO.
The summation of all quantifiable values greater than 0.01 milligrams per liter for those toxic organics listed in 40 CFR § 413.02(i).
TOXIC POLLUTANT.
Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic in regulations promulgated by the Administrator of the EPA, 40 CFR § 401.15 under the provision of § 307(a) of the Act, 33 USC § 1317, or other federal acts or designated toxic by either the state or city.
TRUNK SEWER.
A sewer constructed, maintained and operated by the city that conveys wastewater to city's wastewater treatment plant and into which the interceptor, lateral and collecting sewers discharge.
UNCONTAMINATED WATER.
Any wastewater not contaminated or polluted with sewage and which is suitable for discharge into the storm drain system, excluding unlined natural watercourses.
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
or
EPA.
The United States EPA, or where appropriate, the term may also be used as a designation for the administrator or other duly authorized official of the EPA.
USER.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the discharge or contribution of industrial and/or domestic wastewater to the city's sewer system.
WASTE.
All materials, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from or related to any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation of whatever nature, including such materials placed within containers of whatever nature before, and for purposes of, disposal.
WASTEWATER.
The liquid and water-carried waste, whether treated or untreated which is contributed into or permitted to enter the city's sewer system.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
or
POTW.
An assemblage of devices, structures and equipment for treatment of wastewater, including sewers. See 33 U.S.C. § 1292(2)(A).
WATER RECLAMATION SYSTEM.
The various facilities used for the purpose of processing wastewater, which, as a result of treatment, is made suitable for a direct beneficial reuse or a controlled use that would not otherwise occur. Treatment facilities include land and those buildings or portions of buildings necessary to house personnel and equipment involved and used in the direct operation and maintenance of the treatment facilities, the necessary pumping power, laboratory and other equipment and their appurtenances.
(Ord. 1093, passed 2-17-04; Am. Ord. 1156, passed 10-2-06)