For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. The Federal Clean Water Act, as amended.
APWA. The American Public Works Association.
ASTM. The American Society for Testing and Materials.
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20°C expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter (mg/l)).
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the property line or right-of-way line and connected with the public sewer service connection.
CITY. The City of Shady Cove.
COOLING WATER. The water discharged from any use (such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration) to which the only pollutant added is heat.
DAY. The 24-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m.
DEQ. The Department of Environmental Quality.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EPA. The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
GARBAGE. The solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GROUND WATER. Water within the earth.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INFILTRATION. The water other than sewage, which enters the sewer system from the surrounding soil, typically from broken pipes or defective joints in pipe and manhole walls.
INFLOW. Water from stormwater runoff, which directly enters the sewerage system only during or immediately after rainfall. Typical points of entry include connections with roof and area drains, storm drain connections and holes in manhole covers in flooded areas.
INTERFERENCE. A discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
(1) Inhibits or disrupts the municipal wastewater system, its treatment processes or operations, or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and
(2) Therefore is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with the following statutory provisions and regulations or permits issued thereunder (or more stringent state or local regulations; § 405 of the Clean Water Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1345, the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) [including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA], the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act.
MANAGER. The Public Works Director/Public Works Manager of the city's wastewater system or his or her authorized representative.
MAY. Permissible.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any other body of surface or groundwater.
NPDES. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit program, whether administered by the EPA or by the State Department of Environmental Quality.
OWNER. The person or persons who legally own, lease or occupy private property with wastewater facilities that discharge, or will discharge, to the city's wastewater facilities.
PASS THROUGH. A discharge which exits the treatment plant effluent into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the city's NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership, corporation, municipality or other similar organization, agency or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in grams per liter of solution.
POTW. Publicly-owned treatment works.
PRETREATMENT. The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater before discharge to the city's wastewater facilities.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. Garbage that has been shredded so that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in the wastewater sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer controlled by the city to which all owners of abutting properties shall have equal rights to make connection and to use, subject to rules, regulations, code provisions and ordinances of the city.
SERVICE CONNECTION. A public sewer, which has been constructed to the property line or right-or-way line, whichever is closest, from a public sewer lateral or main for the sole purpose of providing a connection for the building sewer.
SHALL. Mandatory.
STANDARD METHODS. The latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published jointly by the American Public Health Association, Water Environment Federation and American Water Works Association.
STATE. The State or Commonwealth of Oregon.
STORM SEWER (sometimes termed STORM DRAIN). A sewer designed to carry only stormwater, surface runoff, street wash waters and drainage.
SURFACE WATER. Water that occurs when the rate of precipitation exceeds the rate at which water may percolate into the soil.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
TOXICS. Any of the pollutants designed by federal regulations pursuant to § 307(a)(1) of the Act, being 33 U.S.C. § 1317a.
USER. Any person who contributes, or causes or allows the contribution of sewage or industrial wastewater into the municipal wastewater facility, including persons who contribute the wastes from mobile sources.
WASTEWATER. A combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industries and institutions, together with any ground water, surface water or storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITY. The combination of wastewater sewers and treatment facilities.
WASTEWATER SEWER. The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary to collect and transport the wastewater to the treatment facility.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY. The structures, processes, equipment and arrangements necessary to treat and discharge wastewater.
WATERCOURSE. A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
WEF. The Water Environment Federation.
(Ord. 157, passed 6-18-1998)