For purposes of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BEAM FACILITY. The Jim Beam Brands Co. facility located at 526 Happy Hollow Road, Clermont, Kentucky that is connected to the city Sewer treatment facilities.
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation or organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20 degrees C expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
COMMERCIAL USER. A user who contributes, or causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the treatment facilities from a commercial building, including but not limited to retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, laundries, hotels and motels. All COMMERCIAL USERS fall into one of the following customer classes.
(1) COM-1: Commercial users not included in COM-2, COM-3 or COM-4.
(2) COM-2: Commercial users that contribute only domestic sewage from one to four restrooms and a single-family style or smaller kitchen.
(3) COM-3: Commercial users that are covered by the city Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) Program.
(4) COM-4: Commercial users that are a warehouse operation and contribute only domestic sewage from one to four restrooms and a single-family style or smaller kitchen.
CUSTOMER CLASS. The classification of users for purposes of establishing a volume-based user rate and customer charge applicable to those users.
DEBT SERVICE. Charges levied on users of the wastewater treatment facilities to support the annual debt service obligations of the system.
EXCESSIVE STRENGTH SEWAGE. Wastewater that has a greater strength than normal domestic wastewater.
HOLDING TANK WASTE. Domestic waste from a holding tank, such as a chemical toilet, camper, trailer, residential septic tank, and vacuum-pump tank trucks.
INDUSTRIAL USER. A user who contributes, or causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the treatment facilities from one or more manufacturing operations. All INDUSTRIAL USERS fall into one of the following customer classes:
(1) IPT: Industrial users, other than the Beam Facility, that are subject to city's industrial pretreatment program. This customer class includes significant industrial users (SIU) and categorical industrial users (CIU).
(2) IND: Industrial users that are not subject to city's industrial pretreatment program.
(3) Beam Facility: The industrial user that owns or operates the Beam Facility.
INDUSTRIAL USER PERMIT. A permit issued to industrial users which authorizes a discharge to the treatment facilities.
INSTITUTIONAL USER. Includes social, charitable, religious, and educational activities such as schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, penal institutions and similar institutional users.
MAY. Is permissive.
NORMAL DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. Wastewater that has a BOD concentration of not more than 250 mg/l, a total suspended solids concentration of not more than 250 mg/l, a NH3N concentration of not more than 30 mg/l, an oil and grease concentration of not more than 100 mg/l, or any other pollutant as may be later established by the City Engineer.
OM&R. Operation and maintenance and replacement.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. Those functions that result in expenditures during the useful life of the treatment facilities for materials, labor, utilities, and other items which are necessary for managing and for which such facilities were designed and constructed. The term OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE includes replacement as defined hereinafter.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment facilities to maintain the capacity and performance for which such facilities were designed and constructed.
RESIDENTIAL USER. A user who contributes, or causes or permits the contribution of domestic sewage into the treatment facilities from a residential dwelling that is not an institutional residence, such as a school dormitory or assisted living facility. All RESIDENTIAL USERS fall into one of the following customer classes:
(1) RES-1: Single-family residential dwelling.
(2) RES-2: Multi-family residential dwelling.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS). Suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater, or other liquids and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater.
TREATMENT FACILITIES. Any devices and systems for the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal wastewater, domestic wastewater or liquid industrial wastes owned or operated by the city. These include intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, wastewater collection systems, pumping, power and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions
and alterations thereof, elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment (including land for composting sludge, temporary storage of such compost and land used for the storage of treated wastewater inland treatment systems before land applications); or any other method of system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating or disposing of municipal waste or industrial waste, including waste in a combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which a treatment facility will be operated.
USER. Any person who contributes or causes or permits the contribution of wastewater into the treatment facilities.
USER CHARGE. The total wastewater service charge which is levied in a proportional and adequate manner for the cost of operation, maintenance, replacement and debt service expenses of the wastewater treatment facilities.
WASTE HAULER DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued to a user that hauls holding tank waste authorizing the user to discharge holding tank waste to the treatment facilities for treatment and disposal.
WATER METER. A water volume measuring and recording device, furnished and/or installed by the city or by a user in accordance with an approval issued by the city.
(Ord. 020-009, passed 8-10-2020)