For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APARTMENT HOUSE. Any structure containing two or more dwelling units, each unit having a separate facility for using water service.
APPLICANT. An owner (or owners) of premises who has made written application to the village for a permit to install or repair a house connection.
BOD or 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 milligrams per liter.
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 outside the inner face of the building wall.
BUILDING SEWER. See SEWER LATERAL.
CHURCH. A sanctuary for public worship.
EPA ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA DIRECTOR. The Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat or grease in a physical state that will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
GARBAGE, PROPERLY SHREDDED. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in the public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR. The person or persons duly authorized by the village to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connection to the public sewer system.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water and wastewater analysis.
NPDES PERMIT. Any permit or equivalent documents or requirements issued by the Administrator or, where appropriate by the Director, after enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to § 402 of the Federal Act.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, firm, association, company, corporation, society, group or governmental body.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in Standard Methods.
POPULATION EQUIVALENT. A term used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other waste on a treatment works or stream. One POPULATION EQUIVALENT is 100 gallons of sewage per day, containing 0.22 pounds of BOD and 0.22 pounds of suspended solids.
ppm. Parts per million by weight.
PUBLIC BUILDING. A building owned by a public tax-supported subdivision of the state.
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER. A single-family dwelling.
SCHOOLS. School buildings, public or parochial.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface and storm waters as may be present.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SEWER, COMBINED. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
SEWER LATERAL.
(1) The conduit or pipe which connects the building wastewater sources to the public sewer. The
LATERAL commences five feet outside the building foundation wall and terminates at the public sewer.
(2) If the
LATERAL enters the public sewer by way of a “T”, “Y” or other in-line fitting, the LATERAL shall include that leg of the fitting by which the lateral accesses the public sewer. If the LATERAL enters the public sewer by way of a tapping sleeve, the tapping sleeve is also considered a part of the LATERAL.
SEWER MAINS AND LATERALS, SANITARY. The sanitary sewer interceptors, mains and laterals of the village.
SEWER, PUBLIC. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
SEWER, SANITARY. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
SEWER, STORM. A sewer which carries surface runoff and to which sewage is not admitted.
SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent of Public Works of the village or his or her authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS.
(1) Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage or industrial waste, and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device.
(2) Quantitative determination of
SUSPENDED SOLIDS shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
TRAILERS. House trailers either movable or located on a lot adjacent to a house.
(Prior Code, § 6-601)