For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
B.O.D. (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20ºC, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal.
HAZARDOUS WASTE. Those items as defined in 40 C.F.R. pt. 261.
NORMAL WASTEWATER. Wastewater that contains not more than 300 mg/l B.O.D., or 300 mg/l suspended solids, is within a pH range of 6.5 to 8.0 or does not contain excessive amounts of other materials as may reasonably be determined by the town.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled by public authority.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which the works were designed and constructed.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE. Wastes from toilets, baths, sinks, lavatories, laundries and other plumbing fixtures in residences, institutions, public and business buildings, mobile homes, watercraft and other places of human habitation, employment or recreation. SEWAGE does not include motor oil, gasoline, paints, varnishes, solvents, pesticides, fertilizers or other materials not generally associated with toilet flushing, food preparation, laundry and personal hygiene.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in, water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
WASTEWATER. The same as sewage.
(1991 Code, Art. 13-1)