For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
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 and is expressed in terms of weight or in terms of concentration by milligrams per liter (mg/l).
BUILDING DRAIN. The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer. The BUILDING DRAIN shall begin five feet outside the inner face of the building wall and terminate in the building.
BUILDING SEWER. The extension from the building drain to the public sanitary sewer or other place of disposal.
CBOD (DENOTING CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). The oxygen-consuming capacity of organic and inorganic matter present in sewage expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
CESSPOOL. An underground pit into which raw household sewage or other untreated liquid waste is discharged, and from which the liquid seeps into the surrounding soil or is otherwise removed.
CHLORINE DEMAND. The difference between the amount of chlorine applied and the amount of free chlorine available at the end of contact time expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
CONNECTION INSPECTOR. The person designated by the Township Board or, if not by the Township Board, by the Township Supervisor, as responsible for inspecting connections of individual structures to the public sanitary sewer system.
DEFINED SEWER DISTRICT. All the parcels within the special assessment district that was established on April 11, 2012.
DOMESTIC USER. A user of the system who discharges only domestic wastewater into the system.
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER. The liquefied wastes such as human excreta; wastes from sinks, lavatories, bathtubs, showers, laundries, and any other water-carried wastes or organic nature either singly or in combination, from personal or residential sanitation.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparing, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, sale and storage of produce.
gpd. Gallons per day.
HOLDING TANK WASTE. Any waste from holding tanks such as boats, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, motor homes, septic tanks, vacuum-pump tank trucks, other tank trucks, barrels or other such tanks or containers.
INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER. The liquefied or liquid carried wastes, solids or semisolids from industrial, commercial or institutional processes as distinct from domestic wastewater.
INTERFERENCE. Any discharge which alone or in conjunction with a discharge from other sources:
(1) Inhibits or disrupts the system and any of its processes or operations, or the use or disposal of its sludge;
(2) Causes a violation of any requirement of the applicable NPDES permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
MAY. Is permissive.
MDEQ. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality or any successor agency.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, lake, ditch or other body of surface or groundwater.
NPDES PERMIT. The national pollution discharge elimination system permit issued for the system.
NUISANCE. Any condition where sewage or the effluent from any sewage disposal facility or toilet device is exposed to the surface of the ground; or is permitted to drain on or to the surface of the ground, into any ditch, storm sewer, lake or stream; or when the odor, appearance or presence of this material has an obnoxious or detrimental effect on or to the senses and/or health of persons; or when it shall obstruct the comfortable use or sale of adjacent property.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, partnership, society, corporation, group, trust or other legally recognizable organization or entity.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the cooking, preparation and dispensing of food that have been shredded or cut to such degree that all particles will be freely carried under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sanitary sewer within the system.
REU, RESIDENTIAL EQUIVALENT UNIT. Unit basis for determining water usage and billing. One REU is equal to one single-family residence. Also known as a BENEFIT.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage. Storm, surface and ground waters are not admitted to a SANITARY SEWER.
SEEPAGE PIT. A cistern or underground enclosure constructed of concrete blocks, bricks or similar material, loosely laid with open joints to allow septic tank overflow or effluent to be absorbed directly into the surrounding soil.
SEPTIC TANK. A water-tight tank or receptacle used to receive wastes from flush toilets, sinks, lavatories, bathtubs, showers, laundry drains and any other similar waste lines. The SEPTIC TANK is intended to provide for the separation of substantial portions of the suspended solids in such wastes and the partial destruction by bacterial action on solids so separated.
SERVICE AREA. A portion of the area within the boundaries of the township.
SEWAGE. Any combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES. A privy, cesspool, seepage pit, septic tank, subsurface disposal system or other devices used in the disposal of sewage or human excreta.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treatment of sewage.
SEWAGE WORKS. All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. Any pipe, tile, tube or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SLUG. Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds, for any period of time longer than 15 minutes, more than five times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation.
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS. The Tuscarora Township Standard Specifications for Sanitary Sewer, as they may be amended or any successor standards adopted by the Township Board.
STATE. The State of Michigan, including any agency or official of competent jurisdiction.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm or surface waters or drainage, but excludes sewage or polluted industrial wastes.
SUBSURFACE DISPOSAL SYSTEM. An arrangement for distribution of septic tank effluent or overflow beneath the ground surface.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids either floating on the surface of or suspended in water or sewage, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
SYSTEM. The complete sanitary sewer disposal system lying within the township and includes all collection lines, mains and other piping; all pump and lift stations; all control structures; all manholes; the sewage treatment plant; the outfall piping; and all appurtenances.
TOILET DEVICE. A privy, outhouse, septic tank or toilet, chemical closet or other device used for the disposal of human excreta.
TOWNSHIP. Tuscarora Township, a Michigan municipal corporation.
USER. Any person who is an owner, operator or occupant of a premises connected to or discharging into the system.
(Ord. passed 7-10-2013)