For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The Superintendent of Utilities or other designated official of the city or his or her duly authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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 20°C, expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN. That 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. The extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, also called HOUSE CONNECTION.
CITY. The City of Wamego, Kansas or its duly authorized representatives.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer intended to receive wastewater and storm or surface water.
CONTRIBUTOR. Any person responsible for the production of sanitary sewage or industrial waste which is directly or indirectly discharged in the city’s sewer system.
FLOATABLE OIL. Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of FLOATABLE OIL if it is properly pre-treated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business, as distinguished from sanitary sewage.
INSPECTOR. The person or persons duly appointed by the city to inspect and approve the installation of building sewers and their connections to the public sewer system; and to inspect such sewage as may be discharged therefrom.
MAY. Is permissive.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per liter. It is used to indicate the concentration of free acid and alkali.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than one-half inch in dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.
ROOF DRAIN. A conduit for conveying the storm or rain water from a roof.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sanitary sewage and industrial wastes and into which storm, surface and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
SANITARY SEWER. Sewage discharged from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories or institutions, and free from storm, surface water and industrial wastes.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
SHALL. Is mandatory.
SLUG. Any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds five times the average 24 hour concentration of flows during normal operation for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes and adversely affects the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water or wastewater, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in”Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater” and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
UNPOLLUTED WATER. Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefitted by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
USER. A person or legal entity producing or causing to be produced wastewater requiring processing and treatment to remove pollutants and having premises connected to the wastewater facilities.
WASTEWATER. Sewage, the combination of liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER FACILITIES. The system of structures; equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat the wastewater and dispose of the effluent.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS. An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with WASTE TREATMENT PLANT or WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT or WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT.
WATERCOURSE. A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 786, passed 2-1-1977)