For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
BASIC USER CHARGE. The basic assessment levied on all users of the public water system.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGE. A charge levied on users to improve, extend, or reconstruct the water works.
CURB COCK. A shutoff valve attached to a water service pipe from a water main to a building installed near the curb, which may be operated by a valve key to start or stop flow in the water-supply lines of a building. Also called CURB STOP.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE. The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal, and coverage (loan, bond, and the like) outstanding.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
EASEMENT. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
FEDERAL ACT. The Federal 1996 Safe Drinking Water Acts Amendments, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.
LOCAL CAPITAL COST CHARGE. Charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance, and replacement costs, i.e., debt service and capital improvement costs.
MAY. The act referred to is permissible. (See SHALL.)
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER. A unit of the concentration of water constituent. It is 0.001 gram of the constituent in 1,000 milliliter 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 analysis.
ORDINANCE. This subchapter.
PERSON. Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipal, or private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency, or other entity.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the IEPA Division of Laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
ppm. Parts per million by weight.
REPLACEMENT. Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE includes REPLACEMENT.
SHALL. The act referred to is mandatory. (See MAY.)
SERVICE BOX. A valve box used with corporation or curb cock.
STATE ACT. The Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970, being 30 ILCS 405/1 et seq.
STATE LOAN. The state’s participation in the financing of the construction of water works as provided for by the state’s Anti-Pollution Bond Act and for making such loans as filed with the Secretary of State.
USEFUL LIFE. The estimated period during which the waterworks will be operated.
USER CHARGE. A charge levied on users of water works for the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement.
VILLAGE. The Village of Wayne City of Wayne County, Illinois.
WATER FUND. The principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the water system.
WATER SERVICE CHARGE. The charge per quarter or month levied on all users of the water facilities. The SERVICE CHARGE shall be computed as outlined in § 51.17 and shall consist of the total of the basic user charge and the local capital cost, if applicable.
(Ord. 456, passed 9-13-2002)