For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The Town Manager, or his or her designated representative.
BOD (denoting BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND). A measure of the degree of pollutional strength of wastes of any nature. BOD, expressed in parts per million by weight, shall mean the pounds of oxygen required to satisfy the five-day oxygen demand of a million pounds of domestic sewage or industrial wastes, or a combination of both when tested in accordance with the procedures given in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, and published by the American Public Health Association.
COLOR. The optical density of the visible wave length of maximum absorption.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE. Liquid waste from bathrooms, toilet rooms, kitchens and home laundries.
GARBAGE. Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes from commercial and industrial processes and operations, as distinct from domestic sewage.
MAY. The action referred to is permissive.
NATURAL OUTLET. Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association, corporation, institution or group.
pH. The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution and indicates the strength of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. A pH value of 7.0 is considered neutral. A stabilized pH will be considered as a pH which does not change beyond the specified limits when the waste is subjected to aeration. A pH below 7.0 is acid, pH above 7.0 is alkaline.
POTW. Public-owned treatment works.
PPM. Parts per million by weight expressed in pounds. One million pounds of water or sewage equals approximately 120,000 gallons.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has been shredded to the degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties shall have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority.
RECEIVING STREAM. The body of water, stream or watercourse receiving the discharge waters from the sewage treatment plant or formed by the discharge of the sewage treatment plant.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sewage or polluted industrial wastes and to which storm, surface and ground waters or unpolluted industrial waste are not intentionally admitted.
SEPTIC TANK. A private domestic sewage treatment system consisting of an underground tank distribution box and drain field designed and constructed in accordance with any and/or all existing local and state requirements.
SEWAGE. A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with any ground, surface and storm water as may be naturally present.
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. Any arrangement or device and structures for treating sewage.
SEWAGE SYSTEM. All facilities for collecting, conveying, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
SEWER. A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SHALL. The action referred to is mandatory.
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN. A sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted wastes.
SUB-DISTRICT. Any residential subdivision, real estate development, commercial, industrial or institutional complex.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS. Solids that either float on the surface of or in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
TOWN. The Town of Winnsboro.
(1995 Code, § 4-3001) (Ord. passed 2-16-1982)