For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPROVING AUTHORITY. The Superintendent of Public Utilities of the town.
BOD (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 parts per million by weight.
COLOR. The TRUE COLOR due to the substances in solution expressed in parts per million.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE. That liquid waste from bathrooms, toilet rooms, kitchens and home laundries.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES. The liquid wastes, other than domestic sewage, resulting from processes or operations employed in industrial.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, company, association or corporation.
pH. The logarithm of the reciprocal of weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. 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 value indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE. The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to the 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 any dimension.
RECEIVING STREAM. That body of water, stream or water course receiving the discharge waters from the sewage treatment plant or formed by the waters discharged from the sewage treatment plant.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer intended to receive domestic sewage and industrial waste, except that of the type expressly prohibited by this subchapter, without the mixture of surface water and storm water.
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.
(1992 Code, § 52.60)