Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
ADMINISTRATOR: The Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
APPROVING AUTHORITY: The village of Worth.
BASIC USER CHARGES: The basic assessment levied on all users of the wastewater collection system for the cost of operation and maintenance plus replacement.
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD): The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter.
BUILDING DRAIN: That part of the lowest 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 or other approved point of discharge, beginning five feet (5') (1.5 meters) 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.
COMBINED SEWER: A sewer which is designed and intended to receive wastewater, storm, surface and ground water drainage.
COMMERCIAL USER: A user of the wastewater collection system including transit lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise or rendering services.
CONTROL MANHOLE: A structure located on a site from which industrial wastes are discharged. Where feasible, the manhole shall have an interior drop. The purpose of a control manhole is to provide access in order to measure and/or sample discharge.
DEBT SERVICE CHARGE: The amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal and coverage of loans, bonds, etc., outstanding, which are applicable to the sanitary sewer system. This charge shall be computed by dividing the annual debt service by the number of users connected to the wastewater collection system.
DIRECTOR: The Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
EASEMENT: An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EFFLUENT CRITERIA: Defined in applicable NPDES permit.
FEDERAL ACT: The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.) as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-500) and (Pub. L. 93-243).
FEDERAL GRANT: The United States Government participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by title II - Grants for Construction of Treatment Works of the Act and Implementing Regulations.
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. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
GARBAGE: Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL USER: A user of the wastewater collection system including establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials of substance into products.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE: Any solid, liquid or gaseous substance discharged, permitted to flow or escaping from any industrial, manufacturing, commercial or business establishment or process or from the development, recovery or processing of any natural resource as distinct from sanitary sewerage.
INSTITUTIONAL/GOVERNMENTAL USER: A user of the wastewater collection system including schools, churches, penal institutions and users associated with federal, state and local governments.
MWRD: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
MAY: Permissible.
MILLIGRAMS PER LITER: A unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml 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 and wastewater analysis.
NPDES PERMIT: Any permit or equivalent document or requirements issued by the administrator or, where appropriated by the director, after enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, to regulate the discharge of pollutants pursuant to section 402 of the Federal Act.
NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
ppm: Parts per million by weight.
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 "Standard Methods".
POPULATION EQUIVALENT: A term used to evaluate the impact of industrial or other waste on a treatment works or stream.
PRETREATMENT: The treatment of wastewaters from sources before introduction into the wastewater treatment works.
PUBLIC SEWER: A sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the village. It shall also include sewers within or outside the village boundaries that service one or more persons and ultimately discharge into the village sanitary (or combined) sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been constructed with village funds.
REPLACEMENT: Expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the service life of the wastewater collection system to maintain the capacity and performance for which the system was designed and constructed.
RESIDENTIAL USER: A user of the wastewater collection system including all dwellings such as houses, mobile homes, apartment units and permanent multi-family dwelling units.
SANITARY SEWER: A sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which storm, surface, and ground waters or unpolluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE: Used interchangeably with "wastewater".
SEWER: A pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including storm, surface and ground water drainage.
SEWERAGE: The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation and pumping of sewage.
SEWERAGE FUND: The principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the wastewater collection system.
SHALL: 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 duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty four (24) hour concentration for flows during normal operation.
STANDARD METHODS: The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the most recent edition of Standard Methods For the Examination of Water and Wastewater published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Waterworks Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
STATE ACT: The Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act of 1970.
STATE GRANT: The state of Illinois participation in the financing of the construction of treatment works as provided for by the Illinois Anti-Pollution Bond Act and for making such grants as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois.
STORM SEWER: A sewer that carries storm, surface and ground water drainage but excludes sewage and industrial waste other than unpolluted cooling water.
STORM WATER RUNOFFS: That portion of the precipitation that is drained into the sewers.
SURCHARGE: An assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge which is levied on those persons whose wastes are greater in strength than normal concentration values.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS: Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or industrial waste and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in above defined "Standard Methods".
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 benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities.
USEFUL LIFE: The period during which the wastewater collection system will be operated.
USER CLASS: The type of user of the wastewater collection system; "residential", "commercial", "industrial" or "institutional/governmental" as defined in this section.
WASTEWATER: The spent water of a community. It may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any ground water, surface water, and storm water that may be present.
WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM: The structures, equipment, and processes required to collect and transport wastes to the interceptor sewers of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
WASTEWATER SERVICE CHARGE: The charge per billing period levied on all users of the wastewater collection system. The service charge shall be computed as outlined in subsection 7-4-2A of this title.
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS: An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge.
WATER QUALITY STANDARDS: Defined in the Water Pollution Regulations of Illinois.
WATERCOURSE: A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. (Ord. 83-20, 9-27-1983)