§ A175-1. Definitions., Chapter A175. Sanitary Sewer Facilities, Appendix, Code of Ordinances, Somers

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD): 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 buildings and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (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; also called "house connection."

COMBINED SEWER: A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater or surface water.

EASEMENT: An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.

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: 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 distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.

NATURAL OUTLET: Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.

PERSON: Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.

pH: The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7 and a hydrogen-ion concentration of 10-7.

PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE: The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.

PUBLIC SEWER: A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility.

SANITARY SEWAGE: Sewage discharge from the sanitary facilities and conveniences of dwellings, including apartment houses, hotels, office buildings, factories or institutions and free from stormwater, surface water, industrial waste and other waste.

SANITARY SEWER: A sewer that carries liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.

SEWAGE: A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be inadvertently present. The mixture of sewage, as defined above, with industrial wastes or other wastes, shall also be considered "sewage" within the meaning of this definition.

SEWER: A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.

STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "storm sewer"): 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 waste, wastewater or other liquids and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewaters and referred to as "nonfilterable residue."

TOWN ENGINEER: The Town Engineer of the Town of Somers, or his authorized representative or agent.

TOWN SANITARY SEWER FACILITIES: All sewers, pipes facilities, force mains, pumping stations, regulators, works and appurtenances owned, operated or controlled by the Town sewer district.

TOWN SEWER: A sewer owned, operated or controlled by a Town sewer district.

TOWN SEWER DISTRICT: Somers Sewer District No. 1.

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 provided.

UNUSUAL (EXCESSIVE) WASTEWATER CHARACTERISTICS

(1)

Specific characteristics.

(a)

Unusual BOD: BOD greater than 240 mg/l.

(b)

Unusual (excessive) suspended solids (SS): suspended solids greater than 240 mg/l.

(c)

Unusual (excessive) chlorine demand: chlorine demand greater than 25 mg/l.

(2)

Section 307 of the Clean Water Act.

(a)

The Administrator shall, within 90 days after the date of enactment of this title, publish (and from time to time thereafter revise) a list which includes any toxic pollutant or combination of such pollution for which an effluent standard (which may include a prohibition of the discharge of such pollutants or combination of such pollutants) will be established under this section. The Administrator in publishing such list shall take into account the toxicity of the pollutant, its persistence, degradability, the unusual or potential presence of the affected organisms in any waters, the importance of the affected organisms and the nature and extent of the affect of the toxic pollutant on such organisms.

(b)

If within 180 days after the date of publication of any list or revision thereof containing toxic pollutants or combination of pollutants under Subsection (2)(a) of this definition, the Administrator, in accordance with § 553 of Title 5 of the United States Code, shall publish a proposed effluent standard (or a prohibition) for such pollutant or combination of pollutants which shall take into account the toxicity of the pollutant, its persistence, degradability, the usual or potential presence of the affected organisms in any waters, the importance of the affected organisms and the nature and extent of the effect of the toxic pollutant on such organisms, and he shall publish a notice for a public hearing on such proposed standard to be held within 30 days. As soon as possible after such hearing, but not later than six months after publication of the proposed effluent standard (or prohibition), unless the Administrator finds, on the record, that a modification of such proposed standard (or prohibition) is justified based upon a preponderance of evidence adduced at such hearings, such standard (or prohibition) shall be promulgated.

(c)

If after a public hearing the Administrator finds that a modification of such proposed standard (or prohibition) is justified, a revised effluent standard (or prohibition) for such pollutant or combination of pollutants shall be promulgated immediately. Such standard (or prohibition) shall be reviewed and, if appropriate, revised at least every three years.

(d)

WASTEWATER: Same as sewage.

WASTEWATER FACILITIES: The structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat domestic and industrial wastes 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.