§ 162-3. Definitions.
Unless the
context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this
chapter shall be as follows:
BOD
(denoting 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. (68° F.) expressed
in parts per million (ppm) or milligrams per liter (mg/l).
CHLORINE
DEMAND -- The difference between the amount
of chlorine added to water, sewage or industrial wastes and the amount of
residual chlorine remaining at the end of a twenty-minute contact period at
room temperature.
COMBINED
SEWER -- A sewer designed to receive and
transport both surface runoff and sewage.
COOLING
WATER -- The water discharged from any
system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration, or other
sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD, or
suspended solids, in excess of 10 parts per million by weight, or toxic
substances as limited elsewhere herein.
COUNTY -- The County of Oneida.
COUNTY
COMMISSIONER -- The Commissioner of
Public Works of the County of Oneida or his duly authorized agent.
COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS -- The Oneida
County Department of Public Works.
COUNTY
SEWER -- Any sewer owned and operated by
the County of Oneida.
COUNTY SEWER
DISTRICTS -- Any county sanitary sewer
district as created, altered, or modified by action of the Oneida County Board
of Legislators.
COUNTY TRUNK
SEWER SYSTEM -- The trunk sewers, force
mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators, water pollution control plants
(sewage treatment plants) and other appurtenant structures owned and operated
by the County of Oneida.
GARBAGE -- Solid wastes from the domestic and
commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling,
storage and sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL
WASTES -- The liquid wastes from
industrial manufacturing processes, trade or business as distinct from sanitary
sewage.
NORMAL
SEWAGE -- Sewage, industrial wastes or
other wastes, which when analyzed showed by weight the following
characteristics:
A. BOD
2,000 pounds per million gallons (240 milligrams per liter) or less.
B. Chlorine
demand 208 pounds per million gallons (25 milligrams per liter) or less.
C. Suspended
solids 2,500 pounds per million gallons (300 milligrams per liter) or
less.
OTHER
WASTES -- Garbage (shredded or
unshredded), refuse wood, eggshells, coffee grounds, sawdust, shavings, bark,
sand, lime, cinder, ashes, and all other discarded matter not normally present
in sewage or industrial wastes.
PERSON -- Any individual, firm, company,
association, society, corporation, or group contributing directly or indirectly
to the county trunk sewer system.
pH -- The logarithm of the reciprocal of the
weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution. It indicates the
intensity of acidity and alkalinity of the pH scale running from 0.0 to 14.0. A
pH value of 7.0, the midpoint of the scale, represents neutrality. Values above
7.0 represent alkaline conditions and those below 7.0 represent acid
conditions.
PROPERLY
SHREDDED GARBAGE -- The wastes from the
preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that has 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 having a dimension
greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
PUBLIC
SEWER -- A sewer controlled by public
authority.
RECEIVING
WATERS -- A natural watercourse or body
of water into which treated or untreated sewage is discharged.
SANITARY
SEWAGE -- Sewage discharging from the
sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels),
office buildings, factories or institutions, and free from stormwater, surface
water, industrial wastes and other wastes.
SANITARY
SEWER -- A sewer which carries sewage
and to which stormwaters, surface waters and groundwaters are not intentionally
admitted.
SCAVENGER
WASTES -- The matter collected from
privies, septic tanks, cesspools and chemical toilets.
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 admixture of sewage as above defined with industrial
wastes or other wastes also shall be considered "sewage" within the
meaning of this definition.
SEWAGE
TREATMENT PLANT (water pollution control plant)
-- Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
SEWER -- A pipe or conduit for carrying
sewage.
SEWERAGE
SURCHARGE -- The demand payment for the
use of a public sewer and/or sewage treatment plant for handling any sewage,
industrial wastes or other wastes accepted for admission thereto in which the
characteristics thereof exceed the maximum values of such characteristics in
normal sewage.
SEWERAGE
SYSTEM -- All facilities for collecting,
regulating, pumping, and transporting sewage to and away from the sewage
treatment plant.
"SHALL" -- Is mandatory; "may" is
permissive.
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 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or flow during normal
operation.
STORM SEWER
(storm drain) -- A sewer which carries
stormwaters and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial
wastes other than cooling waters and other unpolluted waters.
SUPERINTENDENT -- The Superintendent of Streets or his duly
authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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 flotation, skimming and sedimentation. Measurement shall
be as set forth in the latest edition of "Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater."
TOXIC
SUBSTANCES -- Any substance whether
gaseous, liquid or solid which when discharged to a public sewer in sufficient
quantities may be hazardous to sewer maintenance and personnel, tend to
interfere with any biological sewage treatment process, or to constitute a
hazard to human beings or animals, or to inhibit aquatic life, or to create a
hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage
treatment plant.
VILLAGE
SEWER -- Any sewer owned and operated by
the Village or located in the Village.
VILLAGE
TRUNK SEWER SYSTEM -- The trunk sewers,
force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators, water pollution and control
plants, sewage treatment plants and other appurtenant structures owned and
operated by the Village.
