As used in this Article, the following words and phrases will
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates a
different meaning.
The biochemical oxygen demand, expressed in milligrams per
liter, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory conditions for five (5) days at a temperature
of twenty degrees Centigrade (20°C). The laboratory tests shall
be made in accordance with "Standard Methods" as
defined in this Section.
Water and water carried wastes normally discharged into the
sanitary sewers from dwellings, including single-family homes, multiple-family
homes and hotels, from office buildings, factories and institutions,
but not including storm water drainage or surface water drainage and
not including industrial wastes as defined in this Section.
Solid wastes and residue from preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food and from the handling, storage, processing and sale of food
products and produce.
Any non-governmental user of the sewage system, including
agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, manufacturing, transportation,
communication, electric, gas and sanitary services and any other industrial
services discharging into the sanitary sewer system any industrial
waste, or discharging into the sanitary sewer system any wastes other
than domestic sewage as defined in this Section.
All water, water-carried solids, liquid and gas wastes resulting
from any industrial, manufacturing or food processing operation or
process or from the development of any natural resource, or any mixture
of these fluids with any other water or with any other liquid.
This term shall be abbreviated "mg/l", and
shall mean a weight to volume ratio. The figure appearing before the
symbol "mg/l" shall be the number of milligrams to
be found in one (1) liter of the substance being tested. This figure
can be transposed to pounds per million gallons of water by multiplying
the figure appearing before the symbol "mg/l" by
eight point three four (8.34).
Sewage in which the average concentration of suspended materials
does not exceed two hundred fifty (250) mg/l and in which the five
(5) day B.O.D. does not exceed two hundred fifty (250) mg/l.
Owner shall mean the owner, tenant, occupant or person in
charge of any building or premises, or any person acting in the owner's
behalf.
Any person, firm, corporation or association.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
concentration expressed in moles per liter. pH shall be determined
by standard methods as defined in this Section.
Means any building or lot under individual ownership or individual
use where water service is metered independently.
Wastes from preparation and cooking and disposing of food,
exclusive of eggshells and bones, which waste has been shredded so
that the particles are no greater than one-half (½) inch in
any dimension, and the particles can be carried freely through the
normal conditions in public sanitary sewers.
Any sanitary sewer constructed in the City, regardless of
the source of funding, and any sanitary sewer belonging to any public
trust or municipal corporation or body politic of any kind.
A sewer that conveys sewage and wastewater, in which ordinarily
ground water and unpolluted industrial wastes are not included.
All of the mains, pumping facilities, treating and disposing
facilities included in the wastewater treatment facilities in the
City.
Any discharge continuing longer than fifteen (15) minutes
in which either the concentration of any material or the amount of
flow is more than five (5) times the twenty-four (24) hour average
from the same source.
Methods approved by the engineering profession of examination
of waste and wastewater. Evidence of standard methods may be submitted
by showing standard methods approved by the American Waterworks Association,
the American Public Health Association and the Water Pollution Control
Federation.
The amount of rainfall that flows directly or indirectly
into the storm sewer system in the City.
Solids that either float in sewage or are in suspension in
sewage, which are removable by a laboratory filtration device.
Sewage.
Any facility used for receiving and treating sewage.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 937-21 also changed the title of this
Article from "Industrial Wastes in City Sewer System" to "Industrial
Wastes in Public Sewer System."
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 700.310, Permit Required, Section
700.320, Requirements for Permits, Section 700.330, Regular Sampling
Procedure, Section 700.340, Methods of Determining Volume and Concentrations,
Section 700.350, Power of Superintendent and Employees, Section 700.360,
Pre-Treatment Requirements, Section 700.370, Grease, Oil and Sand
Interceptors, Section 700.380, Plans and Specifications — Pre-Treatment
Facilities and Interceptors, and Section 700.390, Prohibited Discharges,
were repealed 3-3-2021 by Ord. No. 937-21.
