Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in the regulations shall be as follows:
The Atlantic County Sewerage Authority.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter or in satisfying the oxygen demand of other materials
present during incubation for a given time and at a specified temperature.
It shall be reported as the amount of oxygen, expressed in milligrams
per liter, used in a period of five days at 20° C.
Expressed in milligrams per liter, the difference between
the amount of chlorine added to wastewater and the amount of residual
chlorine remaining at the end of a twenty-minute contact period.
The amount of oxygen required for the complete chemical oxidation
of organics and oxidizable organics in a liquid.
A wastewater containing surface or storm water.
BOD, suspended solids, pH and fecal coliform bacteria, and
such other additional pollutants as are now or may be in the future
specified and controlled in the Authority's NPDES permit for its wastewater
treatment plant where said plant has been designed and used to reduce
or remove such pollutants.
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, SS or toxic substances as limited in § 186-20 of these regulations.
Any mercantile establishment or place of business discharging
less than 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary waste or its equivalent
to the local sewer system. See definition of "sanitary waste."
All intercepting sewers, pumping stations, force mains, wastewater
treatment plants, and appurtenances thereto owned by the Atlantic
County Sewerage Authority.
Wastewater after some degree of treatment, flowing out of
any treatment device or facilities.
A pipeline carrying flow under pressure.
Any material which is extractable from any acidified sample
of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant as defined
in this article.
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of
the local sewer system which discharges more than the equivalent of
25,000 gallons per day of sanitary wastes and which is identified
in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of
Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented under one of the
following divisions:
Any nongovernmental user of the local sewer
system which discharges wastewater containing incompatible pollutants
or pollutants subject to pretreatment standards.
Any nongovernmental user of the local sewer
system which discharges wastewater containing pollutants which would
interfere with or prohibit the treatment and/or disposal of waste
sludges.
Any liquid, gaseous or solid substances or a combination
thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade
or business or from the development or recovery of any natural resource,
as distinct from sanitary wastes.
Water entering the local sewer system from the ground, through
such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections
or manhole walls. "Infiltration" does not include and is distinguished
from inflow.
Water discharged into the local sewer system from such sources
as, but not limited to, roof leaders, cellar, yard and area drains,
foundation drains, cooling-water discharges, drains from springs and
swampy areas, manhole covers, cross connections from storm sewers
and combined sewers, catch basins, stormwaters, surface runoff, street
wash waters or drainage. "Inflow" does not include and is distinguished
from infiltration.
Wastewater, raw or partly treated, flowing into any wastewater
treatment device or facilities.
An Authority-owned sewer which receives flow from a local
sewer.
The municipal sewer and water utility of the City of Ventnor.
Any sewer or system of sewers which receives flow from a
local sewer.
All intercepting sewers, force mains, pumping stations and
appurtenances thereto owned and operated by the City of Ventnor.
The program for issuing, conditioning and denying permits
for the discharge of pollutants from point sources into navigable
waters, the contiguous zone and the oceans pursuant to Section 402
of P.L. 92-500.[1]
Any individual, firm, company, partnership, corporation,
association, group or society, and includes the State of New Jersey
and agencies, districts, commissions and political subdivisions created
by or pursuant to state law.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
May be defined now or hereafter by appropriate local, state
or federal agencies or by the Authority as substances which may be
present in wastewater, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, the amount
of which may contain soluble or insoluble solids of organic or inorganic
nature which may deplete the dissolved oxygen content of natural waters,
contribute solids, contain oil, grease, or floating solids which may
cause unsightly appearance on the surface of such waters, or contain
materials detrimental to aquatic life.
Any parcel of real property including land, improvements
or appurtenances, such as buildings, ground, etc.
Application of physical, chemical and biological processes
to reduce the amount of pollutants in or alter the nature of the pollutant
properties in a wastewater prior to discharging such wastewater into
the county sewer system.
All applicable federal rules and regulations implementing
Section 307 of P.L. 92-500,[2] as well as any nonconflicting state or local standards.
In cases of conflicting standards or regulations, the more stringent
thereof shall be applied.
A facility in which wastewater is conveyed from a lower hydraulic
elevation to a higher hydraulic elevation using mechanical or pneumatic
devices.
Agencies, such as but not limited to the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection, the United States Environmental Protection
Agency and the United States Corps of Engineers, which have authority
over the operation of the local sewer system.
Any portion of the county or local sewer system which has
been exclusively reserved by and for a user through a formal, written
agreement between the user and the Authority.
The owner or occupants of any residence, apartment, condominium,
mobile home or other dwelling permanently connected to the local sewer
system.
Wash water, culinary wastes and liquid waste containing only
human excreta and similar matter, flowing in or from a building drainage
system or sewer originating in a dwelling or business building, factory
or institution. For the purposes of these Articles, sanitary waste
shall be characterized as containing 250 milligrams per liter BOD
and 250 milligrams per liter TSS.
A pipe or conduit, generally closed, for carrying wastewater.
Garbage 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 direction.
The laboratory determination of the dry weight expressed
in milligrams per liter of solids that either float on the surface,
are in suspension or are settleable and can be removed from wastewater
by filtering through a Gooch crucible.
The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage
area or building during or immediately following a period of rain
or melting snow.
The Superintendent of the local sewer authority or his duly
appointed deputy, agent or representative.
Any person or person, corporation, partnership or association
maintaining a temporary connection to the public sanitary sewer system
of the City of Ventnor City for the purpose of discharging sanitary
waste or its equivalent into the local sanitary sewer system.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which when
discharged to the sewer system in sufficient quantities may tend to
interfere with any treatment process, constitute a hazard to recreation
in the receiving waters of the effluent from the wastewater treatment
plant, pose a hazard to men working in the sewer system or constitute
a hazard to fish or animal life.
Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing
of food or food products and from the handling, storing and sale of
produce.
Any person discharging or permitting the discharge of wastewater
to the local sewer system.
The water carrying domestic, human or animal wastes from
residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places,
together with such groundwater infiltration and industrial and commercial
wastes as may be present.
