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BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CHLORINE DEMAND
COMBINED SEWER
COMMISSION
COOLING WATER
COUNTY
COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
DIRECTOR
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
NATURAL OUTLET
NORMAL SEWAGE
NYSDEC
OTHER WASTES
PERSON
PH
POTW
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWAGE
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SLUG
SPDES
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "storm sewer")
SUPERINTENDENT
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
USEPA
VILLAGE
WATERCOURSE
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in he biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
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 building and conveys it to the building sewer,
beginning five feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
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.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature
to the Albany County Sewer District.
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.
The County of Albany.
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 Albany County Sewer
District.
The Albany County Sewer District, as created, altered or
modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
The Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section
307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 134F) which applies
to a specific category of industrial users.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed,
show, by weight, the following characteristics:
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or duly authorized official of said Department.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
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.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration,
in moles per liter. 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.
Publicly owned treatment works, including all facilities
for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
That portion of a POTW which is designed to provide treatment,
including recycling and reclamation, of municipal sewage and industrial
waste.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
Garbage 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 greater than 1/2 inch
(1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
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.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
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.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
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 operations.
The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling
water.
The Inspector of the Water Department of the Village of Menands
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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.
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when
discharged to a public sewer in sufficient quantities, may be hazardous
to sewer maintenance personnel, tend to interfere with any biological
sewage treatment process or constitute a hazard to human beings or
animals or inhibit aquatic life or create a hazard to recreation in
the receiving waters of the effluent from a sewage treatment plant.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or duly
authorized official of said agency.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
The Village of Menands and the lands contained therein.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
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Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
