Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meanings of terms used in these regulations shall be as follows:
AUTHORITY
The Atlantic County Utilities Authority.
BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand)
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 20º C.
CHIEF ENGINEER
The Chief Engineer of the Atlantic County Utilities Authority or such other official of the Authority having responsibility for operation of the county sewer system.
CHLORINE DEMAND
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.
COD (denoting chemical oxygen demand)
The amount of oxygen required for the complete chemical oxidation of organics and oxidizable organics in a liquid.
COMBINED WASTE
A wastewater containing surface or storm water.
COMMERCIAL USER
Any mercantile establishment or place of business discharging less than 25,000 gallons per day of sanitary waste or its equivalent into the (local) sewer system. See definition of "sanitary waste."
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
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.
COOLING WATER
The water discharged from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD, SS or toxic substances as limited in § 227-15B of these regulations.
COUNTY SEWER SYSTEM
All intercepting sewers, pumping stations, force mains, wastewater treatment plants and appurtenances thereto owned and operated by the Atlantic County Sewerage Authority.
EFFLUENT
Wastewater after some degree of treatment, flowing out of any treatment device or facilities.
FORCE MAIN
A pipeline carrying flow under pressure.
GREASE or OIL
Any material which is extractable from an acidified sample of a waste by hexane or other designated solvent.
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant as defined in this article.
INDUSTRIAL USER
Any nongovernmental user of the county sewer system identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, as amended and supplemented, under the following divisions:
A. 
Division A, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing.
B. 
Division B, Mining.
C. 
Division D, Manufacturing.
D. 
Division E, Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas and Sanitary Services.
E. 
Division I, Services (as selectively identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency).
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
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.
INFILTRATION
Water entering the county 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.
INFLOW
Water discharged into the county 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.
INFLUENT
Wastewater, raw or partly treated, flowing into any wastewater treatment device or facilities.
INTERCEPTING SEWER
An Authority-owned sewer which receives flow from a local sewer.
LOCAL SEWER
Any sewer or system of sewers which receives flow from a local sewer.
MUNICIPAL UTILITY
The Margate City Water and Sewer Utility.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)
The program for issuing, conditioning and denying permits for the discharge of pollutants from point sources into the navigable waters, the contiguous zone and the oceans pursuant to Section 402 of PL 92-500.
PERSON
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.
pH
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
POLLUTANTS
May be so 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.
PREMISES
Any parcel of real property, including land, improvements or appurtenances as buildings, ground, etc.
PRETREATMENT
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.
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
All applicable federal rules and regulations implementing Section 307 of PL 92-500, as well as any nonconflicting state or local standards. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations, the more stringent thereof shall be applied.
PUMPING STATION
A facility in which wastewater is conveyed from a lower hydraulic elevation to a higher hydraulic elevation using mechanical or pneumatic devices.
REGULATORY AGENCY
Agencies such as but not limited to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers which have authority over the operation of and/or discharges from the Authority's wastewater treatment plant.
RESERVED CAPACITY
Any portion of the county sewer system which has been exclusively reserved by and for a user through a formal, written agreement between the user and the Authority.
RESIDENTIAL USER
The owner or occupant of any residence, apartment, condominium, mobile home or other dwelling permanently connected to the sewer system.
SANITARY WASTE
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, 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 total suspended solids.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit, generally closed, for carrying wastewater.
SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER
Any industrial user of the county sewer system whose flow exceeds 50,000 gallons per day or whose compatible pollutant loan exceeds 5% of the daily capacity of the regional wastewater treatment plant or whose waste contains incompatible pollutants or pollutants subject to pretreatment standards.
SS (denoting suspended solids)
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.
STORMWATER
The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area or building during or immediately following a period of rain or snow melt.
SUPERINTENDENT
The Superintendent of the Atlantic County Sewerage Authority or his duly appointed deputy, agent or representative.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
Any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which, when discharged into the sewer system in sufficient quantities, may tend to interfere with any treatment process, to constitute a hazard to recreation in the receiving waters of the effluent from the wastewater treatment plant, to pose a hazard to men working in the sewer system or to constitute a hazard to fish or animal life.
UNSHREDDED GARBAGE
Solid waste from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food or food products and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
USER
Any person discharging or permitting the discharge of wastewater to the county sewer system.
WASTEWATER
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.