As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority and, when the context
requires, shall mean the supervising engineer or his/her authorized
deputy, agent or representative.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any storm water, natural precipitation, surface water, groundwater,
surface flow, roof runoff, surface runoff, subsurface drainage, downspouts,
eave troughs, rainspouts, yard drains, sump pumps, foundation drains,
yard fountains, ponds, cistern overflows, pools, uncontaminated cooling
water, unpolluted industrial waters to any sanitary sewer, water discharged
from any air-conditioning unit or system, and drainage that does not
contain any sewerage or waste.
[Added 8-17-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-15]
The removal of walls, superstructure, roof, and other structural
elements.
[Added 11-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-18; 3-1-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11]
Equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) are units of measure that
are used to standardize all types of land use categories (housing,
retail, office, institutional, industrial, etc.) to the level of demand
created by one single-family dwelling unit or 300 gallons per day;
one service unit shall be one EDU, representing an average daily flow
of 300 gallons per day. Similarly, a two-family residence shall be
deemed to be two EDUs and a ten-unit condominium shall be deemed to
be 10 EDUs. The projected average daily flow for nonresidential uses
shall be taken from "Projected Flow Criteria," found in N.J.A.C. 7:14A-23.3,
and shall be divided by 300 to calculate the EDUs for that particular
use.
[Added 11-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-18]
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Clearwater that enters a sanitary sewer system intended for
wastewater flows through connections, such as uncapped lateral cleanouts
and openings in manhole covers, and illicit connections, such as area
drains, catch basins and foundation and roof drains.
[Added 8-17-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-15]
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Precipitation and other surface drainage that is not infiltrated
into or otherwise retained by the soil, concrete, asphalt or other
surface upon which it falls.
[Added 8-17-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-15]
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
All piping, lines, sewers, laterals and connections thereto,
which carries or transports wastewater within the Township to trunk
lines owned and maintained by the Authority to a destination at the
Authority's plant for wastewater treatment.
[Added 8-17-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-15]
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 present.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The fee required from a new connector to the sewer utility,
representing a fair and equitable compensation for the total capital
cost paid for developing the sewer system, along with any engineering
and code official administration and inspections for the aforenoted
permit.
[Added 11-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 17-18]
Any pipe, line or sewer which runs across, through or from
any real property and connecting to any portion of the sanitary sewer
system.
[Added 8-17-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-15]
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 flows during
normal operation.
Any renovation, alteration, addition, or enlargement of an
existing structure representing more than 50% of the existing building
volume above the finished floor elevation or more than 500 square
feet in building area.
[Added 3-1-2021 by Ord. No. 21-11]
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering.
