Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The Federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et
seq.[1]
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.
The duly elected Board of Trustees of the Village of Hancock
or its authorized deputy, agent or representative.
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,
terminating three feet (0.9 meter) outside the inner face of the building
wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal, also called "house connection."
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or
surface water.
A building, or portion thereof, providing complete housekeeping
facilities for one family, including living, cooking, sanitary and
sleeping facilities.
[Added 8-14-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
Any industrial or commercial establishment with a classification
as designated in the Standard Industrial Classification, latest edition,
as published by the Executive Office of the President, and who utilizes
the services of the Village's sewer system.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastewater.
Owners of real property who have working water meters installed
on their property. When a property contains multiple dwelling units
or nonresidential uses (other than home occupations) each separate
dwelling unit or nonresidential use must be separately metered for
the owner to be considered a "metered user."
[Added 8-14-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
Any outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or
groundwater.
Owners of real property not considered "metered users" are
considered "nonmetered users."
[Added 8-14-2017 by L.L. No. 3-2017]
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration.
The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams per liter
of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of 7.0 and
a hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
That portion of the municipal system which is designed to
provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of wastes
received by the municipal system.
The reduction of the amount of pollutant properties in wastewater
to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise
introducing such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works.
The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical
or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except
as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6, General Pretreatment Regulations for
Existing and New Sources of Pollution, and any amendments thereto.
A privately owned system for the treatment and ultimate disposal
of wastewater such as a septic tank and/or other subsurface disposal
system serving one or more structures.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food 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 common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33
U.S.C. § 1292). Includes any sewers that convey wastewater
to the "publicly owned treatment works" but does not include pipes,
sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing
treatment.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with minor quantities of ground-, storm- and surface water
that are not admitted intentionally.
Domestic wastewater with storm- and surface water excluded
and includes wastewater discharging from the sanitary conveniences
of dwellings (including apartment house and hotels), office buildings,
industrial plants or institutions.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater"
below.
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 operation and
shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of
the wastewater treatment works. The following shall be considered
average concentrations for normal operations:
|
Substance
|
Concentration
(milligrams per liter)
|
|---|---|
|
BOD
|
60
|
|
Suspended solids
|
70
|
|
Chlorine demand
|
15
|
(sometimes termed "storm sewer") A drain or sewer for conveying
water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any
source.
The Superintendent of Water Pollution Control of the Village
of Hancock or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface
of or is in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that
is removable by laboratory filtering, as prescribed in Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
Water of a quality to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
The Village of Hancock, Delaware County, New York.
The spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source,
it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may
be present.
A natural or artificial channel for the passage of water,
either continuously or intermittently.
As used in this chapter, the following acronyms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The Water Environment Federation.[1]
As used herein, the term "shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
