Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of terms used in this Part 1 shall be as follows:
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
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.
BUILDING DRAIN
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.
BUILDING SEWER
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal.
CHLORINE DEMAND
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.
COMMISSION
The Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Legislature
to the Albany County Sewer District.
COOLING WATER
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.
COUNTY SEWERAGE SYSTEM
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.
COUNTY SEWER DISTRICT
The Albany County Sewer District, as created, altered or
modified by action of the Albany County Legislature.
DIRECTOR
The Executive Director of the Albany County Sewer District.
GARBAGE
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and
sale of produce.
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
The liquid wastes from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade or business, as distinct from sanitary sewage.
NATIONAL CATEGORICAL PRETREATMENT STANDARD
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]
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
NORMAL SEWAGE
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which, when analyzed,
show, by weight, the following characteristics:
(1)
BOD: 2,000 pounds per million gallons (240 milligrams
per liter) or less.
(2)
Chlorine demand: 208 pounds per million gallons
(25 milligrams per liter) or less.
(3)
Suspended solids: 2,500 pounds per million gallons
(300 milligrams per liter) or less.
NYSDEC
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]
OTHER WASTES
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.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
PH
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.
POTW
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]
POTW TREATMENT PLANT
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]
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
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.
PUBLIC SEWER
A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal
rights and which is controlled by public authority.
SANITARY SEWAGE
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.
SANITARY SEWER
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
SEWAGE
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.
SEWAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
SEWER
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
SLUG
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.
SPDES
The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
SUPERINTENDENT
The Inspector of the Water Department of the Village of Menands
or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
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.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
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.
USEPA
The United States Environmental Protection Agency or duly
authorized official of said agency.
[Added 8-20-1984 by L.L. No. 2-1984]
VILLAGE
The Village of Menands and the lands contained therein.
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.