ottawa county sewer district wastewater rules and regulations for ...

C H A P T E R I
1.0.0 DEFINITIONS - Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the
meaning of terms used in these "Rules and Regulations" shall be as follows:
1.1.0 "BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND" (BOD) shall mean the quantity of
oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory procedure, as prescribed in "Standard Methods", in five
days at 20 degrees Celsius, expressed in milligrams per liter.
1.2.0 "BUILDING DRAIN" (Sanitary) shall mean 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 (5) feet beyond the foundation wall of the
building structure.
1.3.0 "BUILDING SEWER" (Sanitary) shall mean that part of the drainage system
which extends from the end of the building drain and conveys its discharge,
including the grinder pump and pressure sewer piping as applicable, to the
public service connection or other place of disposal. For a user having
more than one building, multiple building sewers may, upon approval of the
sanitary engineer, convey discharges to a common sewer which discharges
to a single service connection.
1.4.0 "CAPITAL CHARGES" shall mean those amounts paid by each premise
connected to the treatment works to pay the debt service requirements and
capital expenditures to enlarge or improve the wastewater facilities.
1.5.0 "COMBINED SEWER" shall mean a sewer receiving both surface run-off
and wastewater.
1.6.0 "COMMERCIAL USER" shall mean all retail stores, restaurants, office
buildings, laundries, other private business and service establishments.
1.7.0 "COMMON SEWER" (Collection System) shall mean the facilities used to
convey wastewater from several individual structures located on the same
parcel (lot).
1.8.0 "COMPATIBLE POLLUTANTS" shall mean the pollutants that the treatment
plant was designed to treat which are BOD, SS, and fecal coliform bacteria.
Also included are additional pollutants identified in the NPDES permit if the
publicly owned treatment works were designed to treat such pollutants and,
in fact, does remove such pollutants to a substantial degree.
1.9.0 "CONTRACTOR" shall mean any person, group, or organization
undertaking a contract under these Rules and Regulations and Construction
Specifications Manual, acting directly or through a duly qualified and
authorized representative.