A. Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in Sections 810 and 415 shall be as designated.

ADMINISTRATION

Those fixed costs attributable to the City's administration of the wastewater treatment and collection system.

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND OR BOD₅

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. It represents the breakdown of carbonaceous materials as distinct from nitrogenous materials.

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 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.

CITY

The area within the corporate boundaries of the City of Kellogg as presently established or as amended by ordinance or other legal actions in the future.

COMBINED SEWER

A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

COMMERCIAL USER

Any place of business which discharges sanitary waste as distinct from industrial wastewater.

COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER

Domestic strength wastewater discharged from a place of business as distinct from industrial wastewater.

ENGINEER

The City Engineer or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.

EXTRA-STRENGTH WASTE

Wastewater having a BOD₅ and/or TSS greater than domestic waste as defined under "normal domestic-strength wastewater" in this § 215-22 and not otherwise classified as an incompatible waste.

GARBAGE

Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

GOVERNMENTAL USER

A user which is an agency or instrumentality of federal, state or local government, discharging normal domestic-strength wastewater.

INCOMPATIBLE WASTE

Waste that either singly or by interaction with other wastes interferes with any waste treatment process, constitutes a hazard to humans or animals in spite of the treatment method used by the City, creates a public nuisance or creates hazards in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment works.

INDUSTRIAL USERS or INDUSTRIES

(1) Entities that discharge into a publicly owned wastewater treatment system:

(a) Liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial or manufacturing processes; or

(b) Liquid wastes resulting from the development of any natural resources.

[1] These are identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, under one of 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 Sewers.

[e] Division I, Services.

[2] For the purpose of this definition, domestic waste shall be considered to have the characteristics defined under "normal domestic-strength wastewater" in this § 215-22.

(c) Any nongovernmental user of a publicly owned treatment system which discharges wastewater to the treatment system which contains toxic pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, or which constitutes a hazard to humans or animals in spite of treatment, or which creates a public nuisance, or which creates any hazard in or has an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the treatment works.

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER

The liquid, gaseous, and solid processing wastes from an industrial manufacturing process, trade or business, including but not limited to all Standard Industrial Classification Manual Division A, B, D, and I manufacturers as distinct from domestic wastewater.

INSTITUTIONAL USER

A user, other than a commercial, governmental, industrial or residential user, discharging primarily normal domestic-strength wastewater (e.g., nonprofit organizations).

NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT

A permit issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency/Minnesota Pollution Control Agency setting limits on pollutant strength that a permittee may legally discharge into the waters of the United States pursuant to the federal and state water pollution control regulations.

NATURAL OUTLET

Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water or groundwater.

NORMAL DOMESTIC-STRENGTH WASTEWATER

Wastewater characterized by wastes created in the preparation of foods, bathing, laundry facilities, and water-carried human waste whose characteristics do not exceed 270 mg/l BOD₅ and 350 mg/l TSS, and is identified for the purpose of determining surcharge rates.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

Activities required to provide for the dependable and economical functioning of the treatment system throughout its design life or useful life, whichever is longer, and at the level of performance for which the treatment system was constructed. Operation and maintenance includes replacement.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS

Expenditures for operation and maintenance costs.

PERSON

Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.

pH

The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.

PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE

The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have 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 in any dimension.

PUBLIC SEWER

A sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights and is controlled by public authority.

PUBLIC WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM

The system of sanitary sewers owned, maintained, operated and controlled by the City of Kellogg.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

A representative of the City of Kellogg Public Works Department or his/her authorized deputy, agent or representative.

REPLACEMENT

The purchase and installation of equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the design life or useful life, whichever is longer, of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed.

REPLACEMENT COSTS

Expenditures for replacement.

RESIDENTIAL USER

A user of the collection and treatment facilities whose premises or building is used primarily as a residence for one or more persons, including dwelling units such as detached and semidetached housing, apartments, and mobile homes; and which primarily discharges normal domestic-strength sanitary wastes.

SANITARY SEWER

A sewer intended to carry only liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with minor quantities of ground- , storm- and surface waters which are not admitted intentionally.

SEWAGE

A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such incidental ground, storm and surface waters that may be present.

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

SEWAGE WORKS

All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

SEWER FUND

A fund into which income from sewer service charges is deposited. Expenditure of the Sewer Fund will be for operation, maintenance and replacement costs.

SEWER SERVICE CHARGE

The total of charges for operation, maintenance and replacement.

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 of flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.

STORM SEWER

A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.

SUSPENDED SOLIDS (SS) or TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS)

The total suspended matter that either floats on the surface or is in suspension in water, wastewater, or other liquids, and is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, latest edition.

TOXIC POLLUTANT

The concentration of any pollutant or combination of pollutants which upon exposure to or assimilation into any organism will cause adverse affects as defined in standards issued pursuant to Section 307(a) of the Clean Water Act.

USER CHARGE

A charge levied on users of a treatment system for the user's proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance, including replacement.

USERS

Those residential, commercial, governmental, institutional and industrial establishments which are connected to the public sewer collection system.

WASTEWATER

The spent water of a community, also referred to as "sewage." 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.

WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM or TREATMENT SYSTEM

An arrangement of any devices, facilities, structures, equipment or processes owned or used by the City for the purpose of the transmission, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic sewage, or industrial wastewater, or structures necessary to recycle or reuse water, including interceptor sewers, outfall sewers, collection sewers, pumping, power, and other equipment and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled water supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works including land which is an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment.

WATERCOURSE

A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.

B. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.