§ 710.020. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

BOD (DENOTING BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND)

The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty degrees centigrade (20°C), expressed in milligrams per liter (mg/l).

BUILDING DRAIN

That part of the lowest horizontal piping of the 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 (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.

BUILDING SEWER LATERAL

Any sewer line which connects any building which has sanitary sewage disposal facilities therein to the City sewer main. For the purposes of this Chapter, any line in existence as of the effective date hereof which is more than sixty (60) feet in length shall be divided into two (2) sections as follows:

1. 

Any and all portions of a sewer line which are located on private property plus the first (1st) sixty (60) feet from the property line of the property upon which the subject building is located shall be deemed to be the building sewer lateral.

2. 

All portions of the existing line between the end point of the first (1st) sixty (60) feet and where such line connects to another City sewer main shall be considered as a City sewer main.

CITY

The City of Owensville, Missouri.

COMBINED SEWER

A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

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 and business as distinct from sanitary sewage.

NATURAL OUTLET

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

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 one-half (½) 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 SEWER

A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm water, surface water and ground water are not intentionally admitted.

SEWAGE

A combination of the water-carried wastes from residence, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground water, surface water and storm water as 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 MAIN

A pipe or conduit owned by the City designed and constructed for carrying sewage.

SHALL

Is mandatory; MAY: Is permissive.

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 fifteen (15) minutes, more than five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration or flows during normal operation.

STORM DRAIN (SOMETIMES TERMED "STORM SEWER")

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

SUPERINTENDENT

The Water and Sewer Superintendent of the City or his/her 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 laboratory filtering.

WATERCOURSE

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

R.O. 2010 §710.020; Ord. No. 674 §§1 — 2, 7-17-2000