§ 74-141. 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) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20 degrees Celsius, expressed in parts per million by weight.

Building drain means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from toilets, cleaning waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it five feet outside the inner face of the building wall to the building sewer.

Building sewer means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer lateral or other place of disposal.

Combined sewer means a sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.

Garbage means solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.

Industrial wastes means any sewage from industrial processes, as distinct from sanitary sewage.

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

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

Properly shredded garbage means 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 inch in any dimension.

Public sewer means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority.

Sanitary sewer means a sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.

Sewage means a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments.

Sewage treatment plant means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.

Sewage works means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.

Sewer means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.

Storm sewer and storm drain mean a sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.

Suspended solids means 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 by recognized standard methods.

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

(Code 1992, § 17-1)

Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.

(Code 1992, § 17-1)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.