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(N) "SANITARY SEWER" SHALL MEAN A SEWER WHICH CARRIED SEWAGE AND TO <br />WHICH STORM, SURFACE AND GROUNDWATERS ARE NOT INTENTIONALLY ADMITTED. <br />(0) "SEWAGE" SHALL MEAN A COMBINATION OF WATER -CARRIED WASTE FROM <br />• RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, TOGETHER <br />WITH SUCH GROUND, SURFACE AND STORM WATERS AS MAY BE PRESENT. <br />(P) "SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT" SHALL MEAN ANY ARRANGEMENT OF DEVICES <br />AND STRUCTURES USED FOR TREATING SEWAGE. <br />(Q) "SEWER" SHALL MEAN A PIPE OR CONDUIT USED TO COLLECT AND CARRY <br />AWAY SEWAGE OR STORM WATER RUN OFF FROM THE GENERATING SOURCE TO TREATMENT <br />SEWAGE PLATS OR RECEIVING STREAMS. <br />(R) "SEWERAGE" SHALL MEAN THE SYSTEM OF SEWERS AND APPURTENANCES FOR <br />THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION, PUMPING AND TREATMENT OF SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL <br />WASTES. <br />(S) "SEWER SERVICE CHARGES" SHALL MEAN THE CHARGE LEVIED BY §24-2 ON <br />ALL USERS OF THE CITY SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEM, WHOSE WASTES DO NOT EXCEED IN <br />• STRENGTH THE CONCENTRATION VALUES ESTABLISHED AS REPRESENTATIVE OF NORMAL <br />DOMESTIC SEWAGE. <br />(T) "SLUG" SHALL MEAN ANY DISCHARGE OF WATER, SEWAGE OR INDUSTRIAL <br />WASTE WHICH, IN CONCENTRATION OF ANY GIVEN CONSTITUENT, OR IN QUANTITY OF <br />FLOW, EXCEEDS FOR ANY PERIOD OF DURATION LONGER THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES MORE THAN <br />FIVE TIMES THE AVERAGE TWENTY-FOUR HOUR CONCENTRATION OR FLOWS DURING <br />THE NORMAL OPERATION. <br />(U) "STANDARD METHODS" SHALL MEAN THE EXAMINATION AND ANALYTICAL <br />PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE LATEST EDITION, AT THE TIME OF ANALYSIS, OF <br />STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER AS PREPARED, <br />APPROVED AND PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOICATION, <br />THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION AND THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL <br />FEDERATION. <br />(V) "STORM SEWER OR STORM DRAIN" SHALL MEAN A SEWER WHICH CARRIES <br />STORM AND SURFACE WATERS AND UNPOLLUTED DRAINAGE BUT EXCLUDES SEWAGE AND <br />INDUSTRIAL WASTES. <br />(W) "STORM WATER RUN-OFF" SHALL MEAN THAT PORTION OF THE RAINFALL <br />THAT IS DRAINED INTO THE STORM SEWERS. <br />(X) "SURCHARGE" SHALL MEAN A CHARGE IN ADDITION TO THE WATER AND <br />• SEWER RATES SET FORTH IN §24-2 BASED UPON THE ADDITIONAL OPERATING COST OF <br />TREATMENT FOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS, B.O.D. AND CHOLORINE DEMAND EXCEEDING THE <br />CONCENTRATION ESTABLISHED FOR "NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE". <br />(Y) "SUSPENDED SOLIDS" SHALL MEAN SOLIDS THAT EITHER FLOAT ON THE <br />SURFACE OF, OR ARE IN SUSPENSION IN, WATER, SEWAGE, OR OTHER LIQUIDS, AND <br />WHICH ARE REMOVABLE BY LABORATORY FILTERING. QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION <br />OF SUSPENDED SOLIDS SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN <br />"STANDARD METHODS" . <br />• <br />