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