§ 10.04.01. Definitions.

Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used shall be as follows:

Act. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act also known as the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.

BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand). The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures in five days at twenty (20) degrees C, expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter [mg/l])

City. The city of Bryant, Arkansas, or the city council of Bryant, Arkansas.

Industrial user. A person who discharges to the city's wastewater disposal system liquid wastes resulting from the processes employed in industrial, manufacturing, trade, or business establishments, or from the development of any natural resource.

Interference. The inhibition or disruption of the city's wastewater disposal system processes or operations which causes or significantly contributes to a violation of any requirement of the city's NPDES or state disposal system permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the city in accordance with published regulations providing guidelines under Section 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) Or any regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or more stringent state criteria applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the city.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit . Any permit or requirements issued by the state department of pollution control and ecology pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); for the purpose of regulating the discharge of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes under the authority of section 402 of the Act.

Non-contract cooling water. The water discharged from any use such as air-conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or during which the only pollutant added to the water is heat.

Person. The state or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, governmental subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity, including but not limited to, association, commission or any interstate body, and including any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, governmental subdivision or public or private corporation, or other entity.

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

Pretreatment. The process of reducing the amount of pollutants, eliminating pollutants, or altering the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the city's wastewater disposal system. The reduction, elimination, or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or other means, except as prohibited by section 10.04.03.D.

Shall is mandatory; may is permissive.

Significant industrial user. Any industrial user of the city's wastewater disposal system which:

A.

Has a discharge flow of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons or more per average work day (excluding sanitary, non-contact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater), or

B.

Has a flow greater than five percent of the flow in the city's wastewater disposal system, or

C.

Has in its wastes toxic pollutants as defined pursuant to section 307 of the Act or Arkansas Statutes and rules, or

D.

Has a significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the wastewater disposal system, the quality of sludge, the system's effluent quality, or air emission generated by the system.

State. State of Arkansas.

State disposal system permit. Any permit (including any terms, conditions and requirements thereof), issued by the state department of pollution control and ecology.

Superintendent. The person designated by the city to supervise the operation of the wastewater disposal system, or the person's duly authorized representative.

Storm water. Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.

Suspended solids. The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and which is removable by a standard glass fiber filter.

User. Any person who discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater into the city's wastewater disposal system.

Wastewater. The liquid and water-carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water, and storm water that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter the city's wastewater disposal system.

Wastewater disposal system or system. Any devices, facilities, structures, equipment or works owned or used by the city for the purpose of the transmission, storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of industrial and domestic wastewater or necessary to recycle or reuse water, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection system, 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 that will be an integral part of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment.

Waters of the state. All streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon state or any portion thereof.

Terms not otherwise defined herein shall be as given in A.S.A. § 82-1901 et seq.

( Ord. No. 94-27, § 1.02 )