§ 110-66. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, and in all contracts or agreements entered into pursuant to this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Applicant means a potential customer or authorized agent of a potential customer.

Application means the written instrument by which a developer or a customer applies for reclaimed water service of any sort.

Approving authority means the board of county commissioners or its designated representative.

Board of review means the members of the board of county commissioners or its designated committee.

Connection charge means the charge established by the county for making the actual physical connection to the reclaimed water system.

Construction connection charge means a charge, payable to the county, for a developer's utilization of oversized facilities paid for by other parties, including the county.

Construction cost means the cost to a developer, less the county's oversizing costs, if any, described in this article, for the design and construction of all facilities as required to serve the developer's property and to connect to the county's reclaimed water or sanitary sewer system.

Consulting engineers means the engineer or engineering firm or corporation responsible for professional engineering services provided for an assignment.

Cooling water means the water discharge from any system of condensation, air conditioning, cooling, refrigeration or other sources. It shall contain no polluting substances which would produce BOD or SS each in excess of ten parts per million by weight or toxic substances as limited in this Code or other polluting substances which may be limited in this article.

County means the governing body of the unincorporated areas of the county.

County administrator means the county administrator or the county administrator's designee.

Cross connection means a physical connection or arrangement which could allow the movement of fluids between the potable water system and any other piping system, such as the reclaimed water system.

Curbstop means the valve installed at the point where the customer's reuse system or plumbing connects to the reclaimed water or potable water service lateral, respectively.

Customer or consumer means any person furnished reclaimed water service by the county. A retail customer shall refer to the owner of the property served.

Developer means any person developing a property for resale, rental or lease, at or to which sewage disposal or reclaimed water service is to be rendered by the county, and who shall have the legal right to negotiate for such service. Where applicable, any person applying for the extension of reclaimed water mains, sewers or force mains in order to serve a certain property.

Development means any proposed change in land use which alters the demands for water, wastewater or reclaimed water services.

Director means the assistant county administrator for the utilities services branch of the county or his designee.

Discontinuation of service means cessation of reclaimed water service or an appropriate method to ensure that no service can be received.

Distribution mains means those mains installed within individual streets, developments or subdivisions which deliver reclaimed water from the transmission mains to the customer's service connection.

Domestic user means any user of reclaimed water not classified as an industrial user.

Dual check device means a device composed of two single independently active checkvalves.

Effluent means sewage, water or other liquid, after some degree of treatment, flowing out of any treatment device or facility.

Guarantee deposit means the amount placed with the county by each customer as security for payment of the reclaimed water or sewer bill.

Impact fee means a charge for the proposed usage of the county's facilities, based on the average daily sewage flow in gallons per day, paid by a developer or a customer for utilizing portions of the county's sanitary sewer system held in a special fund to be utilized in accordance with regulations adopted by the county establishing such fees.

Industrial user means any user of reclaimed water identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of the United States Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented, including but not limited to the following divisions:

(1)

Division A: agriculture, forestry and fishing.

(2)

Division B: mining.

(3)

Division D: manufacturing.

(4)

Division E: transportation, communications, electric, gas and sanitary service.

(5)

Division I: services.

A user in the division listed may be excluded if it is determined that the user will introduce primarily segregated domestic waste or wastes from sanitary conveniences.

Influent means sewage, raw or partly treated, flowing into any sewage treatment device, pumping station or related facilities.

Main sewer line means the major gravity sewer line in any specific development to which one or more lateral sewers may be tributary.

Meter measurement means the act of or result of determining the quantity of reclaimed water supplied or being discharged by a user and determined by an instrument or device used for such measurements and approved by the director.

Municipality means any city, town or village, wholly or partly within the county.

Operation and maintenance means the process and act of keeping all facilities for supplying reclaimed water in normal operation and in a good state of repair, including the replacement of such facilities when necessary.

Planned extension means future reclaimed water or sewer extensions scheduled by the county with special provisions for payments therefor.

Plumbing means all pipes, fittings and appurtenances on the property owner's side of the property line or outside easement areas. This includes the property owner's extension from all service laterals up to and including the house plumbing.

Point of connection means a point of entry given by the county to a customer/developer for the customer's/developer's point of utility connection into the county's collection or transmission system; the point at which the customer/developer receives service.

PVC pipe means polyvinyl chloride pipe.

Reclaimed water means domestic wastewater that has received at least secondary treatment, filtration and high level disinfection, as defined by the state department of environmental protection, and treatment, as required by policy of the public facilities element of the county comprehensive plan, and that is reused after flowing out of a wastewater treatment facility.

Reclaimed water distribution system means facilities consisting of but not limited to distribution mains, valves and appurtenances used to distribute reclaimed water to customers.

Reclaimed water facilities means all facilities required for the production, storage, transmission, distribution and use of reclaimed water.

Reclaimed water master plan means a plan adopted and revised as necessary by the board of county commissioners showing the following:

(1)

A general description of the storage, pumping and transmission facilities planned for supply of reclaimed water to reclaimed water distribution systems and to users of reclaimed water.

(2)

Designated areas of the county within which construction of reclaimed water distribution systems shall be required in new developments.

(3)

Standards and procedures for connecting to the county system when service becomes available.

(4)

The ultimate reclaimed water disposal capacity of areas of the county accessible by the reclaimed water transmission and distribution facilities.

Reclaimed water service connection means the reclaimed water connection from the county system to the point of delivery to the customer. For a residential customer, this is the downstream side of the curbstop at the customer's property line. For a nonresidential customer, the actual point of delivery may be at a location other than the property line, to be determined by the county.

Reuse means the deliberate application of reclaimed water in compliance with the state department of environmental protection for a beneficial purpose.

Reuse system means those facilities located downstream of the service connection for the purpose of practicing reuse.

Service area means those unincorporated areas of the county designated by separate resolution of the board of county commissioners which are serviced by a regional or subregional wastewater treatment facility owned or operated, in whole or in part, by the county, where development is required to connect to the regional or subregional facility, unless otherwise provided in this article or within the designating resolution.

Service commitment means the county's intent to provide service to a particular development or facility as expressed by the county's approval on a permit request to the state department of environmental protection.

Service commitment fee means that fee established by the county for providing service commitments to developers in accordance with this article.

Service lateral means the connection extending from the point of connection to the sanitary sewer, water or reclaimed water main in the street or easement to a customer's plumbing.

Sewage means a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such infiltration as may be present; often referred to as wastewater.

Sewage disposal service means the service provided by the county for the disposal of sewage, including transmission, treatment and effluent disposal.

Sewage disposal service charge or sewer charge means the charge established for the disposal of sewage based upon volume discharged to the sewer or water consumption.

Sewer or collection sewer means the gravity flow sloping pipe facility installed in public streets, rights-of-way and easements for the collection and transmission of sewage.

Sewer system of the city means the sanitary sewer collection system within the corporate limits of a city that is operated by or on behalf of the county.

Surcharge means that part of the sewer, water or reclaimed water service charge which shall be applied to cover added, extraordinary operation and maintenance costs.

System means the entire reclaimed water system of the county and all treatment and disposal facilities and pipelines owned or operated by the county and all systems connected thereto.

Testing means the analysis of samples of reclaimed water.

Toxic substance means any substance, whether gaseous, liquid or solid, which constitutes a hazard to human beings or animals or inhibits aquatic life or creates a hazard to recreation.

Transmission mains means those mains used to supply reclaimed water from the wastewater treatment plant or pumping station to the reclaimed water distribution mains.

Turf facility means any facility which has ten or more acres of landscaped area such as golf courses, parks, school grounds and cemeteries.

Unpolluted water means water discharged in its original state or water discharged which, after use for any purpose, is at least equal chemically, physically, thermally and biologically to the water from its original source; i.e., potable water, groundwater, river water and stream water.

User means any person or premises receiving reclaimed water or waste disposal services.

User charge means charges assigned to each user which defray a proportionate share of the cost of operation and maintenance of the reclaimed water or sewage system; often referred to as reclaimed water or sewage disposal service charge.

Wastewater means a term interchangeable with sewage.

(Ord. No. 93-16, § 1, 5-18-93)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.