SEWAGE WORKS 1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

· , ~ " I~ 'I t I , I , I , , ! I !J , I I , l \ DRAFT - 9/25/81 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SEWAGE WORKS, REGULATING THE USE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEWERS AND DRAINS, THE INSTALLAT,ION AND CONNECTION OF BUILDING SEWERS, AND THE DISCHARGE OF WATERS AND WASTES INTO THE PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM OF THE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE, INDIANA, AND PROVIDNG PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SECTIONS THEREOF, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Board of Trustees, Town of Moores- ville, Indiana: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the following terms, if used in this Ordinance, shall be as follows: 101. "Biochemical Oxygen Demand" (or BOD) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters, or industrial wastes shall mean the quantity of dissolved oXygen in milligrams per liter required during stabiliza- tion of the decomposable organic matter by aerobic biochemical ac- tion under standard laboratory procedures for five days at 20 degrees centigrade. The laboratory determinations shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in "Standard MethOds," as de- fined in Paragraph 140. 102. "Board" shall mean the Town Board of Trustees, Town of Mooresville, Indiana, or any duly authorized officials acting in its behalf. 103. "Building (or House) Drain" shall mean that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the buildings and conveys it to a point approximately five feet outside the foundation wall of the bUilding. 104. "Building (or House)" Sewer" shall mean the pipe which is connected to the building (or house) drain at the point approximately five feet Outside the foundation wall of the building and which conveys the bUilding's diScharge from that point to the, public sewer or . other place of disposal. 10S. "Chemical Oxygen Demand" (or COD) of sewage, sewage effluent, polluted waters, or industrial wastes is a measure of the oxygen equivalent to that portion of the organic matter in a sample that is susceptible to Oxidation by a strong chemical oxidant. The laboratory determination shall be made in accordance with pro- cedures set forth in ·Standard Methods." I .,.1- /