§ 114-471. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Basic user charge means the basic assessment levied on all users of the wastewater facilities.
BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20 degrees Celsius, expressed in milligrams per liter.
Capital improvement charge means a charge levied on users to improve, extend or reconstruct the wastewater facilities.
Combined sewer means a sewer which is designed and intended to receive wastewater, stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
Commercial user includes transit lodging, retail and wholesale establishments or places engaged in selling merchandise, or rendering services.
Debt service charge means the amount to be paid each billing period for payment of interest, principal, and coverage of outstanding debt.
Federal means the United States of America and any of its units and agencies.
IEPA means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and any of its authorized agents and representatives.
Industrial user includes establishments engaged in manufacturing activities involving the mechanical or chemical transformation of materials or substances into products.
Institutional/governmental user includes schools; churches; penal institutions; and users associated with federal, state, and local governments.
Local capital cost charge means charges for costs other than the operation, maintenance and replacement costs, i.e., debt service and capital improvement costs.
Milligrams per liter means a unit of the concentration of water or wastewater constituent. It is 0.001 g of the constituent in 1,000 ml of water. It has replaced the unit formerly used commonly, parts per million, to which it is approximately equivalent, in reporting the results of water and wastewater analyses.
Person means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm, company, municipality, private corporation, association, society, institution, enterprise, governmental agency or other entity.
pH means the logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed by one of the procedures outlined in the state environmental protection agency division of laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
ppm means parts per million by weight.
Public sewer means a sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the city. It also includes sewers within or outside the city boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge into the city sanitary or combined sewer system, even though those sewers may not have been constructed with city funds.
Replacement means expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the wastewater treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. The term "operation and maintenance" includes replacement.
Residential user means all residential dwelling units such as houses, mobile homes, apartments, and permanent multifamily dwellings.
Sanitary sewer means a sewer that conveys sewage or industrial wastes or a combination of both, and into which stormwaters, surface waters, and groundwaters or polluted industrial wastes are not intentionally admitted.
Sewer means a pipe or conduit for conveying sewage or any other waste liquids, including stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage.
Sewerage fund means the principal accounting designation for all revenues received in the operation of the wastewater facilities.
Storm sewer means a sewer that carries stormwater, surface water and groundwater drainage, but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling water.
Surcharge means the assessment in addition to the basic user charge and debt service charge which is levied on those users whose wastes are greater in strength than the concentration values established in this article.
Suspended solids (SS) means solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage, or industrial waste, and which are removable by a laboratory filtration device. Quantitative determination of suspended solids shall be made in accordance with procedures set forth in the state environmental protection agency division of laboratories Manual of Laboratory Methods.
Useful life means the estimated period during which the collection system and/or treatment works will be operated.
USEPA means the United States Environmental Protection Agency and any of its authorized agents and representatives.
User charge means a charge levied on users of wastewater treatment works for the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement.
User class means the type of user: residential, commercial, institutional/governmental, or industrial as defined in this section.
Wastewater facilities means the structures, equipment, and processes required to collect, carry away, and treat domestic and industrial wastes and transport effluent to a watercourse.
Wastewater service charge means the charge per month levied on all users of the wastewater facilities. The service charge shall consist of the total or the basic user charge, the local capital cost, and a surcharge, if applicable.
(Code 1996, § 50.100)
Cross reference
Definitions generally, § 1-2.