13.08.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
“BOD5” shall mean the 5 day Biochemical Oxygen Demand of a specific sample as tested according to SM 5210;
“Certified Laboratory” shall mean a testing laboratory certified by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to test for the parameters required;
“Car Washes” shall mean any sewer customer where there is a commercial car wash available, including gas stations;
“City” includes the department responsible for the administration of these requirements, the employees and/or its contractors or subcontractors;
“Commercial User” shall mean any offices, warehouses, retail stores, beauty salons, restaurants, nursing homes, hotels, commercial laundry facilities and any non-residential customer not defined as an industrial user;
“Customer” shall mean a person, firm, or corporation connected to the City’s water and/or sewer system; or a person, firm, or corporation that is accessible to the City’s sewer system; or a person, firm, or corporation receiving City utility and/or sanitation services;
“General” shall mean any commercial user not defined as a restaurant, car wash, or other high strength sewer discharge as defined.
“High strength sewage” shall mean sewage with an average BOD5 greater than 264 mg/l or TSS greater than 300 mg/l;
“Industrial User” shall mean any customer with an average annual water usage of 50,000 cubic feet per month or that is required to obtain an industrial pretreatment permit by the administrative authority;
“Laundries” shall mean any sewer customer that provides laundry facilities available for public use or that provides laundry services;
“Low strength sewage” shall mean sewage with an average BOD5 less than 100 mg/l;
“Normal strength sewage” shall mean sewage with an average BOD5 between 100 mg/l and 264 mg/l and an average TSS between 100 mg/l and 300 mg/l;
“Representative sample” shall mean a sample of the wastewater discharge from the facility that includes a representative portion of flow from the various processes;
“Residential User” shall mean as follows: (1) Single Family shall mean any residential unit where each dwelling unit is served by an individual meter. (2) Multi-Family shall mean any multiple dwelling units served by a single water meter;
“Restaurants” shall mean any sewer customer who prepares food for resale except 1) locations where lodging is provided, or 2) locations where the water used by the restaurant is less than 25% of the total water use for the meter;
“Sewer usage” shall be defined as follows for the various classes of customers:
(1) Single Family Residential shall mean the 3 month winter average water usage or the actual usage if less than the winter average usage, or the Olathe system winter average usage if winter average is not available.
(2) Commercial, Industrial, and Multi-Family Residential shall mean the total monthly water consumption unless; 1) a wastewater meter is installed to measure and record the actual amount of water discharged to the sewer system, or 2) for certain business classifications or types, where less than or equal to 90% of the water used is discharged to the sanitary sewer system, an industry standard volume credit has been developed for these users;
“Timely” shall mean within the prescribed period of time as specified;
“TSS” shall mean the total suspended solids of a specific sample as tested according to SM 2540-D. (Ord. 07-134 § 1, 2007; Ord. 94-82 § 1, 1994.)