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Title 15 — PUBLIC SERVICE

Chapter 15.04 — DEFINITIONS

Merced Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Merced

15.04.005 - Authorized representative.

15.04.010 - Definitions.

15.04.020 - Apartments.

15.04.030 - Beneficial uses.

15.04.035 - Best management practices or BMPs.

15.04.050 - Building sewer.

15.04.055 - Categorical pretreatment standard.

15.04.056 - Change in operations.

15.04.057 - Collection system.

15.04.060 - City.

15.04.070 - Commercial user.

15.04.075 - Commissary.

15.04.080 - Compatible pollutant.

15.04.085 - Compliance schedule.

15.04.086 - Composite sample.

15.04.090 - Contamination.

15.04.100 - Cooling water.

15.04.110 - Director.

15.04.115 - Division.

15.04.120 - Domestic sewage.

15.04.130 - Duplex.

15.04.140 - Dwelling group.

15.04.150 - Dwelling unit.

15.04.155 - Enforcement officer.

15.04.156 - EPA.

15.04.160 - Engineer.

15.04.165 - Fats, oils, and grease or FOG.

15.04.170 - Federal act.

15.04.175 - FOG wastewater discharge permit or FOG WDP.

15.04.176 - Food grinder.

15.04.177 - Food service establishment or FSE.

15.04.180 - Garbage.

15.04.181 - Grab sample.

15.04.182 - Grease control device.

15.04.183 - Grease disposal mitigation fee.

15.04.184 - Grease interceptor.

15.04.185 - Grease trap.

15.04.190 - Holding tank waste.

15.04.195 - Hot spots.

15.04.200 - House sewer line.

15.04.210 - Incompatible pollutant.

15.04.215 - Indirect discharge.

15.04.220 - Industrial user.

15.04.230 - Industrial wastes.

15.04.231 - Infiltration.

15.04.232 - Inflow.

15.04.233 - Interceptor.

15.04.235 - Interference.

15.04.236 - Limited food preparation establishment.

15.04.240 - Lot.

15.04.250 - Reserved.

15.04.255 - Manifest.

15.04.260 - Mass emission rate.

15.04.270 - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

15.04.273 - National pretreatment standard.

15.04.274 - Natural outlet.

15.04.275 - New construction.

15.04.277 - New source.

15.04.278 - Non-significant categorical industrial user.

15.04.280 - Nuisance.

15.04.285 - Obstruction.

15.04.290 - Owner classification.

15.04.295 - Pass-through.

15.04.296 - Permittee.

15.04.300 - Person or owner.

15.04.310 - pH.

15.04.320 - Pollutant.

15.04.330 - Pollution.

15.04.333 - POTW.

15.04.335 - POTW treatment plant.

15.04.340 - Premises.

15.04.350 - Pretreatment.

15.04.360 - Pretreatment requirements.

15.04.390 - Public sewer.

15.04.395 - Remodeling.

15.04.400 - Residential user.

15.04.405 - Sanitary sewer.

15.04.406 - Sanitary sewer overflow or SSO.

15.04.410 - Sewage or sanitary sewage.

15.04.420 - Sewage system.

15.04.430 - Sewer connection permit.

15.04.440 - Sewer extension charge.

15.04.450 - Sewer facilities charge.

15.04.460 - Sewer lateral.

15.04.470 - Sewer service.

15.04.480 - Sewer service charge.

15.04.490 - Shall.

15.04.495 - Significant industrial user.

15.04.496 - Significant noncompliance.

15.04.497 - Sludge.

15.04.498 - Slug discharge.

15.04.500 - Standard Methods.

15.04.510 - State.

15.04.515 - Storm drain.

15.04.520 - Stormwater.

15.04.530 - Subtrunk sewer.

15.04.535 - Suspended solids.

15.04.540 - Trunk sewer.

15.04.550 - Unpolluted water.

15.04.560 - User.

15.04.570 - Waste.

15.04.580 - Wastewater.

15.04.590 - Wastewater constituents and characteristics.

15.04.595 - Wastewater discharge permit.

15.04.600 - Reserved.

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