Chapter 15.04 — DEFINITIONS
Merced Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Merced
Sections in this part
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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