Ridgecrest Municipal Code § 16-20 Scope

In addition to providing for the terms and conditions of city sewer service, this article is also enacted for the purpose of establishing pretreatment regulations to prevent the introduction of pollutants into the city's treatment facilities which will interfere with the operation of the facilities or contaminate the sewage sludge; prevent the introduction of pollutants into the facilities which pass through the treatment works into receiving waters, the atmosphere, or otherwise be incompatible; and improve the feasibility of recycling and reclaiming wastewaters and sludge resulting from wastewater treatment.

(Code 1980, § 12-5.1; Ord. No. 86-05, § 1)

This article shall apply to the collection, treatment, and disposal of all wastes delivered directly or indirectly through collector sewers, into the trunk sewers of the city; to the tapping of the connection to the collector and trunk sewers and the authority therefor; to the issuance of permits and the collection of fees therefor; to the imposition and collection of fees to pay the cost of checking plans, inspecting construction and providing as-built plans of the facilities permitted hereunder; and to providing penalties for violation of any of the provisions hereof.

(Code 1980, § 12-5.2; Ord. No. 86-05, § 1)

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:

Applicant means a person requesting sanitation service from the city.

Biochemical oxygen demand or BOD means the demand of the waste discharge as determined by Standard Methods.

Class 1 discharger orClass 1 means and refers to any discharger who discharges sewage from a residential structure, or whose discharge is equivalent in strength to a residential discharge.

Class 2 discharger orClass 2 means and refers to any nonresidential discharger who discharges sewage containing not more than 235 mg/L BOD and 282 mg/L SS on an average daily basis. Light industrial users and commercial users such as schools and offices are presumed to be Class 2 dischargers, however, dischargers in this class must demonstrate that the discharge does not, and will not, exceed the foregoing limits.

Class 3 discharger orClass 3 means and refers to any discharger who discharges sewage containing more than 235 mg/L BOD and 282 mg/L SS but less than 635 mg/L BOD and 415 mg/L SS on an average daily basis. Moderate industrial users and commercial users such as shopping centers and gas stations are presumed to be Class 3 dischargers, however, dischargers in this class must demonstrate that the discharge does not, and will not, exceed the foregoing limits.

Class 4 discharger orClass 4 means and refers to any discharger who discharges sewage containing more than 635 mg/L BOD and 415 mg/L SS but less than 1,000 mg/L BOD and 700 mg/L SS on an average daily basis. Moderately heavy industrial users and commercial users such as restaurants, markets and mortuaries are presumed to be Class 4 dischargers, however, dischargers in this class must demonstrate that the discharge does not, and will not, exceed the foregoing limits.

Class 5 discharger orClass 5 means and refers to any discharger who dischargers sewage containing more than 1,000 mg/L BOD and 700 mg/L SS on an average daily basis. The industrial users are in this category.

Collector sewer or branch sewer means a public sewer or system of public sewers which receives sewage from a relatively small area and discharges into a trunk sewer. A collector sewer may, under certain circumstances, be privately owned and maintained.

Customer means a person receiving sanitation service from the city.

Domestic sewage means the water borne wastes derived from the ordinary living or commercial process and of such character as to permit satisfactory disposal without special treatment, into the public sewer or by means of a private sewage disposal system.

Equivalent residential unit orERU means and refers to a residential unit of any size, or 20 plumbing fixture units, as defined in the state plumbing code, discharging into the sewer.

Industrial waste means any and all waste substances, liquid or solid, except domestic sewage, and including, but not limited to, radioactive wastes and explosives, noxious, toxic, or corrosive gases or liquids when present in the sewage system. Class 2, 3, 4 and 5 dischargers are presumed to deposit industrial wastes.

Industrial waste connection means the connection between an industrial waste source and a trunk or collector sewer and may include a manhole, or other acceptable testing means, on the lateral so that the city can sample the discharge to the trunk sewer or collector sewer.

Lateral sewer means a sewer which discharges into a branch or other sewer and which has no other common sewer tributary to it.

Sanitation service means the collection and treatment of sewage and the disposal of effluent and sludge by the city.

Sewage unit means and refers to one ERU. A single-family residential dwelling contributes one sewage unit.

Sewer connection means the connection between a lateral and collector or trunk.

Suspended solids orSS means and refers to the results of a standard total nonfilterable residue dried at 103 degrees to 105 degrees test as described in Standard Methods.

Trunk sewer means a public sewer, owned and maintained by the city, to which one or more collector sewers are tributary.

(Code 1980, § 12-5.3; Ord. No. 86-05, § 1)