Title 13 Public Utilities and Services

Chapter 13.03 Sewers

Article I. Definitions

1. “Wastewater” includes anything released into the POTW and generally includes water-carried wastes from domestic, business or commercial, or manufacturing or industrial sources.
    

2. For purposes of reference, four categories of wastewater, based on its generic source, are identified in usage:

   1. Sanitary sewage, as defined in SMC 13.03.0177;

   2. Stormwater, defined in SMC 13.03.0199;

   3. Industrial process wastewater or process wastewater, defined in SMC 13.03.0127; and

   4. Noncontact cooling water, defined in SMC 13.03.0143.
       

3. Additionally, “wastewater” is divided into two general classes for purposes of rates and treatment requirements:

   1. Standard strength sewage, defined in SMC 13.03.0197; and

   2. Non-standard strength sewage, defined in SMC 13.03.0145.

Date Passed: Monday, October 15, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Recodification ORD C34122 Section 1