“Act” or “Clean Water Act” shall mean the Clean Water Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95-217), 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq., as the same is in effect on the date of the ordinance codified in this chapter or may hereafter be amended.

“Building drain” means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five feet (5') outside the inner face of the building wall.

“Building sewer” means the extension from the building drain to the public sewer or other place of disposal, also called house connection.

“Connection permit” means a permit to connect to the sewer system of the Town issued in accordance with PMC 9.20.040 and 9.20.050.

“Discharge permit” means a permit to discharge industrial waste into the sewer system of the Town of Parachute, as authorized and permitted by PMC 9.20.090 through 9.20.110.

“Industrial discharger” or “discharger” means any nonresidential user who discharges an effluent into the Town wastewater treatment facilities by means of pipes, conduits, pumping stations, force mains, constructed drainage ditches, surface water intercepting ditches, and all constructed devices and appliances appurtenant thereto.

“Industrial waste” means solid, liquid or gaseous waste resulting from any industrial manufacturing trade or business process, or from the development, recovery or processing of natural resources.

“Pollutant” means any substance discharged into the Town wastewater treatment facilities or its collection system, which is listed in the National Pretreatment Standards, 40 C.F.R. Part 403, as the same is now in effect or may hereafter be amended.

“Pretreatment” means the reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into the wastewater treatment system of the Town. This reduction or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as otherwise prohibited. Appropriate pretreatment technology includes control equipment such as equalization tanks or facilities for the protection against surges or slug loadings that might interfere with or otherwise be incompatible with the wastewater treatment facilities of the Town.

“Public sewer” means a sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions together with minor quantities of groundwater, storm water, and surface water that are not admitted intentionally.

“Runoff waters” means any water from storm or surface runoff, including by way of example but not by limitation, groundwater, or storm and surface runoff from building foundations or roof drains, or any other collected or uncollected water from natural sources.

“Sanitary sewage” or “sewage” means the water-carried human waste or a combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, storm or other waters as may be present.

“Slug” means any discharge of water or wastewater which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twenty-four (24) hour concentration of flows from such user during normal operation and which adversely affects the Town’s sewer system or performance of its wastewater works.

“Superintendent” means the official designated by the Town Manager to be superintendent of wastewater facilities of the Town, or his authorized deputy, agent or representative.

“Town,” where the context so requires or permits, shall mean the Town of Parachute, Colorado, Sewer Enterprise, the sewer activity enterprise owned by the Town, which business is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Town sewer system and which business receives under ten percent (10%) of its annual revenues in grants from all State and local governments combined and which is authorized to issue its own revenue bonds. The term “Town Council,” where the context so requires or permits, shall mean the Town Council of the Town of Parachute, Colorado, Sewer Enterprise.

“Wastewater” means industrial waste or sewage or any other waste, including that which may be combined with any groundwater, surface water, or storm water that may be discharged into the wastewater treatment facilities of the Town. (Ord. 500 §1, 2004; Amended Ord. 685 §15, 2015; Amended Ord. 757 §2, 2019)