§ 19B-2. Definitions.

Except where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter. The definition of a word or phrase applies to any of that word's or phrase's variants.

(a)

"Disinfection," shall mean the process of destroying pathogenic and other microorganisms in wastewater, typically through application of chlorine compounds, ultra-violet light, or ozone.

(b)

"Freeboard," shall mean the vertical separation between the elevation of the Recycled Water in the pond and the top of the berm around the pond, at the berm's lowest elevation, which is designed to prevent spillage and wave erosion of pond berms.

(c)

"Local Enforcement Agency (LEA)," "Local Enforcement Agency (LEA)" shall mean the Environmental Health Division of the County's Health Department, which is designated as such by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to Public Resources Code section 43202.

(d)

"Person," shall mean any individual (including property owner or authorized representative), corporation, club, association, agency, firm, organization, partnership, company, or any other entity which is recognized by law as the subject of rights or duties. This term is not intended to include municipalities or Lake Oroville Area Public Utility District, Thermalito Water and Sewer District, or other public entity, one of whose purposes is the collection, transport, and/or treatment of sewage.

(e)

"Recycled Water" shall mean wastewater that meets the treatment standards described in the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Chapter 3, Water Recycling Criteria (Title 22), for Disinfected Secondary-2.2 Recycled Water, Disinfected Secondary-23 Recycled Water, or Disinfected Tertiary Recycled Water. For the purposes of this chapter, Undisinfected Secondary Recycled Water, as defined in Title 22, is not recycled water.

(f)

"Recycled Water Pond," shall mean an engineered containment structure or other vessel or receptacle used for impoundment of recycled water.

(g)

"Technical, Managerial, and Financial Competence (TMF)," shall mean the program and criteria for verifying the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of recycled water pond operators, initiated by the 1996 federal Safe Drinking Water Act for managers of public water systems and applied to recycled water pond management.

(h)

"Wastewater Pond," shall mean a contained body of domestic sanitary wastewater, lined or unlined, for the purpose of treatment, retention, disposal, or reuse of wastewater. This term shall include, but not be limited to, Recycled Water Ponds. This term shall not include agricultural, commercial, or industrial treatment ponds regulated by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.

(Ord. No. 4078, § 1, 4-22-14)