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SAN LEANDRO ADMIlvISTRATIVE CODE <br />TITLE 12 <br />Chapter 5 <br />PUBLIC WORKS <br />Uniform Wastewater Discharge <br />Regulations <br />12.5.100: DEFINITIONS. The following definitions and the definitions contained in Title 3, <br />Chapter 15 of the San Leandro Municipal Code, shall govern the construction of this Chapter. <br />(a) Billable Parameters. Those parameters (i.e., flow, BOD, SS, Volume, UI) for which <br />the treatment works is designed to treat and for which average user charge unit costs <br />of service are calculated. <br />(b) BOD. The biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is a laboratory test in which <br />standardized procedures are used to determine the oxygen requirements of <br />wastewater. The BOD test measures the oxygen required for the biochemical <br />degradation of organic material. The test results represent the average BOD strength <br />of wastewater discharged during a given period. <br />© Capacity Rights. The flow, BOD and SS capacity purchase by a user upon obtaining <br />a connection permit, or, if such data are not available, the peak month loadings of a <br />user during the past five fiscal years or some prior year when it can be shown to the <br />satisfaction of the Manager that some prior year's peak month loadings are more <br />representative of a user's use of the wastewater system than occurred over the five <br />year period. <br />(d) Commercial User. Any non-residential user, including business activity that is not <br />otherwise classified, and that the Manager determines introduces into the sanitary <br />sewer system primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from sanitary <br />conveniences. <br />(e) Compliance User. An industrial User which is monitored to determine compliance <br />with both the Federal regulations of the Clean Water Act and the City's local <br />wastewater discharge ordinance. <br />(f) Industrial User. Any non-residential user who discharges industrial wastes and is <br />identified in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, Office of <br />Management and Budget, as now or hereafter amended or supplemented under, but <br />not limited to, the following divisions: <br />1. Division A - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing <br />2. Division B - Mining <br />3. Division D - Manufacturing <br />07-O1-03 1 <br />