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(k) Conventional Pollutant. Conventional Pollutant shall mean biochemical oxygen demand, organic carbon, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrogen, pH, and total coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants identified in the POTW's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NTPDES) Permit if the POTW was designed to treat such pollutant, and if such pollutants do not interfere with the operations of the POTW or adversely impact sludge use and disposal and, in fact, the POTW does remove such pollutant to a substantial degree. (I) Composite Sample. Composite Sample shall mean a sample which is collected manually or automatically, and discretely or continuously , based on time or flow intervals. (m) Conservative Pollutant. Conservative Pollutant shall mean a pollutant that is not metabolized by the treatment processes in a conventional wastewater treatment plant. A conservative pollutant may be removed by the treatment processes and retained in the biosolids, may be volatilized and lost in fugitive air emissions or may be discharged with the plant's effluent. Although the pollutant may be chemically changed in the treatment process, it can still be detected and may still be detrimental to the environment. (n) Contamination. Contamination shall mean an impairment of the quality of the Waters of the State by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through the spread of disease. Contamination shall include any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of wastewater, whether or not Waters of the State are affected. (o) Cooling Water, Cooling Water shall mean the water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration, or to which the only pollutant added is heat. (p) Diluting Waters. Diluting Waters shall mean cooling water, domestic sewage, ground water, surface drainage or potable waters which are not parts of an industrial process and which do not contain constituents for which US -EPA pretreatment limitations apply but which are combined with industrial process wastewater prior to the monitoring. (q) Direct Discharge. Direct Discharge shall mean the discharge of treated or untreated wastewater directly to the Waters of the State of California. (r) Director. Director shall mean the City Manager, or his or her designee, including authorized personnel. (s) Domestic Sewage. Domestic Sewage shall mean liquid and waterborne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes, free from industrial wastes, and of such character as to permit satisfactory disposal, without special treatment, into the City's sewerage system. (t) East Bay Dischargers Authority. East Bay Dischargers Authority shall mean the joint powers of authority comprised of the City of Hayward, the City of San Leandro, the Oro Lorna Sanitary District, the Castro Valley Sanitary District, and the Union Sanitary District. (u) EPA. EPA shall mean the United States Environmental Protection Agency. 3