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SAN LEANDRO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE <br />TITLE 12 PUBLIC WORKS <br />Chapter 5 Uniform Wastewater Discharge <br />Regulations <br />12.5.100: DEFINITIONS. The following definitions shall govern the construction of this <br />Chapter. <br />(a) Billable Parameters. Those parameters (i.e., flow, BOD, SS, Volume, I/I) for which <br />the treatment works is designed to treat and for which average user charge unit costs of <br />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 wastewater. <br />The BOD test measures the oxygen required for the biochemical degradation of <br />organic material. The test results represent the average BOD strength of wastewater <br />discharged during any given period. <br />(c) 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 before June 30, 1995 or some prior year when it <br />can be shown to the satisfaction of the City's Director of Public Works that some prior <br />year's peak month loadings are more representative of a user's use of the wastewater <br />system than occurred over the five years before June 30, 1995. <br />(d) Commercial User. Any non-residential user, including business activity that is not <br />otherwise classified, and that the Public Works Services Director determines <br />introduces into the sewer system primarily segregated domestic wastes or wastes from <br />samtary convemences. <br />(e) Compliance User. An industrial User which is monitored by the City's <br />Environmental Compliance Section to determine the User's compliance with both the <br />Federal regulations of the Clean Water Act and the City's local wastewater discharge <br />ordinance. <br />8/12/98 1 <br />