Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › WATER DIVISION - WATER QUALITY PROGRAM › Chapter 335-6-20 - RECLAIMED WATER REUSE PROGRAM › Section 335-6-20-.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
The following definitions describe the meaning of certain
				  terms used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the
				  context:
(1)
"Applicant"
means
				the person applying for a Reclaimed Water Reuse Permit.
(2)
"Applicable
				Requirements"
means any state, local or federal statutes,
				regulations or ordinances to which the facility is subject.
(3)
"Aquifer Storage and Recovery
				(ASR) Well"
means an injection well used for the injection of
				treated municipal wastewater, groundwater or surface water, for the purpose of
				storage in a designated aquifer, and recovery at a later time for a beneficial
				use.
(4)
"Buffer
				Distance"
means a specified distance between an actual point of
				reuse of reclaimed water and a land feature or resource use specified in this
				chapter, such as public/private wells, adjoining property, inhabited dwellings,
				or other features as specified by the Department.
(5)
"Class A Reclaimed
				Water"
means a secondary treated municipal wastewater that has
				received additional treatment including, at a minimum, coagulation,
				clarification, filtration and disinfection, or an alternate process acceptable
				to the Department. See rule
				335-6-20-.10 for Class A reuses
				and applications.
(6)
"Class B Reclaimed Water"
means a secondary treated
				municipal wastewater that has received additional treatment including, at a
				minimum, disinfection. See rule
				335-6-20-.10 for Class B reuses
				and applications.
(7)
"Customer"
means a designated User or Users for the
				purposes of this chapter.
(8)
"Department"
means the Alabama Department of Environmental Management established by the
				Alabama Environmental Management Act,
Code of Alabama
1975, §§
									22-22A-1 to
				22-22A-16.
(9)
"Designated User or
				User"
means any site or facility where reclaimed water is reused
				under a contract with the permittee. User may also be defined as the person to
				be supplied with reclaimed water who has a written user agreement with the
				permittee, or a purveyor who provides reclaimed water to others.
(10)
"Director"
means the Director of the Department of Environmental Management or his/her
				designee.
(11)
"Domestic Wastewater"
means wastewater from residences
				and other wastewaters of similar composition and strength and not wastewater
				generated by industrial processes.
(12)
"Five-Day Carbonaceous
				Biochemical Oxygen Demand (CBOD5)"
means
				the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of carbonaceous
				organic matter present in water or wastewater, reported as a five-day value
				determined using EPA approved methods. In this test the oxidation of
				nitrogenous matter is inhibited.
(13)
"Industrial
				Wastewater"
means all wastewater, treated or untreated, that is
				not defined as municipal wastewater.
(14)
"Land
				Application"
means the removal of wastewater and/or waste solids
				from a treatment facility and distribution to, or incorporation into, the soil
				mantle at agronomic rates for beneficial purposes which meet or exceed National
				Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) technical standards and
				guidelines.
(15)
"Municipal Wastewater"
means wastewater discharged to
				a POTW or a Semi-Public or Private treatment facility containing majority
				domestic wastewater.
(16)
"Non-consumable Agricultural Irrigation"
means the
				irrigation of crops not intended for direct human consumption.
(17)
"Non-Potable
				Mains"
means the pipelines that collect and/or convey non-potable
				discharges from or to multiple service connections. Examples include sewage
				collection and interceptor mains, non-potable irrigation mains, and reclaimed
				water mains.
(18)
"Peak
				Day Flow"
means the largest volume of flow to be received during a
				one day period expressed as a volume per unit of time.
(19)
"Permit"
means
				any permit issued pursuant to division 335-6.
(20)
"Permittee"
means the person to whom a permit has been issued pursuant to division
				335-6.
(21)
"Person"
means any and all persons, natural or
				artificial, including, but not limited to, any individual, partnership,
				association, society, joint stock company, firm, company, corporation,
				institution, trust, other legal entity, business organization or any
				governmental entity and any successor, representative, responsible corporate
				officer, agent or agency of the foregoing.
(22)
"Point of
				Compliance"
means that point in the reclaimed water reuse facility
				where the reclaimed water must meet the requirements of the permit. A permit
				may require more than one point of compliance within the facility depending on
				the constituents to be monitored.
(23)
"Potable Water"
means water suitable for human consumption.
(24)
"Reclaimed
				Water"
means wastewater that has received treatment which meets
				the criteria specified under this chapter.
(25)
"Reclaimed Water
				Distribution System"
means the network of pipes, pumping
				facilities, storage facilities and appurtenances designed to convey and
				distribute reclaimed water from one or more domestic wastewater treatment
				facilities to one or more users of reclaimed water.
(26)
"Reclaimed Water
				Pond"
means any lake, pond or other water holding feature
				constructed or managed to store reclaimed water where swimming, wading,
				boating, fishing, and other water-based recreational activities are prohibited.
				A landscape impoundment is created for storage and may incidentally serve a
				landscaping or aesthetic purpose.
(27)
"Reclaimed Water Reuse
				Facility"
means a wastewater treatment system consisting of a
				series of units or treatment processes which produces a highly treated source
				of wastewater suitable for reuse.
(28)
"Reuse"
means
				the use of reclaimed water as a substitute for other water sources for the
				beneficial irrigation of areas that may be accessible to the public. This
				includes areas such as golf courses, residential and commercial landscaping,
				parks, athletic fields, roadway medians and landscape impoundments.
(29)
"Reuse Facility or
				Facility"
means any structure or system designed or used for reuse
				of wastewater including, but not limited to, municipal wastewater treatment
				facilities, pumping and storage facilities, pipeline and distribution
				facilities, and the property to which the reclaimed water is applied.
(30)
"Secondary
				Treatment"
means, for the purposes of this chapter, the secondary
				treatment as defined in 40 CFR Part 133 ; however the percent removals for
				CBOD5 and TSS shall not apply.
(31)
"Sewage"
means water carrying human wastes from
				residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with
				such ground, surface, storm or other waters as may be present.
(32)
"Total Suspended
				Solids"
means solids that either float on the surface of, or are
				suspended in, water or wastewater; the quantity of material removed from a
				sample in the laboratory referred to as filterable residue, as determined using
				EPA-approved methods.
(33)
"Wastewater"
means any combination of liquid or water
				and pollutants from activities and processes occurring in dwellings, commercial
				buildings, industrial plants, institutions and other establishments, together
				with any ground water, surface water, and storm water that may be present;
				liquid or water that is chemically, biologically, physically or rationally
				identifiable as containing blackwater, gray water or commercial or industrial
				pollutants; and sewage.
(34)
"Waters of the State"
means all waters of any river,
				stream, watercourse, pond, lake, coastal, ground or surface water, wholly or
				partially within the State, natural or artificial. This does not include waters
				which are entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a
				single individual, partnership or corporation unless such waters are used in
				interstate commerce.
Author:
Nicholas Caraway
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
					 1975
, §§
											22-22-1 to
					 22-22-14; §§
											22-22A-1 to
					 22-22A-16
et
					 seq
., as amended.