Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 16 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL › Section 28-16-110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
For the purposes of the regulations in this article, the
				following words, terms and phrases are defined as follows:
(a) "Best practicable waste treatment
			 technology (BPWTT)" means a cost-effective technology that can treat
			 wastewater, including combined sewer overflows and nonexcessive infiltration
			 and inflow, to meet the applicable provisions of Kansas water supply and sewage
			 statutes, K.S.A. 65-161 to
			 65-171x; water pollution control
			 statutes, K.S.A. 65-3301 to
			 65-3313; and the federal clean
			 water act as amended on or before January 1, 1989, 33 USC 1251 et seq.
(b) "Department" means the Kansas
			 department of health and environment.
(c) "Equivalency" means that portion of the
			 Kansas water pollution control revolving fund which was directly made available
			 by the federal government.
(d)
			 "Equivalency project" means that portion of the project cost which is funded
			 from the equivalency portion of the Kansas water pollution control revolving
			 fund.
(e) "Facilities planning"
			 means the necessary plans and studies directly related to the project financed
			 from the Kansas water pollution control revolving fund. The content of a
			 facilities plan shall be as described in the federal register
			 40 CFR
			 35.2030(b), as in effect on
			 January 1, 1989.
(f)
			 "Infiltration" means water other than sewage that enters a sewerage system from
			 the ground through defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manholes.
(g) "Excessive infiltration" means
			 the quantity of flow which is more than 120 gallons per capita per day or the
			 quantity of infiltration which could be economically and effectively eliminated
			 from a sewer system as determined in a cost-effectiveness analysis. Flow rates
			 more than 120 gallons per capita per day when justified by water use records
			 are not considered to be excessive infiltration.
(h) "Inflow" means water other than sewage
			 that enters a sewerage system. Inflow does not include infiltration.
(i) "Excessive inflow" means a
			 rainfall-induced flow rate in excess of 275 gallons per capita per day.
(j) "Loan applicant" means any
			 county, city, sewer district, other public agency, or any combination thereof,
			 created by or pursuant to Kansas statutes, filing an application for a loan
			 pursuant to the Kansas water pollution control fund act of 1988.
(k) "Loan agreement" means an executed
			 contract between a loan recipient and the secretary confirming the purpose of
			 the loan, the amount and terms of the loan, the schedule of loan payments and
			 repayments and any other agreed upon conditions set forth by the secretary.
(l) "Minority business enterprise"
			 means a business certified as a minority business enterprise by a state or
			 federal agency based on the authority of state or federal statutes.
(m) "Project" means the scope of work for
			 which a loan is awarded.
(n)
			 "Secretary" means the secretary of Kansas department of health and environment.
(o) "Sewerage" means the removal
			 and treatment of surface water, sewage and other wastewater by sewers, a system
			 of sewers, wastewater treatment processes or any other means such as recycling
			 and reclamation.
(p) "Value
			 engineering" means a cost control technique which uses a systematic approach to
			 identify unnecessarily high costs in a project without sacrificing the
			 reliability or efficiency of the project.
(q) "Women's business enterprise" means a
			 business certified as a women's business enterprise by a state or federal
			 agency based on the authority of state or federal statutes.
(r) "Wastewater treatment works" means any
			 device, or system for the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of
			 sewage. These include:
(1) intercepting
			 sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping stations, facilities
			 for sewage treatment and disposal of residues resulting from treatment, power
			 and other equipment, their appurtenances, extensions, improvements, remodeling,
			 additions and alterations thereof; and
(2) any works, including site acquisition of
			 the land, that will be an integral part of the treatment process or are used
			 for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from treatment.