West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-47 - Sewage Treatment and Collection System Design Standards › Section 64-47-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. Acceptable
				Application. -- The completed forms, plans, specifications, fee, if required,
				and other data as specified by this rule or by instructions issued by the
				commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health.
2.2. Accessible. -- When the location of a
				public sewer system is adjacent to, or available by right-of-way to, a
				particular lot, and sewage can discharge by gravity.
2.3. Approved. -- A procedure of operation or
				construction that is in accordance with design standards, specifications and
				instructions established by the Department.
2.4. BOD. -- Biochemical oxygen
				demand.
2.5. Bureau. -- The Bureau
				for Public Health.
2.6. Chief. --
				The chief of the Office of Water Resources of the department of environmental
				protection, or his or her designee.
2.7. Commissioner. -- The Commissioner of the
				Bureau for Public Health, or his or her designee.
2.8. Department. -- The West Virginia
				Department of Health and Human Resources.
2.9. Design Standards. -- Application
				procedures, design requirements, specifications and construction standards
				promulgated by the Bureau for Public Health.
2.10. Effluent. -- Liquid discharge from a
				sewage treatment or disposal system.
2.11. Establishment. -- A building, structure
				or place used or intended to be used for multiple dwelling units, or for
				manufacturing, commercial, religious, institutional, educational or
				recreational purposes.
2.12.
				Individual Sewer System. -- A system with a daily design flow not to exceed one
				thousand (1,000) gallons per day with subsurface discharge or not to exceed six
				hundred (600) gallons per day design flow with surface discharge. A single
				entity owns and performs maintenance of the system.
2.13. Municipal Sewer System. -- A system or
				group of systems that receives sewage from more than one (1) dwelling or
				establishment that is operated and maintained by an incorporated municipality,
				public service district, or sanitary board.
2.14. Percolation Test. -- A method described
				in this rule for evaluating soils in a particular area for subsurface effluent
				disposal.
2.15. Permit. -- A
				written document issued by the Commissioner that gives permission to construct,
				install, extend, alter or operate an approved sewer system, use a method of
				sewage disposal, or to collect, remove, transport or dispose of
				sewage.
2.16. Person. --
				Individual, partnership, association, syndicate, company, firm, trust,
				corporation, government corporation, institution, department, division, bureau,
				agency, or any other entity recognized by law.
2.17. Public Sewer System. -- A sewage
				collection system or systems, including municipal sewer systems. with or
				without treatment facilities, with a daily design flow greater than 1,000
				gallons per day with subsurface discharge or greater than 600 gallons per day
				with surface discharge, serving one or more dwellings or establishments. A
				single entity owns and performs maintenance on the system.
2.18. Sewage. -- Excreta or liquid waste
				containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution including, but
				not limited to, waste from commodes, urinals, lavatories, bathtubs, laundry
				tubs, washing machines, drinking fountains, sinks, kitchen equipment, and other
				sanitary fixtures or facilities.
2.19. Sewer System. -- A publicly or
				privately owned system that receives and treats sewage and provides for the
				disposal of effluent and sludge that comes from it. This definition includes
				individual sewer systems and public sewer systems.
2.20. Sewage Tank. -- A watertight receptacle
				designed and constructed to receive and retain sewage solids. Sewage tanks
				include, but are not limited to, septic tanks, aeration type sewage treatment
				systems, privy vaults, holding tanks or receptacles and self-contained excreta
				disposal facilities.
2.21. Sewage
				Tank Cleaner. -- A person engaged in the collection, removal, transportation or
				disposal of sewage.
2.22. Standard
				Soil Absorption System -- A system designed to receive effluent from a septic
				tank and dispose of it at depths ranging from 18 to 36 inches from the original
				ground surface.
2.23. Subdivision.
				-- The result of the division of a tract of land into two or more lots, tracts,
				parcels, plats, sites, areas, units, interests, or other division for the
				purpose of dwelling or establishment development and including the division of
				land by deed, metes and bounds description, lease, map, plat or other
				instrument, or by act of construction.
2.24. Wastewater. -- Water containing human,
				animal or domestic waste.
2.25.
				Water Well. -- Any excavation or penetration in the ground, that enters or
				passes through an aquifer for purposes that may include, but are not limited
				to, a water supply, exploration for water, dewatering, or heat pump wells. This
				definition does not include ground water monitoring activities and all
				activities for the exploration, development, production, storage and recovery
				of coal, oil, and gas and other mineral resources regulated under W. Va. Code
				§
									22-1-1
et seq
., §
									22A-1-1
et seq
., or §
									22B-1-1
et seq.