Chapter 95 – Sanitary Sewer System

12. “Public sewer” means a sewer in which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and is controlled by public authority. 13. “Sanitary sewage” means sewage discharging from the sanitary conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels), office buildings, factories, or institutions, and free from storm, surface water, and industrial waste. 14. “Sanitary sewer” means a sewer which carries sewage and to which storm, surface, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted. 15. “Sewage” means a combination of the water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments, together with such ground, surface, and storm waters as may be present. 16. “Sewage treatment plant” means any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage. 17. “Sewage works” or “sewage system” means all facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage. 18. “Sewer” means a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage. 19. “Sewer service charges” means any and all charges, rates or fees levied against and payable by customers, as consideration for the servicing of said customers by said sewer system. 20. “Slug” means any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average 24-hour concentration or flows during normal operation. 21. “Storm drain” or “storm sewer” means a sewer which carries storm and surface waters and drainage but excludes sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water. 22. “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of sewage works and/or of water pollution control of the City or any authorized deputy, agent, or representative. 23. “Suspended solids” means solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, sewage, or other liquids, and which are removable by laboratory filtering. 24. “Watercourse” means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently. 95.03 SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent shall exercise the following powers and duties: (Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4]) 1. Operation and Maintenance. Operate and maintain the City sewage system. 2. Inspection and Tests. Conduct necessary inspections and tests to assure compliance with the provisions of these Sanitary Sewer chapters. 3. Records. Maintain a complete and accurate record of all sewers, sewage connections and manholes constructed showing the location and grades thereof. 95.04 PROHIBITED ACTS. No person shall do, or allow, any of the following: 1. Damage Sewer System. Maliciously, willfully, or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewer system. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.1)