Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-16-110 - Definitions
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.
Notes
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