5-1-4: DEFINITIONS:

COMMUNITY SUBSURFACE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM: Any on-site sewage disposal system utilizing subsurface disposal and having two (2) or more connections and/or flows equal to or exceeding two thousand five hundred (2,500) g.p.d.

DIRECTOR: The Director of Public Health District IV, or his designee or authorized agent.

HEALTH AUTHORITY: Public Health District IV, or such agency or unit of government as may succeed to its powers, duties or responsibilities.

INDIVIDUAL AND SUBSURFACE ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM: A sewage disposal system, other than a municipal or community system, which receives either human excreta or liquid waste, or both, from a single premises. Included within the scope of this definition are septic tank - soil absorption systems, privies and chemical type toilets, and such other types as may be approved by the Director.

INSTALLER'S CERTIFICATE: A certificate issued by the Health Authority to a licensed installer in accordance with subsection 5-1-5C of this Chapter.

LICENSED INSTALLER: A person holding an installer's registration permit under Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Division of Environment Rules and Regulations for Individual and Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems, February 1978.

MUNICIPAL SEWER SYSTEM: Any publicly-owned and maintained sewage system, system of conveyance, piping, or any part thereof, that transports sewage away from the property or origin to publicly-owned and operated sewage treatment and disposal facilities.

PERSON: Any institution, public or private corporation, individual, partnership or other entity.

SCUM: A mass of sewage solids in a septic tank floating at the surface of the liquid, which is buoyed up by entrained gas, grease, or other substances.

SEWAGE: Any liquid or semiliquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution and may include liquids containing chemicals in solution.

SLUDGE: A mass of sewage solids in a septic tank which accumulates at the bottom of the tank. (Ord. 111-1-83, 10-12-1983)