DEFINITIONS
Agent Authorization Form: Designates an agent/tenant to receive all sewer bills and correspondence on behalf of the property owner.
Availability, Certificate of Sewer: A document issued by the District if the property owner meets all District requirements, stating what types of sewer service is available to a property such as: main, stub , tee , saddle to main or approved Developer Extension Contract and compliance with District rules and regulations.
Backup: When waste as the result of an obstruction in a sewer line or pump system failure cannot go forward along the designed conveyance route.
Board: See Commissioners
Commissioners: The Board of Commissioners, the governing body of Ronald Wastewater District, King County , Washington.
Contractor, Licensed Sewer: Any person, partnership, corporation or association duly qualified and competent to do construction, repair, or replacement of sewers under permits issued under this Resolution and who shall have been duly licensed by Ronald Wastewater District.
Cover: The depth of material lying between the top of the sewer and the finish grade immediately above it.
Developer Extension Contract: An agreement between a property owner and the District setting conditions for extending the sewer system and connecting to the District's mains.
Developer Project Manual: A document containing standards and specifications for Developer Extensions.
District: Ronald Wastewater District in King County, State of Washington.
Down Spout: A pipe which conducts water from the roof of a structure .
Dwelling, Auxiliary: A living unit on the property in addition to the primary dwelling, which must be 50% or less in square footage of living space than the primary dwelling on the lot, whether attached or not attached to the primary dwelling.
Dwelling, Multiple: A multiple family dwelling, namely a structure(s) designed and/or used to house two or more families living independently of each other and including in each unit all necessary household functions of each such family; and shall also include trailer or mobile home parks; trailer or mobile home courts. Each trailer, mobile home, or stall and each motel unit, hotel room, apartment, cabin, cottage, and add-a-rental shall be deemed a separate unit.
Dwelling, Single: A structure designed and/or used to house a single family.
Emergency Generator: An alternate source of electrical power used to operate District equipment and pump stations during electrical failures.
Engineer: The consulting engineers or engineer employed by the District.
Extension , Mainline: An addition to the District's system of sewers constructed by an owner or developer according to the terms and conditions of a Developer Extension Contract and is to be conveyed to the District upon the District's inspection and acceptance of the sewers as built by the property owner.
General Manager: The chief administrator of the District.
Fat , Oil , and Grease (FOG ) Mitigation: A management plan for commercial establishments that generate Fat, Oil and /or Grease that is subject to discharge into the sanitary sewer system.
Industrial Waste: Any liquid, solid, or gaseous substance or combination thereof resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, commercial food processing, business, trade, research and development, recovering, or processing of natural resources.
Interceptor: A sewer that receives flow from a number of other large sewers or outlets and conducts the wastewater to a point for treatment or disposal.
Lateral: A sewer which will receive the flow from one or more side sewers and discharge into a trunk or interceptor.
Low Income Senior Citizen/Disabled Discount: A reduced utility rate for low income senior citizen and disabled ratepayers. Recipient must be 62 years of age or older; own and reside at the service address for at least one year; receive less than 50% of the Local Area Median Household Gross Annual Income during the previous year. (established by HUD)
Mobile Home: A moveable single dwelling.
Occupant: Any person or owner in physical possession of a structure to which sewer service is available.
Overflow Storage: A facility built to store sewage flow during a high flow event or failure of any part of a sewer system.
Permit: An application form together with a printed and serially numbered form issued by the District prior to construction, repair, or replacement of any side sewer .
Person: Any individual, a home owner or a representative of any of the following: company, partnership, corporation, association, society or group and the singular term shall include the plural and reference to any gender shall mean all genders.
Plumbing Outlet: The part of the lowest horizontal piping of a sewer system that receives the discharge waste pipes from inside the walls of the structure and connects to the side sewer.
Pump Station: (also Lift Station) A facility used to pump sewage to a higher elevation when it cannot flow by gravity through the District's sewer system. The design requirements are to be determined by the District's Engineer and will include an emergency generator and overflow storage facilities.
Pump Station Surcharge: A monthly charge which the District's Board of Commissioners may impose on properties served by a pump station in order to compensate the District for additional expense that is incurred in the maintenance and operation of such facility.
Saddle: A mechanical device acceptable to the District to install a tee onto a sewer main.
Sanitary Sewer: A sewer designed to transport sanitary sewage .
Sanitary Sewage: Water carrying waste discharged from sanitary facilities.
Gravity Service: Sewer service which may be obtained between a property and the District's existing system of sewers in accordance with the District's Rules and Regulations without use of a pump.
Service, Residential: Any sanitary sewerage system serving a single dwelling or multiple dwelling containing four units or less.
Service, Commercial: All sanitary sewerage systems other than residential.
Sewer, Private: A private sewerage system exclusive of side sewers which is neither owned, nor operated by the District.
Sewer, Public: Any sanitary sewerage system, including but not limited to interceptors, trunks, laterals, stubs, pump stations and force mains constructed by the District or by any person and conveyed to the District lying within the right-of-way or a perpetual easement obtained by or granted to the District.
Side Sewer: A sanitary sewer pipe leading from a plumbing outlet or other facility to the stub of the public sewer system.
Standard Specifications: Information contained in a document entitled Developer Project Manual .
Storm Drain : A public or private drain which carries storm and surface waters or drainage effluent from storm plumbing outlets and other water unpolluted by sanitary or industrial waste .
Storm Water: Waters on the surface of the ground or underground resulting from rainfall or other natural sources.
Structure: Anything constructed or erected on property within the District, designed, intended, or in any manner capable of being used for human occupation, recreation, employment, or other similar purposes and shall include but not be limited to trailers , mobile homes , house trailers, carports, and garages but shall not include fences and walls.
Stub: A sanitary sewer pipe leading from the public sewer to the property line or edge of a perpetual easement on the property being served.
Tee: A section of sewer pipe shaped in the form of a “T” which permits the connection of another section of sewer pipe entering at a 90̊ angle.
Trailer: A vehicle designed and intended for use on public roadways (not designed nor intended as a permanent residence) and temporarily connected to the sewer when parked at a trailer park or similar site.
Trunk: A sanitary sewer that receives flow from many tributary branches.
Wastewater: The spent water of a community. From the standing source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions together with any ground water, surface water, and storm water that may be present.