Section 246-271-130. Appendix—Definitions.

(1) "Department" - Washington state department of health.

(2) "Detailed plans" of sewage systems - Plans used for the construction of any sewer or sewer system.

(3) "Final plans" of sewage treatment works - Plans used for the construction of any sewage treatment works.

(4) "Industrial wastes" - The liquids, solids, or other wastes resulting from any process of industry, or from the development of any natural resource.

(5) "Industrial waste treatment works" - An arrangement of devices and structures for treating industrial wastes.

(6) "Owner" - The state, county, city, town, village, corporation, firm, company, institution, person or persons owning or operating any sewage system, sewage treatment plant, or industrial waste disposal system or treatment plant.

(7) "Pipe outlet" - A pipe line which conveys the effluent from a reservoir, sewage treatment plant, or other structure to its point of discharge.

(8) "Pumping station" - A station housing sewage pumps, and their appurtenances.

(9) "Secretary" - Secretary of the Washington state department of health or the secretary's authorized designee.

(10) "Sewage" - The water-carried waste products or discharge from human beings or other wastes from residences, public or private buildings, together with such ground, surface or stormwater as may be present.

(11) "Sewage system" - A system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation, and pumping of sewage and industrial wastes.

(12) "Sewage treatment works" - An arrangement of devices and structures for treating sewage, industrial wastes, and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with sewage treatment plant.

(13) "Sewage works" - A comprehensive term which includes facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing of sewage; the sewage system and the sewage treatment works.

(14) "Sewer" - A pipe or conduit; generally closed, but normally not flowing full, for carrying sewage and other waste liquids.

(15) "Sewer outlet" - The point of final discharge of sewage or treatment plant effluent.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. WSR 92-02-019 (Order 225B), § 246-271-130, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92; WSR 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-271-130, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Public Sewage Appendix, effective 3/11/60.]

RCW 43.20.050. WSR 92-02-019 (Order 225B), § 246-271-130, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92; WSR 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-271-130, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Public Sewage Appendix, effective 3/11/60.