§ 37.1-21. Definitions.

The following words and terms used in this article shall have the following meanings.

Discharge means to dispose, deposit, spill, pour, inject, dump, leak or place by any means, or that which is disposed, deposited, spilled, poured, injected, dumped, leaked or placed by any means.

Groundwater means all subsurface water, including, but not limited to, that part within the zone of saturation.

Industrial wastes means liquid or other wastes resulting from any process of industry, manufacture, trade or business, or from the development of any natural resources.

Other waste means materials that can adversely affect waters of the United States should they be discharged into same, including, but not limited to, garbage, refuse, lime, fertilizer, ashes, offal, tar, paint, solvents, petroleum products, antifreeze and chemicals.

Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state, governmental body, including federal, state, or local entity as applicable, any interstate body or any other legal entity.

Sanitary sewer means a system of underground conduits that collect and deliver sanitary wastewater to a wastewater treatment or pumping facility.

Sewage means the water-carried human wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with such industrial wastes, stormwater or other water as may be present.

State projects means any projects undertaken by the Commonwealth of Virginia or its state agencies. This does not apply to the projects of political subdivisions of the state located within the physical boundaries of the City of Newport News.

Storm sewer system means the system of roads, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, pipes, lakes, ponds, channels, storm drains and other facilities designed or used for collecting, storing or conveying stormwater or through which stormwater is collected, stored or conveyed.

Surface runoff means stormwater runoff from rain, snow or other forms of precipitation.

(Ord. No. 7017-13, § 1)

(Ord. No. 7017-13, § 1)