Domestic wastewater definition

Domestic wastewater means wastewater with a measured strength less than “high-strength wastewater” and is the type of wastewater normally discharged from, or similar to, that discharged from plumbing fixtures, appliances and other household devices including, but not limited to toilets, bathtubs, showers, laundry facilities, dishwashing facilities, and garbage disposals. Domestic wastewater may include wastewater from commercial buildings such as office buildings, retail stores, and some restaurants, or from industrial facilities where the domestic wastewater is segregated from the industrial wastewater. Domestic wastewater may also include incidental RV holding tank dumping but does not include wastewater consisting of a significant portion of RV holding tank wastewater such as at RV dump stations. Domestic wastewater does not include wastewater from industrial processes.

Domestic wastewater means wastewater from greywater, toilet, or urinal sources.

Domestic wastewater or "sewage" means:

Examples of Domestic wastewater in a sentence

• For information about wastewater permits, visit TCEQ’s Domestic Wastewater Permits11 webpage.Facilities requiring a domestic wastewater permit must be operated at least five days a week by a licensed wastewater operator.

• Hubei has also issued relevant local regulations, such as the “Hubei Township Domestic Wastewater Treatment Guidance” (trial, 2017), the “Hubei Township Domestic Wastewater Treatment Facilities O&M Guidance” (trial, 2017), and the “Hubei Municipal Wastewater Treatment Upgrading Action Plans (2020)”, etc.

• NWEA requests that Ecology initiate a rulemaking to amend WAC 173-221 (Discharge Standards and Effluent Limitations for Domestic Wastewater Facilities) to include effluent limits for the discharge of nitrogen at 3.0 mg/L and phosphorus at 0.1 mg/L or lower.

More Definitions of Domestic wastewater

Domestic wastewater means all faecal matter, urine, household slops and household liquid refuse;

Domestic wastewater means effluent discharged from a premise not defined as commercial or industrial;

Domestic wastewater means the liquid and water-borne human and/or household type wastes derived from residential, industrial, institutional or commercial sources.

Domestic wastewater means a combination of the liquid or water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and other establishments with installed plumbing facilities, together with those from industrial establishments, and with such ground water, surface water, and storm water as may be present. It is synonymous with the term "sewage".

Domestic wastewater means water carrying human wastes, in- cluding kitchen, bath, and laundry wastes from residences, buildings, industrial establishments or other places, together with such ground- water infiltration or surface waters as may be present.

Domestic wastewater means a combination of the liquid or water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions, and other establishments with installed plumbing facilities, excluding non-domestic wastewater. It is synonymous with the term "sewage".

Domestic wastewater means wastewater from residences and other wastewaters of similar composition and strength and does not mean wastewater generated by industrial processes.