Publicly owned treatment works definition

Publicly owned treatment works or “POTW” means any device or system used in the treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by a “State” or “municipality” (as defined by section 502(4) of the CWA). This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
Publicly owned treatment works means a treatment works owned by the State or a municipality, except that it does not include pipes, sewers or other conveyances not connected to a facility providing treatment. The term includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or compatible industrial wastes. The term also includes sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. “POTW” also means the municipality that has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such treatment works.
Publicly owned treatment works or "POTW" means a treatment works as defined by § 212 of the CWA that is owned by a state or municipality (as defined by § 502(4) of the CWA). This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. The term also means the municipality as defined in § 502(4) of the CWA, that has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works.

Examples of Publicly owned treatment works in a sentence

  • Wastewater Treatment System: See definition of Publicly Owned Treatment Works.

  • Which is not part of a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) as defined at 40CFR 122.2 Municipality-The Town of BabylonNon-Stormwater Discharge-Any discharge to the MS4 that is not composed entirely of stormwater.

  • No transfer of ownership or operation of either Defendant’s interest in or operating role with respect to any of the components of the Sanitary Sewer System, Combined Sewer System, or Publicly Owned Treatment Works (“POTW”), whether in compliance with this Paragraph or otherwise, shall relieve Defendants of their respective obligations to ensure that the terms and conditions of this Consent Decree are implemented.


More Definitions of Publicly owned treatment works

Publicly owned treatment works or “POTW” means a treatment works as defined by section 212 of the Act, which is owned by a State or municipality (as defined by section 502(4) of the Act). This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sewers, pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW Treatment Plant, which means that portion of the POTW which is designed to provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage and industrial waste. The term POTW also means the municipality as defined in section 502(4) of the Act, which has jurisdiction over the Indirect Discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works. (40 CFR § 403.3(q) and (r))
Publicly owned treatment works or "POTW" means any device or system used in the treatment, including recycling and reclamation, of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature which is owned by the State or a political subdivision within the State. This definition includes sewers, pipes, or other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW providing treatment.
Publicly owned treatment works or “ POTW” means a system used for the collection, treatment and/or disposal of sewage from more than one lot as defined in section 22a-430-1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and which discharges to the waters of the state and which is owned by a municipality or the state.
Publicly owned treatment works or "POTW" means a treatment works as defined by section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, which is owned by a state or municipality, including any devices or systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or liquid industrial wastes, as well as sewers, pipes, and other conveyances that convey wastewater to a publicly owned treatment works treatment plant. This term also means the municipality that has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from the treatment works.
Publicly owned treatment works means a publicly owned sewage collection system consisting of
Publicly owned treatment works or “POTW” means a “treatment works” that is owned by the State of Illinois or a “unit of local government.” This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastewater. It also includes sewers, pipes, and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. The term also means the “unit of local government” that has jurisdiction over the indirect discharges to and the discharges from such a treatment works.
Publicly owned treatment works means any facility for the treatment of