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(55) "pH" means the logarithm,. base ten, of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration expressed in moles per liter. It shall be determined by one of the procedures outlined in Standard Methods, as defined in subsection (82) hereof. (56) "Pollutant" means the dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, wastewater, garbage, wastewater sludge, munition, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, Municipal, commercial, domestic and agricultural waste discharged into water. (57) "Pollution" means an alteration of the quality of the waters of the State by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects such waters for beneficial uses or facilities which serve such beneficial uses. Pollution is the manmade or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water. (58) "Premises" means any piece of real estate having one or more sewers which may be connected wither individually or through a common sewer and directly or indirectly to the wastewater disposal system. (59) "Pretreatment" means the process of reducing the amount of pollutants, eliminating pollutants or altering the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater introducing such pollutants into the City's wastewater disposal system. The reduction, elimination or alteration may be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or other means, except as prohibited by Chapters 911 to 927. (60) "Pretreatment requirements" means any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a national pretreatment standard imposed on an industrial user. (61) "Properly shredded garbage" means the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely, under the conditions normally prevailing in Municipal sewers, with no particle greater than one-half in any dimension. (62) "Publicly awned treatment works" (POTW) means all publicly owned, City owned, facilities for the collection, treatment and disposal of wastewater. (63) "Public sewers" means a sewer provided by or subject to the jurisdiction of the City. It also includes sewers within or outside the City boundaries that serve one or more persons and ultimately discharge to the City sanitary sewer system, even though these sewers may not have been constructed with City funds. (64) "Receiving stream" means the watercourse, stream or body of water receiving the waters finally discharged from the wastewater treatment plant. (65) "Reimbursable expenses" means those costs incurred by the City which are passed on to the users of the POTW on whose behalf the expenses were incurred. Included will be such items as sampling cost and laboratory fees. (66) "Replacement" means any expenditures for obtaining and installing equipment, accessories or appurtenances which are necessary during the useful life of the treatment works to maintain the capacity and performance for which such works were designed and constructed. Also known as "equipment replacement costs." -6-