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wastewater into the sewerage system. (96) "User charge" means the fee imposed upon all users serviced by the sewage disposal works of the City in a total amount sufficient to pay the costs of operation and maintenance, including the costs of replacement of equipment in the wastewater disposal system. (97) "User class" means a group of users that discharges, causes or permits the discharge of wastewater with similar characteristics into the sewerage system. All users classified as commercial, governmental, industrial, institutional and residential users comprise, respectively, commercial user class, governmental user class, industrial user class, institutional user class and residential user class. (98) "Volatile organic matter" means the material in the sewage solids transformed to gases or vapors when heated at 500 degrees Centigrade for fifteen to twenty minutes. (99) "Wastewater" means the liquid and water -carried industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and institutions, together with any ground water that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into or permitted to enter the City's wastewater disposal system. (100) "Wastewater treatment plant" (See sewage treatment plant). (101) "Watercourse" means a channel in which a flow of water occurs, whether continuously or intermittently. (102) "Waters of the State" means all streams, lakes, ponds, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through or border upon the State or any portion thereof. 911.06 PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL.