New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 7 - WASTEWATER AND WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES
Part 11 - LIQUID WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL FEES
Section 20.7.11.7 - DEFINITIONS

(1) "advanced treatment" means any process of wastewater treatment that removes a greater amount of contaminants than is accomplished through primary treatment. Advanced treatment may include physical or chemical processes;

(2) "advanced treatment system" means a method or technology implemented to achieve advanced treatment;

(3) "alternative disposal" means any approved, on-site liquid waste disposal method used in lieu of, including modifications to, a conventional disposal method;

(4) "alternative disposal system" means a method or technology implemented to achieve alternative disposal;

(5) "alternative system" means any on-site liquid waste system utilizing a method of liquid waste treatment and disposal used in lieu of a conventional system, including modifications that are recognized and allowed by Liquid Waste Disposal and Treatment, 20.7.3 NMAC (9/1/13 as amended through 9/15/14).

(6) "commercial unit" means a structure that is not a residential unit but which has sewage producing fixtures such as sinks, baths, showers, toilets, urinals, dish- and clothes-washers, or floor drains for receiving liquid waste including but not limited to uses included in Subsection Q of 20.7.3.201 NMAC, Table 201.1;

(7) "conventional system" means an on-site liquid waste system consisting of a septic tank or a subsurface soil absorption system with gravity distribution of the effluent constructed in accordance with the standards set forth in 20.7.3 NMAC including privies, holding tanks and vaults;

(8) "gpd" means gallons-per-day;

(9) "hazard to public health" means the indicated presence in water or soil of biological, chemical, or other contaminants under such conditions that could adversely impact human health, including without limitation, surfacing liquid waste, damage to a domestic water supply source, presence of a cesspool or an open tank, or exposure of liquid waste or septage in a manner that allows possible transmission of disease;

(10) "large system" means any liquid waste treatment or disposal system that receives, or is designed to receive, more than 2,000 gpd but not more than 5,000 gpd;

(11) "notice of non-approval" means notification that inspection of a permitted liquid waste system is not in compliance with 20.7.3 NMAC;

(12) "on-site liquid waste system" means a liquid waste system, or part thereof, serving a dwelling, establishment, or group, and using a liquid waste treatment unit designed to receive liquid waste followed by either a soil treatment or other type of disposal system; on-site liquid waste systems include enclosed systems and privies but do not include systems or facilities designed to receive or treat mine or mill tailings or wastes;

(13) "septic tank" means liquid waste treatment units designed to provide primary treatment and anaerobic treatment prior to disposal;

(14) "small system" means any liquid waste treatment and disposal system that receives, or is designed to receive, no more than 2,000 gpd.