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"INFILTRATION." The water unintentionally entering the public sewer system, including water from sanitary building drains and sewers, from the ground through such means as, but not limited to, defective pipes, pipe joints, connections, or manhole walls. (Infiltration does not include and is distinguished from Inflow.) "INFILTRATION/INFLOW." The total quantity of water from both infiltration and inflow, without distinguishing the source. "INFLOW." The water discharge into a sanitary sewer system, including building drains and sewers, from such sources as, but not limited to, roof leader, cellar, yard, and area drains, foundation drains, unpolluted cooling water discharges, drains from springs and swampy areas, manhole covers, cross-connections from storm sewers or combined sewers, catch basins, storm waters, surface runoff, street wash waters, or drainage. (Inflow does not include, and is distinguished from, Infiltration.) "INTERFERENCE." The inhibition or disruption of the POTW treatment processes or operations or which contributes to a violation of any requirement of the City's NPDES Permit. The term includes prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal by the POTW in accordance with 405 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1345), or any criteria, guidelines or regulations developed pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or more stringent state criteria (including those contained in any State sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Title IV of SWDA) applicable to the method of disposal or use employed by the POTW. "SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER." An industry that: (1) Is a categorical industry. (2) Is a non-categorical industry with a flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average work day. (3) Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow carried by the municipal system receiving the waste or organic load greater than 5~ of the organic capacity of the POTW. (4) Has in its waste a toxic pollutant in toxic amounts as defined in standards issued under Section 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Public Law 92-500, or of state statutes, administrative rules and regulations, or City of Orlando ordinances or rules. (5) Has a significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the quality of effluent from the sanitary sewer system. 6