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"POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY." See "Wastewater Treatment Plant". "PRETREATMENT" or "TREATMENT." The reduction of the amount of pollutants, the elimination of pollutants, or the alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state prior to or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a POTW. The reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes, or other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR Section 403.6(d). "PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS." Any substantive or procedural requirement related to pretreatment, other than a National Categorical Pretreatment Standard imposed on an industrial user. "PRETREATMENT STANDARDS." For any specified pollutant, the City's prohibitive discharge standards as set forth in this Chapter, the State of Florida's pretreatment standards, or the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards, whichever standard is the most stringent. "PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM." A watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of a sewage system or part thereof; and is designed and constructed so as to separate solids from the liquid, digest organic matter through a period of detention, and allow the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open-joint or perforated piping, or disposal pit. "PRIVATE SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM." Any means of treating, purification, and disposal of sanitary waste, excluding septic tanks, which has been permitted by the city, county, and state for the purpose of serving an individual building or establishment. "PRIVY." Any surface closet with underground vault or cavity used for the deposit of human exreta. "PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE." 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 flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particles greater than one-half inch in any dimension. "PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW)." (Same as "Sewerage System") A treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1292), which is owned or operated in this instance by the City. This definition includes any public sewers that convey wastewater to the POTW treatment plant. For the purposes of this Article, "POTW" shall also include any sewers that convey wastewaters to the POTW from persons outside the City who are, by contract or agreement with the city, users of the city's POTW. 8