Ohio Code § 6112.01

§ 6112.01.

As used in sections 6112.01 to 6112.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code : (A) “ Sewage ” means any substance that contains any of the waste products or excrementitious or

other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals, which pollutes the waters

of the state. (B) “ Industrial waste ” means any liquid, gaseous, or solid waste substance resulting from any process of

industry, manufacture, trade, or business, or from the development, processing, or

recovery of any natural resource, together with such sewage as is present, which pollutes

the waters of the state. (C) “ Other wastes ” means garbage, refuse, decayed wood, sawdust shavings, bark, and other wood debris,

lime (except hydrated or dehydrated lime), sand, ashes, offal, night soil, oil, tar,

coal dust, or silt, and other substances which are not included within the definitions

of sewage and industrial waste set forth in this section, which pollute the waters

of the state. (D) “ Sewerage system ” means pipe lines or conduits, pumping stations, and force mains, and all other constructions,

devices, appurtenances, and facilities used for collecting or conducting water-borne

sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes to a point of disposal or treatment. (E) “ Treatment works ” means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, dam, pumping station, incinerator, or other

works used for the purpose of treating, stabilizing, or holding sewage, industrial

waste, or other wastes. (F) “ Disposal system ” means a system for disposing of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes, and includes

sewerage systems and treatment works. (G) “ Waters of the state ” mean all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs,

irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water,

surface and underground, natural or artificial, which are situated wholly or partly

within, or border upon, this state, or are within its jurisdiction, except those private

waters which do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground

waters. (H) “ Person ” means a person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, other than a county,

township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision.