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(39) Slug discharge: Any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, which has a reasonable potential to cause interference or pass through, or in any other way violate the wastewater facility's regulations, Local Limits or permit conditions. (40) Toxic pollutant: Any pollutant or combination of pollutants listed as toxic by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of Section 301(a) of the Act and listed in 40 CFR 401.15. (41) Treatment plant means that portion of a wastewater facility which is designed to provide treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of domestic and industrial wastewater. (42) Upset: An exceptional incident in which a user unintentionally and temporarily is in a state of noncompliance with the standards adopted under this Part III or established as part of its wastewater discharge permit, due to factors beyond the reasonable control of the user, and excluding noncompliance to the extent caused by operational error, improperly designed treatment facilities, inadequate treatment facilities, lack of preventive maintenance, or careless or improper operations thereof. (43) User or industrial user: A source of indirect discharge. (40) Wastewater: Industrial or domestic wastewaters from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and institutions together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be naturally present, whether treated or untreated, which is discharged into the POTW. (44) Wastewater discharge permit: Industrial wastewater discharge permit issued by the county to all significant industrial users pursuant to this part. (45) Wastewater standard parameters: (a) B.O.D. (biochemical oxygen demand): The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees C., expressed in parts per million by weight, and determined by 40 CFR Part 136. (b) pH: the logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution, as determined by 40 CFR Part 136. (c) ppm or mg/I shall mean parts per million, a ratio by weight, and interchangeable with milligrams per liter. (d) Suspended solids: The solids that either float on the surface of, or in suspension in, the wastewater, expressed in ppm, as determined by 40 CFR Part 136. (f)[(e)] Total solids: The total weight, expressed in ppm or mg/I, of all settleable suspended, or dissolved solids in the wastewater, as determined by 40 CFR Part 136. (B) This part shall be liberally construed to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of this part. Where any provision of Part III of Chapter 201 of the Code refers to or incorporates another provision, 65