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(e) "Wastewater System" shall mean and include any plant, <br />system, facility or property used or useful or having the present <br />capacity for the future use in connection with the collection, <br />treatment, purification or disposal of wastewater effluent and residue <br />for the public and without limiting the generality of the foregoing <br />definition shall embrace treatment plants, pumping stations, <br />intercepting sewers, pressure lines, mains, laterals and all necessary <br />appurtenances and equipment and shall include all property rights, <br />easements, and franchises relating to any such system and deemed <br />necessary or convenient for the operation thereof. <br />(f) "Service" means supplying to a user the distribution <br />of wastewater and the treatment thereof. <br />(g) "Hookup and/or Connection" is the connecting of <br />potential user's property to the wastewater system in order to <br />utilize the Utility's services. <br />(h) "Contribution in aid of construction" shall mean <br />nonrefundable donations or contributions in cash or properties from <br />individuals, governmental agencies or others for construction or <br />property -addition purposes. <br />SECTION III <br />GRANTING OF FRANCHISE <br />1. There is hereby granted by the County to the Utility <br />the non-exclusive franchise, right and privilege to erect, <br />construct, operate and maintain a wastewater system as herein <br />defined within the described territory as herein provided and for <br />these purposes to charge for collection and disposal of wastewater <br />within the territroy, and for these purposes to establish the <br />necessary facilities and equipment and to lay and maintain the <br />necessary lines, pipes, mains and other appurtenances necessary <br />therefore in, along, under and across the public alleys, streets, <br />roads, highway and other public places of the County; provided, <br />however, that the County reserves the right to permit the use of <br />such public places for and all other lawful purposes and subject <br />always to the paramount right of the public in an to such public <br />places. <br />2. The Utility shall, at all times during the life of <br />this franchise, be subject to all lawful exercise of the police <br />power and regulatory authority of the County and to such regulation <br />as the County shall hereafter by resolution provide. <br />3. The Utility shall supply the County with copies of its <br />Department of Environmental Regulation monthly operating reports and <br />trouble reports, if any. <br />-2- <br />