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10 GCA § 39101

Definitions

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 10 — Health and Safety
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For purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)Wastewater shall mean untreated or insufficiently treated human excreta, food wastes disposed of through plumbing facilities, wash water, wastewater from toilets, sinks, basins, showers, washing machines and similar plumbing fixtures, and other liquid wastes from residences, commercial buildings and industrial establishments or other places of assembly and such diluting water as may have entered the waste disposal system.

(b)Individual wastewater disposal system means an approved system designed and installed to dispose of wastewater from a single building or dwelling on one lot.

(c)Pit privy means a hole, pit or trench in the ground used to dispose of human excrement without the use of addition of any water, and including the structure surrounding the hole, pit or trench. Pit privy includes the terms trench latrine and bored-hole latrine.

(d)Chemical toilet means a building or structure housing one

(1)or more water-tight containers of liquid chemical disinfectants intended to receive and hold human excrement.

(e)Building means any dwelling, apartment house, hotel, business establishment, commercial establishment, church, meeting hall or any other building used for human occupancy, business activity or assembly.

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.