San Jose |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 15. PUBLIC UTILITIES |
Chapter 15.14. SEWER USE REGULATIONS |
Part 2. DEFINITIONS |
§ 15.14.207. Amalgam separator.
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"Amalgam separator" means a device that: employs filtration, settlement, centrifugation, or ion exchange to remove dental amalgam and its metal constituents from a dental office vacuum system before it discharges to the sanitary sewer; has been certified under the International Organization for Standardization's standard for amalgam separators as capable of removing a minimum of ninety-five percent of dental amalgam at flow rates comparable to the flow rate of the actual vacuum suction system in operation; and does not have any automatic flow bypass.
(Ord. 28536.)