[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the City
of Salem as Ch. VIII of the 1975 Municipal Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
In the enforcement of this chapter, the following
definitions shall apply:
Any premises housing more than one family.
The aggregate of organisms in a body of water.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The quantity of oxygen, expressed in mg/l, utilized in the
biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory
procedure in five days at 20°C. The standard laboratory procedure
shall be found in the latest edition of Standards Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public
Health Association.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
A measure of the oxygen-consuming capacity of inorganic matter
present in water or wastewater. It is expressed as the amount of oxygen
consumed from a chemical oxidant in a specific test. It does not differentiate
between stable and unstable organic matter and thus does not necessarily
correlate with biochemical oxygen demand; also known as "OC" and "DOC,"
"oxygen consumed" and "dichromate oxygen consumed," respectively.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No.
83-2]
The City of Salem, in the County of Salem, State of New Jersey.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The Superintendent of the Water and Sewer Department or his
duly authorized designee.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
All facilities owned and/or operated by the City which are
used for collecting, pumping, transporting, treating and disposing
of sewage.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
A combination of individual samples of water or wastewater
taken at selected intervals, generally hourly for some specified period,
to minimize the effect of the variability of the individual sample.
The individual sample may have equal volume or may be roughly proportioned
to the flow at the time of sampling, based on New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) standards as exist or may be modified.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The amount of given substance dissolved in a unit volume
of solution, usually by evaporation of the liquid.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The anhydrous residues of the dissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Two premises or apartments, depending upon the number of
families housed.
Wastewater or other liquid, partially or completely treated
or in its natural state, flowing out of a reservoir, basin, treatment
plant or industrial treatment plant or part thereof.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
An industry that discharges an effluent of treated, partially treated or waste in its natural state into the municipal sanitary sewer system, or a commercial business discharging any waste limited or prohibited under § 230-32 hereof.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Solid, liquid or gaseous substances or forms of energy ejected
or escaping in the course of any industrial, manufacturing, trade
or business process in the course of development, recovering or processing
of natural resources, but not residential sewage.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Storage of liquid wastes from industrial processes, as distinct
from domestic or sanitary wastes, to an acceptable level prior to
discharge into the municipal sewer system.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Treatment of liquid wastes from industrial processes, as
distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes, to an acceptable level
prior to discharge into the municipal sewer system.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
A shaft or chamber leading from the surface of the ground
to a sewer, large enough to enable a man to gain access to the latter.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
A system in which meters are used at all strategic points
on main supply lines, pumping stations, reservoir outlets, connections
to other political subdivisions and at each consumer's service.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Milligrams per liter.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The state agency that is responsible for the administration
and control of the waters of the State of New Jersey and effluents
discharged into the same.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 10-16-1995 by Ord. No.
95-15]
The maximum quantity that occurs over a relatively short
period of time; also called "peak demand" or "peak load."
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration
and indicates the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance.
A stabilized "pH" which does not change beyond the specified limits
when the waste is subjected to aeration. It shall be determined by
the standard method.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Any property owned by an individual or corporation, no part
of which is used for human habitation, or if inhabited, a single house
or one-half (1/2) a double house housing only one family.
A portion of flow measurement to obtain an adequate portion
of water or waste for analytical purposes; may be designed for taking
a single sample (grab), composite sample or periodic sample.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
A sewer which carries sewage and/or authorized industrial
wastes and into which storm-, surface and ground waters are not intentionally
admitted.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Any substance that contains any of the waste products or
excremations or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or
animals.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
An arrangement of devices and structures equipped for treatment
and disposal of wastes.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Any discharges of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than
five times the average 24 hours' concentration or flow during normal
operation.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
A standard procedure to identify or test every parameter
or pollutant specified in this chapter in accordance with the current
Standard Method for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published
by the American Public Health Association, and/or test procedures
described in 40 CFR 136.3 and any procedures amendatory or supplemental
thereto.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The portion of the precipitation which runs off over the
surface during a storm and for such a short period following a storm
as the flow exceeds the normal or ordinary runoff.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The sum of dissolved and undissolved constituents in water
or wastewater.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Any noxious and/or deleterious substance in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere
with any sewage treatment process, to constitute a hazard to humans
or animals, to create a public nuisance or to create any hazard in
any sewerage system or in the receiving waters of a sewage treatment
plant.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
Something that is superfluous or rejected; something that
can no longer be used for its originally intended purpose.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2]
The water and sewer systems heretofore operated
as separate units by the City of Salem be and the same hereby are
consolidated and are to be operated the same as one utility and under
one control, to be designated as the Water and Sewer Department of
the City of Salem.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
Annually, at the first meeting of the Council
in each calendar year or as soon thereafter as may be practical, the
Council shall appoint a committee from its members, who shall exercise
a general supervision of the Water and Sewer Department of the City
(the "committee").
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15; 12-28-1995 by Ord. No.
95-20; 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 96-27]
A.
There shall be in and for the City of Salem the position
of Sewer Superintendent. The Sewer Superintendent shall be appointed
by the Council. The Sewer Superintendent shall be in charge of the
sewerage system and all personnel assigned thereto and shall be responsible
for the daily operation of the sewerage system subject to such ordinances
and resolutions as may be from time to time passed by the Council
and subject to the general supervision of the committee. Tile Sewer
Superintendent shall report to and shall operate under the supervision
of the committee. The Sewer Superintendent shall have the authority
to establish rules, policies and procedures regarding the sewerage
system and to implement and supplement the same and the provisions
of this chapter. Prior to the implementation of any such rules, policies
or procedures, the same shall be approved by the committee. A complete
copy of all approved rules, policies and procedures shall be maintained
by the Sewer Superintendent, and he shall be responsible to file a
complete copy of all such approved rules, policies and procedures
with the City Clerk. The Sewer Superintendent is authorized to implement
and enforce federal and state laws, ordinances and resolutions of
the City and rules, policies and procedures of the Water and Sewer
Department.
B.
There shall be in and for the City of Salem the position
of Water Superintendent. The Water Superintendent shall be appointed
by the Council. Tile Water Superintendent shall be in charge of the
water system and all personnel assigned thereto and shall be responsible
for the daily operation of the water system subject to such ordinances
and resolutions as may be from time to time passed by the Council
and subject to the general supervision of the committee. The Water
Superintendent shall report to and shall operate under the supervision
of the committee. The Water Superintendent shall have the authority
to establish rules, policies and procedures regarding the water system
and to implement and supplement the same and the provisions of this
chapter. Prior to the implementation of any such rules, policies or
procedures, the same shall be approved by the committee. A complete
copy of all approved rules, policies and procedures shall be maintained
by the Water Superintendent, and he shall be responsible to file a
complete copy of all such approved rules, policies and procedures
with the City Clerk. The Water Superintendent is authorized to implement
and enforce federal and state laws, ordinances and resolutions of
the City and rules, policies and procedures of the Water and Sewer
Department.
C.
The Council shall appoint such other personnel as
the Council shall determine are necessary for the proper and effective
running of the Water and Sewer Department. The Council shall determine
the compensation for employees of the Water and Sewer Department by
ordinance each year.
The City Treasurer shall have charge of all
the books of the Water and Sewer Department; shall make all collections
for water and sewer rentals; and shall issue permits, after compliance
with the subsequent provisions of this chapter and upon payment of
the required fees for the opening of any street, for the introduction
of water and/or sewerage facilities into any new premises already
supplied in conformity to this chapter or subsequent amendments thereto
or in such manner as Common Council shall by ordinance direct. He
shall not be entitled to receive any of the fees for violations of
subsequent provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 6-1-1987 by Ord. No. 87-15; 2-18-1991 by Ord. No.
91-7]
A.
All applications for the introduction of water or
sewage facilities into any premises or its supply for any purpose
or for the extension of any private pipe for the conveyance of such
water or sewerage or the changing of any fixture already installed
under a previous permit must be made in writing to the City Treasurer,
on forms supplied by him at the expense of the City, and shall be
made at least three days before ground shall be broken for the purpose
or before work shall be commenced. After the owner of the premises
or his or her properly authorized agent shall have signed such application,
the City Treasurer or his duly authorized agent may issue a permit,
in triplicate, for the required supply of service, in which permit
the date, name of the owner of the premises to be supplied and to
whom issued, the location of said premises, the name of the plumber
employed to do the work, the size and diameter of the corporation
stop, the purposes for which the water is to be used, the number of
families occupying the premises and the rate to be charged therefor
shall be specified. The City Treasurer shall keep a copy of the permits
so issued and the name of the person so contracting for a supply of
water and/or sewerage facilities. A copy shall be given the owner,
and a copy shall be given to the Superintendent. He shall also notify
the Street Superintendent that an opening is to be made and give the
address. Upon demand, said application shall be accompanied by proof
that the applicant is the owner of the land across which pipes are
to be laid and the premises to be served.
B.
Applications for water and sewer shall be made for
each and every dwelling, commercial and industrial unit. At the time
of issuing a permit for water service, the applicant shall pay to
the City Treasurer, in addition to any costs or charges for replacement
of street surfaces, a charge according to the following schedule:
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15; 12-30-1996 by Ord. No.
96-25; 4-7-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09; 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 04-29; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No. 08-04; 3-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-07]
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For connections:
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Size In Diameter
(inches)
|
Fee
2008
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|---|---|
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3/4
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$1,513
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1
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$1,768
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|
1 1/2
|
$2,148
|
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2
|
$3,026
|
|
4
|
$5,304
|
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6
|
$7,821
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8
|
$11,856
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C.
Connection fees for sewer service (new service, expanded service
or change of use) shall be as set forth below:
[Amended 4-7-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09; 11-15-2004 by Ord. No.
04-29; 4-17-2006 by Ord. No. 06-12; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No.
08-03; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No. 08-04; 3-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-07; 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
D.
Changes in connections.
[Amended 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 96-26; 3-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-07; 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
(1)
In the event that the permit is secured by a residential applicant
regarding a duplex or other similar multifamily property which is
already serviced with City water and/or sewer through a unified line,
and the purpose of the permit is to separate the services from one
existing line from the main to the curb, the charge shall be 50% of
the aforesaid charge for each connection made.
(2)
In the event that an existing water line diameter is increased, the
fee due will be the difference of the connection fee between the new
and the existing water line. There will be no credit due in the event
of a water line diameter decrease.
(3)
The City will perform the connection to the main for standard sewer
and water connections of one inch or less. All other connections shall
be performed by a qualified contractor retained by the applicant and
approved by the City, who shall oversee the connection to the main.
In the event a new water tap of one inch or less is being installed
to replace an existing such tap of equal or less diameter, there shall
be no connection fee but the applicant shall be charged with the cost
of the material and labor provided by the City.
E.
In the event that the permit is secured by an applicant
who already is serviced with City water and/or sewer and the purpose
of this permit is to replace or separate or reconnect two or more
services from one existing line from the main to the curb, the charge
shall be 50% of the aforesaid charge for each connection made. All
connections are to be made by the Water/Sewer Department.
[Amended 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 96-26; 4-7-2003 by Ord. No.
03-09; 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 04-29; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No.
08-04]
[Amended 6-1-1987 by Ord. No. 87-15; 2-18-1991 by Ord. No.
91-7]
Before any water shall be admitted into any
private pipe, a water meter shall be installed pursuant to this chapter.
The turning on of the water from the main into any private pipe is
prohibited unless the work is first inspected by the Superintendent
or his duly authorized agent. Inspection must be made before the trench
is filled in over a water or sewer line.
The Council shall have the authority to fix
a combination water and sewer rental and, in case prompt payment of
combined rent is not made according to the regulations adopted by
said governing body, to cause said water to be shut off from such
houses, tenements, buildings or other premises so supplied and not
to turn the same on until all arrears, with interest and penalties,
shall be fully paid.
The agreement heretofore made between the Township
of Quinton and the City of Salem, dated January 12, 1925, is abrogated
save insofar as it provides for a grant by the Township of Quinton
to the City of Salem of the right to use the highways of said Quinton
Township in connection with its water supply system (without obstructing
passage of the public thereon).
[Amended 6-1-1987 by Ord. No. 8715; 2-18-1991 by Ord. No.
9107]
A.
All new services or connections made to a water main
with water being supplied by the City of Salem shall be attached to
a water meter, said water meter to be paid for and installed by the
owner or developer. All meters are to be approved by the City Water
Superintendent and shall be maintained by the City so far as ordinary
wear is concerned, but if, in the judgment of the Superintendent and
committee, damage is caused by freezing, hot water or external causes,
a charge for the repair of such damage shall be made to the water
taker.
B.
Meters shall be placed at the curb in meter boxes
approved by the City Water Superintendent unless otherwise approved
in writing by the Water Superintendent and the committee.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
C.
The cost of any damage done to the meters or meter
boxes by other than City forces shall be paid for by the owner within
60 days after date of billing. If not paid by this date, the water
shall be shut off until such charges are paid.
D.
Meters tested at the request of the property owner
due to a belief that an error has been made in billing will be charged
a fee of $65 if the meter is found to be accurate. Inaccurate meters
will not result in a fee being charged.
[Added 4-7-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09; amended 11-15-2004 by Ord. No.
04-29; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No. 08-04; 3-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-07]
E.
Septage rates shall be $0.0525 per gallon.
[Added 4-7-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09]
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15; 7-20-2020 by Ord. No. 20-06]
Any person violating this chapter shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000; or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any person who is convicted
of violating this chapter within one year of the date of a previous
violation of the same chapter and who was fined for the previous violation,
shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender.
The additional fine imposed by a court upon a person for a repeated
offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine
fixed for a violation of the chapter, but shall be calculated separately
from the fine imposed for the violation of the chapter.
A.
Any person or persons, who may hereafter contract
for supply of water, shall cause pipes conducting the same from the
corporation stop in the main pipe to the curb stopcock to be of Type
K copper of United States manufacture, and the pipes and fixtures
on private premises shall be of such strength and quality as will
prevent accidents from leakage and waste of water.
B.
The Superintendent is forbidden to attach corporation
stops, or permit any other person to attach the same, to pipes of
different quality from that required by this chapter.
C.
All connections shall be supplied with a good and
sufficient stopcock, which shall be covered with a good and sufficient
box, at least three inches in diameter, leading from the same to the
surface of the sidewalk; the cover of the same to have the word "water"
thereon and to be placed on the sidewalk within one foot of the curb.
All pipes, stopcocks and other fixtures used shall be subject to the
inspection and approval of the Superintendent.
D.
The service pipe on all attachments and appurtenances
used in supplying water from corporation stop in the main to the point
of delivery must be supplied by the owner of the premises and purchased
from the City of Salem. The curb stop, though the property of the
lot owner, shall be under the exclusive control of the City of Salem,
for shutting off or turning on water, but must be securely protected
by the owner from becoming obstructed. If by any means it becomes
filled up so as to necessitate digging up to gain access to the stopcock,
the owner will be charged with the expense.
E.
No persons, except the committee or Superintendent,
shall be allowed to stop off or turn on the water in public mains
or to turn off the water at any of the aforesaid stopcocks, and all
plumbers or other persons engaged in making attachments thereto must
leave the stopcocks closed.
F.
The corporation stop in the public main and the pipe
and curb stopcock attached thereto and all like fixtures between the
public mains and private pipes or fixtures either on public or private
property are to be in the charge of and subject to the directions
of the Superintendent and are to be kept in good condition at the
expense of owner or owners of the premises supplied.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 8:11, Penalty,
which immediately followed this section, was deleted 10-16-1995 by
Ord. No. 95-15.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
No person or persons shall supply water from
his pipes to other persons and facilities except on written permission
from the committee and Superintendent. Of every person so offering,
the supply of the water will be stopped and the rent already paid
forfeited.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
The committee or other persons authorized by
the committee and the Superintendent shall, at all reasonable hours,
have free access to all parts of the premises to which water is supplied
for the purpose of inspection, examination of fixtures, etc.
[Amended 8-8-1983 by Ord. No. 8319; 10-16-1995 by Ord. No.
95-15]
No changes or additions in any plumbing in any
building within the City of Salem shall be made without first securing
a permit from the City Construction Code Official, the permit to set
forth the installation desired.
Every contract that may or shall be made by
the Superintendent with any person or persons for sewage service and/or
a supply of water by a private pipe shall be deemed and considered
a permanent contract, unless either party desires to make a new contract
at the termination of any year; in which case, the Superintendent
or the person or persons using the water or sewerage services, as
the case may be, shall have the power, by giving three months' notice
in writing to the opposite party, to annul and make void the existing
contract at the end of any one year.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
All permits shall be granted and all service
shall be extended upon the express condition that, if from any cause
the supply of water should fail, the City shall not be liable for
any damages which shall arise in consequence thereof and that all
fixtures with outlets emptying into the main sewer installed in cellars
or basements of any buildings are done so solely at the risk of the
owner; and the City of Salem will not be responsible for any damage
or inconvenience sustained by the property owner, owing to the backing
up of sewerage into cellars, basements or other portions of any building
where fixtures have been so installed.
All persons who may be supplied with water from
any of said mains shall keep their own service pipe, stopcocks and
apparatus in good order and repair and protected from frost, at their
own risk and expense, and shall prevent all unnecessary waste of water.
It is expressly stipulated that no claim shall be made against the
City by reason of the breaking of any main, service pipe or service
cock or other fixtures or from damage arising from shutting off water
to repair a main or make private connections with the same, provided
that notice shall be given to persons using water for steam purposes
if requested in writing and registered with the Superintendent.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
In all cases where the water has been turned
off for nonpayment of water rent or for the violation of any of the
provisions of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations relating
to the use of water, it shall not be turned on again until all the
expenses attending the turning off and on of the water, together with
the rent and fine and penalty that may be due, shall be paid.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
All private pipes shall be laid a depth of not
less than 42 inches below the surface of the ground; and every plumber
or other persons employed in laying such private pipes shall, for
each neglect of the provisions herein contained, be liable for any
penalty contained herein and be liable for the expenses incurred in
taking up and re-laying such private pipes to the required depth.
In all cases wherein opening shall be made in any of the streets,
lanes or alleys of the City for the purpose of connecting any private
pipe with the public main or for extending, repairing, renewing or
removing said private pipe, the paving shall be filled up as soon
as the circumstances will permit and the road bed or surface of the
street and the paving and curbs firmly re-laid and fixed in good order,
at the sole cost of the owner of said private property. No private
pipes shall be laid in any privately owned driveway or alley or closer
than six feet to fire hydrants nor in the same trench with a gas pipe.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
It shall be prohibited for any persons to permit
the water to flow unnecessarily from any part of a private pipe or
fixtures thereof or to permit any waste of water on his or her premises,
either within a building or enclosure or any street, court or alley.
In all cases where several premises receive a supply of water by branches,
hydrants or other fixtures uniting with a common pipe, each and every
person who may so receive the water shall be bound to keep such common
pipe in repair, and the case of waste by leak or leaks therefrom or
from any other cause shall be severally liable. If at any time it
shall be necessary to repair a private pipe within the limits of any
street, court or alley, a permit shall be first taken out for so doing,
and the expense for repaving and repairs shall be paid by such owner.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
The Superintendent or his agent is authorized
to inquire at any premises or other place where there is unnecessary
waste of water into the cause of the same, and if said waste arises
from want of repair in the pipes or other fixtures and if the owner
of said premises shall neglect or refuse, upon 24 hours' notice in
writing being given, to have the necessary repairs made forthwith,
said Superintendent or other authorized person shall be and is hereby
authorized and empowered to shut off the water leading to such premises.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
In case the Superintendent shall have reason
to believe that there is actual or probable evasion or disregard of
the provisions of any ordinances, rules or regulations relating to
the distribution of water in any buildings, lot of ground or premises
into or through which pipes for conducting a supply of water may be
laid, it shall and may be lawful for the Superintendent or other persons
authorized by him to enter at all times into such buildings, lot of
ground or premises for the purpose of examining the pipes or conduit
or other fixtures and ascertain whether the same are in proper order
and repair and for cutting off the pipes or communications or shutting
off the stopcocks or detaching the stopcocks where delinquencies occur
in the payment of water rents; and it shall be unlawful for any persons
to obstruct, prevent or oppose the aforesaid persons in making such
examinations or to turn on the water or cause the same to be turned
on without authority.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
It shall be prohibited for any person or persons
who have been permitted to introduce upon his, her or their premises
a fire hydrant for the protection of their property from fire to use
or permit the hydrant to be used for sprinkling or washing the yards
or streets, filling wells, boilers or tanks or for any purpose whatever,
except its legitimate use for the extinguishing of fires.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
It shall be prohibited for any person or persons
to open or use any fire hydrant for building purposes, street sprinkling
or supply of shipping or any other purpose, except for the extinguishment
of fire in the neighborhood or to permit any person in his employ
to open or use any fire hydrant, except as aforesaid, without a permit
for that purpose.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
It shall be prohibited for any person or persons
to obstruct the access to any fire hydrant, stop valve or other fixtures
connected with the supply of water to the City by placing thereon
or within 10 feet thereof stone, brick, lumber, dirt or any other
material or order the same to be placed by anyone in their employ
or to park any automobile, motor truck or other vehicle within 10
feet thereof. If he, she or they neglect or refuse to move the same
forthwith after written notice given by the Superintendent or other
authorized person, said Superintendent or authorized person may remove
the same, and the expense attending such removal shall be paid by
the party so offending.
Where it is desired to supply water to auxiliary
pumps, the owner of the premises shall provide a tank into which the
water shall be discharged before going to the pump, and no direct
communications with the street mains will be allowed. All such supplies
shall be metered.
The wrenches of the fire hydrants shall be in
the charge of such person or persons as may be designated by the Superintendent,
and the fire hydrants shall not be opened for any purpose, except
for the extinguishment of fires, except by permission of said Superintendent.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
No person or persons shall break, injure or
do any damage whatever to any engine, pump or machinery or to any
engine house or other structure or to any pipe, valve, stopcock, fire
hydrant or other fixtures or appurtenances pertaining to or connected
with the waterworks or shall throw or put any stones, earth, filth
or any foreign matter or substance whatever into the reservoirs, wells
or waterways or watercourse or shall be found bathing or fishing therein
or shall break down or injure the fences, embankments or any other
part of the reservoirs or grounds or shall enter the lots in which
the reservoirs, buildings or structures are enclosed without permission
or shall dig or break the earth in any of the roads, streets, lanes,
alleys or grounds for the purpose of disturbing, moving or injuring
the pipes or other fixtures or appurtenances or of obstructing the
passage of water through the same.
The Council reserves the right to change the
rules and regulations and the rates for the use of water from time
to time; to make special rates or contracts in all proper cases; to
shut off the water for alterations, extensions and repairs; and to
stop and restrict the supply of water whenever it may be found necessary.
The City shall not be liable under any circumstances for a deficiency
or failure in the supply of water, whether occasioned by shutting
off water to make repairs or connections or for any other cause whatsoever.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
In the opening of any street or alley or public
grounds for the introduction or repair of any water service pipe or
sewerage connection under authority of a permit from the City Treasurer,
both the owner and plumber so opening said street, alley or public
ground shall be held responsible therefor, and all due precautions,
such as barricades, red lights and other necessary means to prevent
and avoid accidents shall be taken and made by said owner and plumber.
Plumbers shall be required to thoroughly ram the dirt in all trenches
opened by them.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
A.
No industrial waste or effluents shall be discharged
into the sewerage system except upon compliance of the following:
(1)
All industrial users shall apply for a sewer connection
permit with the Water and Sewer Department, 1 New Market Street, Salem,
New Jersey 08079, along with a filing fee of $200. All industrial
users are to supply detailed information as to the type of processes
employed and a complete detailed breakdown of all products used in
the process and a chemical analysis of the effluent from the process
that will be discharged into the municipal sewerage system. A drawing
in detail is necessary for each operation, including all raw materials,
additions, end products, by-products and liquid and solid wastes,
and indicating all discharge locations into the municipal sewerage
system, or a detailed laboratory analysis of a twenty-four-hour composite
of the influent and effluent of the wastewater stream. Analysis shall
include, but not be limited to, the following parameters:
(a)
A complete United States Environmental Protection
Agency (USEPA) 129 priority pollutant scan.
(b)
The following:
|
Ammonia
| |
|
Arsenic (As)
| |
|
Barium (Ba)
| |
|
BOD
| |
|
Cadium (Cd)
| |
|
Chloride (CL)
| |
|
Chlorine demand
| |
|
Chromium (hexavalent CR46)
| |
|
COD
| |
|
Copper (Cu)
| |
|
Cyanides (Cn)
| |
|
Fluoride (F)
| |
|
Grab sample for oil and grease
| |
|
Lead (Pb)
| |
|
Mercury (Hg)
| |
|
Nickel (Ni)
| |
|
Nitrate (No. 3)
| |
|
Nitrite
| |
|
Phenols
| |
|
Selenium (Se)
| |
|
Silver (Ag)
| |
|
Sulfate (So4)
| |
|
Suspended solids
| |
|
TKN
| |
|
TOC
| |
|
Total chromium
| |
|
Total phosphorus (P)
| |
|
Total solids
| |
|
TOX
|
(2)
Additional testing may be required for those pollutants
identified in the priority pollution scan if required by the City.
After a permit has been issued and the waste stream characterized,
monitoring shall be accomplished at least quarterly or whenever the
permittee changes the process or the pretreatment system deteriorates,
causing the waste stream characteristics to change. A composite sample
of those parameters required for billing shall be analyzed weekly.
All permit applicants are subject to final approval of the City Engineer
and the Water and Sewer Superintendent prior to the issuance of a
permit to discharge. All permits shall expire on March 31 of each
calendar year. All permit applications for renewal are to be submitted
each year through the City of Salem Water and Sewer Department, 1
New Market Street, Salem, New Jersey 08079, along with a filing fee
of $50. All renewal permits will be subject to review and final approval
by the City Engineer and the Water and Sewer Superintendent.
B.
The application submitted by a corporation must be
signed by the principal executive officer of that corporation or by
any official of the rank of corporate vice president or above who
reports directly to such principal executive officer to make such
applications on behalf of the corporation. In the case of a partnership
or a sole proprietorship, the application must be signed by a general
partner or proprietor.
C.
Where an application involves a governmental discharge
by a municipal, county, intrastate regional governmental unit or a
state or multistate agency, the application must be signed by that
agency's principal executive officer or one who reports directly to
him and is authorized to make application on behalf of the governmental
unit. Applications submitted by an agency of the United States should
be signed by an official who is authorized to evaluate environmental
factors on an agency-wide basis.
D.
The applicant shall furnish all information necessary
to determine the quantity of such wastewater, nature and quality of
the materials therein and other characteristics of such wastewaters
and agree in writing to bear the cost of initial and any subsequent
chemical analysis and laboratory tests. Unless otherwise specified
in writing, the industrial user must supply, at his own cost, weekly
laboratory analysis to the City for selected concentrations of composite
samples. All sampling and testing shall be performed by a laboratory
approved by the Environmental Protection Agency or the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection and Energy Agency.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
E.
The applicant shall provide at the industrial users'
connection with the City's sanitary sewerage system adequate means
of sampling for periodic determination of all characteristics and
concentrations of the wastewater.
F.
The applicant shall agree that industrial wastewater
discharged or proposed to be discharged into the City sewerage system
shall be subject to analysis by the City agents of the treatment facility,
the state and/or EPA, and they will be permitted to enter all properties
of the contributing industry for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing.
G.
The applicant shall cooperate by adopting and enacting
such schedules of discharge that will minimize peak concentrations.
H.
In the event that materials in wastewater discharged
or to be discharged cause or threaten injury to the sewerage systems
or treatment plants or impair the sewage treatment process or unduly
increase the cost of operation thereof, the applicant shall produce
wastewater of quality acceptable to the City by reducing its peak
discharges by construction of equalization and/or pretreatment by
methods approved by the City. Industrial users having or requiring
industrial wastewater holding and/or wastewater treatment facilities
which are/or proposed to discharge into the sanitary sewer system
shall furnish (in quadruplicate) complete engineering reports, plans
and specifications covering connection to the City's sanitary sewer
system, industrial wastewater treatment facilities and measuring devices.
This applies also to alterations and addition to connections or treatment
facilities. Reports and supporting data therein referred to must be
prepared by a professional engineer registered in the State of New
Jersey. Industrial users shall not connect or proceed with the construction
of any industrial wastewater treatment facilities or changes to existing
wastewater treatment facilities unless plans and specifications covering
the same have been approved by the New Jersey State Department of
Environmental Protection and Energy and the City.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
I.
The applicant shall indemnify the City for any damage
caused by wastewater determined by the City to have been discharged
by the industrial user into the City's sewerage system. Such indemnification
shall be in strict conformance with applicable local and state laws
and shall be in effect during the life of any agreements between the
industrial user and the City.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
J.
The applicant shall install a suitable device for
continuously indicating and recording and totalizing the flow of discharge
to the sanitary sewer system and shall submit to the City for approval
specifications and plans for the complete metering installation.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
A.
All meter or measuring devices installed or required
to be used shall be under the control of the City and accessible to
the City's representative during the operational hours of the industry.
The industrial user for whom such measuring equipment is installed,
at its own expense, shall be responsible for:
(1)
Maintenance and safekeeping.
(2)
All repairs whether by normal wear or other causes.
(3)
Annual certified calibration by the manufacturer.
(4)
Supply replacing of daily recording charts and safekeeping
of the charts until collected by the City's agents of the treatment
works. State agency and/or EPA will be permitted to enter all properties
of the contributing industry for the purpose of inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling and testing.
B.
Cost for repairs or calibration if paid for by the
City shall be reimbursed to the City within 30 days after written
notification of such payment by the City.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
The City shall have the right to enter the establishment
of an industrial user for inspection of the operation of industrial
wastewater treatment facilities and the collection of samples from
any component thereof.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
Bypassing of wastewaters of the industrial wastewater
treatment facilities shall not be allowed under any circumstances.
Any accidental spills, overflows, equipment or process failures shall
be reported to the City of Salem Water and Sewer Superintendent and
City Health Department immediately and confirmed, in writing, within
10 days with the explanation of cause and planned action to eliminate
further recurrences.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
The City's representatives shall have access
during all reasonable hours to the premises housing water meters for
the purpose of determining rate of water consumption.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
A.
Users are prohibited from discharging wastes listed
in 40 CFR 128.131 and also are limited from discharging other effluents
as follows:
(1)
Wastes that create fire or explosive hazards in a
publicly owned treatment works.
(2)
Wastes which will cause corrosive or structural damage
to treatment works but in no case with pH lower than 6.0.
(3)
Any liquids with a pH in excess of 9.0.
(4)
Solid or viscous wastes in amounts that would cause
obstruction to the flow in sewer or other interference with the proper
operation of the publicly owned treatment works.
(5)
Wastewaters at a flow rate and/or pollutant discharge
rate which is excessive over relatively short time periods so that
there is a treatment process upset and subsequent loss of treatment
efficiency.
(6)
Any noxious or malodorous solids, liquids or gases,
which, whether singly or by interaction with other substances, are
capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life preventing
entry into the treatment facilities for their maintenance or repair.
(7)
Any toxic substances, chemical elements or compounds
in quantities sufficient to impair the operation or efficiency of
the sewage treatment facilities or that will pass through the sewage
treatment plant and cause the effluent thereof to exceed state or
interstate water quality requirements for the receiving stream.
(8)
Industrial waste slug having an average daily flow
greater than 5% of the average daily sewage flow at the sewage treatment
plants of the sewerage system.
(9)
Any radioactive isotopes without obtaining a special
permit from the City. Current United States public health service
drinking water standard shall apply.
(10)
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature greater
than 120°F.
(11)
Any waste or water containing more than 250
mg/l by weight of fats, oils or greases.
(12)
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings,
metal, glass, bones, feathers, tires, plastic, wood, paunch manure,
butcher's offal or any other solids or viscous substances capable
of causing obstruction to the flow or other interference with the
proper operation of the sewage treatment works.
(13)
Any water or wastewater that contains cyanide
in excess of concentration determined by multiplying 0.2 mg/l by the
ratio of the average flow in the receiving stream to design flow of
the sewage treatment works.
(14)
Any water or wastewater containing suspended
solids of such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense
is required to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
(15)
Any grit and sludge from pits of service stations
or other commercial or industrial establishments, as well as overflow
from such pits, or cesspools and septic tanks.
(16)
Any gasoline or diesel engine cleanings or strippings
of any kind from materials, supplies or equipment.
(17)
Any water or waste containing fluoride in excess
of a concentration determined by multiplying 1.2 mg/l by the ratio
of the average flow of the receiving stream to the design flow of
the sewage treatment works.
(18)
All dumping of concentrated plating baths.
(19)
All sulphides.
(20)
All formaldehyde and carbide wastes.
(21)
Over five mg/l of hydrogen sulphide, sulphur
dioxide, nitrous oxide or any halogens.
(22)
Inflammable substances with flashpoint lower
than 187°F.
(23)
Total solids of more than 10,000 mg/l.
(24)
Dissolved solids of more than 10,000 mg/l.
(25)
Suspended solids of more than specific gravity
2.80.
(26)
Antiseptic material of more than 100 mg/l.
(27)
All untreated paints and paint wastes.
(28)
Color platinum cobalt standard: 100.
(29)
Other concentrations regulated and values shown
on the following tabulations:
|
Items
|
Maximum Allowable Concentrations
(mg/l)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Alkyl benzene sulfate
|
0.5
| |
|
Arsenic (As)
|
0.05
| |
|
Barium (Ba)
|
1.0
| |
|
Beryllium (Be)
|
1.0
| |
|
Cadium (Cd)
|
0.01
| |
|
Carbon chloroform extract
|
0.2
| |
|
Chloride (Cl)
|
250.0
| |
|
Chronium (hexavalent CR46
|
0.05
| |
|
Copper (Cu)
|
0.1
| |
|
Cyanides (CN)
|
0.2
| |
|
Fluoride (F)
|
2.0
| |
|
Iron (Fe)
|
15.0
| |
|
Lead (Pd)
|
0.05
| |
|
Manganese (Mn)
|
0.05
| |
|
Mercury (Hg)
|
0.002
| |
|
Nickel (Ni)
|
2.5
| |
|
Nitrate (NO3)
|
10.0
| |
|
Phenol
|
0.001
| |
|
Phosphorus (P)
|
10.0
| |
|
Selenium (Se)
|
0.01
| |
|
Silver (Ag)
|
0.05
| |
|
Sulfate (504)
|
250.0
| |
|
Tin
|
1.0
| |
|
Zinc(Zn)
|
0.3
| |
|
Chlorine demand
|
30
| |
|
Flammable material and petroleum derivatives
|
Prohibited
| |
|
Unshredded garbage
|
Prohibited
| |
|
Ashes, feathers and similar solids
|
Prohibited
|
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
If substances for effluent standards are now
shown in this chapter but found in current United States drinking
water standard, effluent limits shall not exceed four times the limit
in said drinking water standard. In addition, all other standards
described in N.J.A.C. 7:9-4.4 and Class FW-3, criteria of N.J.A.C.
7:79-4.6 and toxic pollutant effluent standards in 40 CFR 129 shall
apply. The limiting concentrations of any other materials not listed
here nor found in the reference above and suspected to be toxic to
aquatic life will be determined by the bioassays in accordance with
the standard method.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306; 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
The City may require lower concentrations if
one of the above parameters is in high concentration in the waste
presently being treated at a water pollution control plant or if it
is the opinion of the City's Water and Sewer Superintendent or Engineer
that the industrial wastewater is or would be detrimental to treatment
efficiency. Unless other wastewater concentrations are determined
by the City to be more critical, the charge for treating industrial
wastes shall be based on the following sanitary-sewage-per-thousand-gallons
charge:
|
4.10 + 0.53 + 0.19 (COD) + 0.22 (TS) + 0.06 (chlorine demand)
| |||
|
300
|
500
| ||
|
COD -- Chemical oxygen demand.
| |
|
T.S. -- Total solids.
|
|
*NOTE: In cases where the quotient is less than
one, one shall not be used as the value in parentheses.
|
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
The Superintendent of the City Water and Sewer
Department shall have the right to serve notice of a complaint to
the manufacturer along with notice to appear before the Mayor and
City Council to show cause why the manufacturer should not be ordered
to disconnect from the sewer system for violations of this chapter.
Said complaint shall specify the particular violation of this chapter
with which manufacturer is charged. Said notice shall provide for
a hearing to be held before the Mayor and City Council in not less
than 10 days nor more than 30 days from the date of the servicing
of said complaint and notice. Stenographic recording charges and other
administrative costs of said hearing, including legal or other professional
fees, shall be paid by the manufacturer.
[Amended 2-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-2; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No.
8306]
A.
After hearing the charges contained within said complaint
and after having given manufacturer the right to be heard, the Mayor
and City Council shall have the right, if it finds the manufacturer
guilty of any violations as charged, to order the manufacturer to
comply with the provisions of this chapter which he has been guilty
of violating, within 30 days of the date of said finding of guilt.
The Mayor and City Council shall have the further right to order the
manufacturer to disconnect from the sewer system at the end of said
thirty-day period if the manufacturer has failed to comply with the
order of the Mayor and City Council. The City shall also have right
of reimbursement from any expenses or damages resulting from noncompliance.
B.
The Mayor and City Council shall have the further
right to extend the thirty-day period for such additional period of
time as it deems appropriate, upon showing by the manufacturer that
said thirty-day period imposes undue hardship.
Upon written notice, the services also may be
disconnected within 30 days if it is found that the wastewater discharged
by the industrial user does not conform to the rules and regulations
stated herein.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
All premises shall have separate water and sewer
services from the main to the curb, and no more than one premises
shall be allowed on one line. Where more than one premises is serviced
on one line from the main to the curb, the committee and the Superintendent
shall, as soon as practicable, notify the property owners who are
in violation of the provisions of this chapter, and said property
owners shall, within 30 days of the receipt of said notice, secure
a permit and have separate services installed. If the property owners
fail to secure a permit and complete the separate services within
the aforesaid 30 days, the City of Salem shall proceed to have said
separate services installed and assess the cost thereof (including
connection permit fees and street opening fees) against the owners
of the premises. All buildings, structures or facilities of any kind
located on premises abutting along the lines of the Water and Sewer
Department are required to make connections with said water and sewer
lines in a manner as herein provided. If any premises is located on
the rear of a lot occupied by another premises on the front of the
lot, a permit for such connection shall be required as an entirely
separate water and sewer line from the rear premises directly to the
water and sewer mains in the street.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
A.
Any person, firm or corporation which allows waste
prohibited under this chapter to enter the sewer system shall be subject
to prosecution in the Municipal Court of the City of Salem for the
violation of this chapter and shall, upon being convicted of such
violation, be subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
B.
Any person who shall tamper with any meter or other
device related to the determination of water and sewer rentals shall,
upon conviction, be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor
more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days
or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
[Amended 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 79-10; 5-18-1981 by Ord. No.
81-12; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-07; 12-27-1984 by Ord. No. 84-19; 3-17-1986 by Ord. No. 86-01; 3-2-1992 by Ord. No. 92-07; 1-18-1993 by Ord. No.
93-01; 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15; 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 96-23; 4-7-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09; 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 04-29; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No. 08-04; 3-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-07; 4-21-2014 by Ord. No. 14-06; 8-18-2014 by Ord. No. 14-11; 5-4-2020 by Ord. No. 20-03; 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 23-07]
A.
The rate fixed and the amount to be paid for the use
of the sanitary sewer shall be in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40A:26A-10
and the following schedule and classification (those properties which
are subject to monthly water charges to be billed on a prorated monthly
basis):
|
Type of Property
|
Service Charge
|
Effective
|
|---|---|---|
|
Residential (for each single-family unit)
|
$341.26, semiannually
|
July 1, 2023
|
|
Commercial, institutional and industrial
|
$8.85 per 1,000 gallons, $341.26 minimum charge
per unit, semiannually
|
July 1, 2023
|
|
$8.85 per 1,000 gallons, $170.63 minimum charge
per unit, quarterly
|
July 1, 2023
| |
|
$8.85 per 1,000 gallons, $56.88 minimum charge
per unit, monthly
|
June 1, 2023
|
B.
Surcharge. For residential, commercial, institutional
and industrial customers whose wastewater BOD5 or suspended solids strength exceeds 250 mg/l, there will be an
additional cost per pound of BOD5 or suspended
solids as follows:
|
Item
|
Additional Cost
(effective 7-1-2023)
| |
|---|---|---|
|
(1)
|
Per pound of BOD5
|
$0.26
|
|
(2)
|
Per pound of suspended solids
|
$0.1600
|
|
(3)
|
Septage rates per gallon
|
$0.0800
|
[Amended 3-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-07]
All public garages, gasoline filling and service
stations, having connections or hereafter making connection with the
sewerage system, shall install a sand trap, the design of which is
to be approved by the Superintendent.[1]
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15; 4-7-2003 by Ord. No.
03-09; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No. 08-04]
Where water is ordered shut off by a water taker
or for nonpayment of rent charges, a fee shall be imposed of $65 for
shutoff of service and a charge of $65 for subsequent reconnection
of water service. In addition, the usual rate charge shall be imposed
for the remainder of the billing period in which the water is shut
off.
[Amended 6-4-1979 by Ord. No. 79-10; 5-18-1981 by Ord. No.
81-12; 3-21-1983 by Ord. No. 83-07; 12-27-1984 by Ord. No. 8419; 3-17-1986 by Ord. No. 86-01; 6-1-1987 by Ord. No. 87-15; 2-18-1991 by Ord. No.
91-07; 3-2-1992 by Ord. No. 92-07; 1-18-1993 by Ord. No. 93-01; 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 96-23; 4-7-2003 by Ord. No. 03-09; 11-15-2004 by Ord. No.
04-29; 2-4-2008 by Ord. No. 08-04; 3-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-07; 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02; 4-21-2014 by Ord. No.
14-06; 5-4-2020 by Ord. No. 20-03; 4-17-2023 by Ord. No. 23-07]
A.
The price to be paid for use of water furnished by the City, effective
July 1, 2020 shall be as follows:
|
Type
|
Amount
|
|---|---|
|
Flat rate per single-family unit per annum not connected to
a water meter
|
$425
|
|
Metered
| |
|
Residential and light commercial
| |
|
Minimum semiannual rate for metered water
| |
|
5/8-inch meter, first 15,000 gallons
|
$185.21
|
|
3/4-inch meter, first 30,000 gallons
|
$368.46
|
|
1-inch meter, first 54,000 gallons
|
$660.90
|
|
1 1/4-inch meter to 1 1/2-inch meter,
first 120,000 gallons
|
$1,469.95
|
|
2-inch meter, first 210,000 gallons
|
$2,575.34
|
|
Excess semiannual use charge for water consumed
beyond minimum amounts listed above
| |
|
Up to 1,000,000 gallons (per 1,000 gallons)
|
$8.46
|
|
Over 1,000,000 gallons (per 1,000 gallons)
|
$10.13
|
|
Institutional, heavy commercial, and industrial
| |
|
Minimum monthly rate for metered water
| |
|
5/8-inch meter, first 2,500 gallons
|
$30.98
|
|
3/4-inch meter, first 5,000 gallons
|
$62.85
|
|
1-inch meter, first 9,000 gallons
|
$110.30
|
|
1 1/4-inch meter to 1 1/2-inch meter,
first 20,000 gallons
|
$245.25
|
|
2-inch meter, first 35,000 gallons
|
$429.26
|
|
3-inch meter, first 50,000 gallons
|
$614.10
|
|
4-inch meter, first 100,000 gallons
|
$1,226.25
|
|
6-inch meter, first 150,000 gallons
|
$1,837.25
|
|
8-inch meter, first 300,000 gallons
|
$3,571.63
|
|
Excess semiannual use charge for water consumed beyond minimum
amounts listed above
| |
|
Up to 167,000 gallons (per 1,000 gallons)
|
$8.46
|
|
Over 167,000 gallons (per 1,000 gallons)
|
$10.13
|
B.
Fire service. (Note: Fire service lines shall be installed with an
approved backflow prevention device as approved by the Public Works
Superintendent or Sewer Superintendent.)
|
Type
|
Amount
|
|---|---|
|
Public fire service per month, for each hydrant
|
$62.04 effective July 1, 2023
|
|
Private fire service per month effective July 1,
2023
| |
|
2-inch service line
|
$53.01
|
|
4-inch service line
|
$246.06
|
|
6-inch service line
|
$438.86
|
|
8-inch service line
|
$619.14
|
|
10-inch service line
|
$805.36
|
|
For each sprinkler head installed and not metered by an approved
fire line meter
| |
|
Per month
|
$0.36
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C.
Purchase of bulk rate water (tanker trucks) shall be $19.96 per 1,000
gallons effective July 1, 2023.
[Added 12-30-1996 by Ord. No. 96-23]
All bills for water and sewer are due when presented.
If a water or sewer bill remains unpaid for more than 30 days after
the billing date, interest will be charged from the billing date at
8% per annum for bills up to $1,500. Bills in excess of $1,500 will
be charged 18% interest per annum.
[Added 7-18-2005 by Ord. No. 05-23;
amended 3-1-2009 by Ord. No. 09-07; 3-19-2012 by Ord. No.
12-02]
A.
A fee of $65 shall be required for any final or special water meter
reading.
B.
A fee of $65 shall be assessed for each test performed by City personnel
on backflow prevention devices.
C.
A fee of $65 plus materials shall be assessed for corporation cleanouts.
D.
A fee of $65 plus materials shall be assessed for curb stop cleanouts
which shall be at the discretion of the Public Works Manager(s).
[Added 12-5-2005 by Ord. No. 05-38[1]]
Sanitary sewer rates and water rates shall be
reduced by 10% of the otherwise applicable rates for manufacturing
facility users located within the City of Salem which employ over
100 workers within the City of Salem and use, on average, 40,000 gallons
or more of water per day at manufacturing and related facilities located
within the City of Salem.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that
it shall “take effect on January 1, 2006, and shall expire on
December 31, 2007.”
[Added 3-19-2012 by Ord.
No. 12-02]
Any multiunit residential facility which does not have separate
meters for each unit and which can demonstrate that it: (i) was funded
through and is regulated by a state or federal agency; (ii) is deed
restricted to permit occupancy by senior citizens age 55 or older
who meet low-/moderate-income restrictions; (iii) maintains current
performance under a payment in lieu of tax agreement (PILOT) with
the City; and (iv) is managed by or through association with a nonprofit
corporation with charter provisions dedicating its mission to include
the revitalization of Salem City shall be billed for water and sewer
based upon the minimum rate for the common meter size, actual metered
usage for the entire complex for the excess.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
A.
All applications for connection with the sewage system
of the City of Salem shall be accompanied by a plan and general description
of the exterior and interior service required.
B.
Specific requirements.
(1)
No more than one premises shall be connected through
one pipe to the sewer main.
(2)
Said pipe shall comply with all requirements of the
Plumbing Code. From the curbline to the sewer main, the pipe shall
be of cast iron, Schedule 40 PVC or vitrified earthenware, sound and
impervious with cemented joints and with proper curves for changes
of direction and connections. If of cast iron, earthenware or Schedule
40 PVC, it shall be of four-inch inside diameter. If larger size is
desired, permission for its use must be obtained from the Superintendent.
(3)
The Water Superintendent or his duly authorized agent
may give written approval for connections to be made at places other
than a Y-branches.
No traps nor any manner of obstruction to the
free passage of air through the whole course of the connecting drainpipe
shall be allowed for any connection with any work, but all such drainpipes
shall be individually ventilated through the roof of the building
or along the outer walls to a point above the roof by a pipe of equal
diameter. All ventilation pipes shall conform with the requirements
of the Plumbing Code.
Every connection of a toilet, sink, basin or
other vessel with a sewer pipe or drain must comply with the Plumbing
Code.
It shall be unlawful to throw or deposit in
any vessel or receptacle connected with the sewers any garbage, vegetable
parings, ashes, cinders, rags or any other matter whatsoever, except
the necessary collections of toilets and liquid house slops or to
allow any rainwater or drainage from roofs, surface or subsurface
or cellars to drain or enter any sewer, branch or fixture. This section
shall not apply to the refuse from a food-waste disposer.
It shall be unlawful for any plumber or other
person to leave any waterline or sewer branch open over night or during
a rain, but it shall be his duty to plug and cement or close by another
method approved by the Superintendent.
No explosives shall be stored or used for any
purpose within 500 feet of any of the mains or appurtenances of the
water supply or distribution system without a permit, in writing,
from the Superintendent.
[Amended 10-16-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15]
No person shall use water from the supply being
provided by the City in excessive or unnecessary quantities (including
but not limited to the watering of lawns, the washing of cars, the
use of water sprinklers, etc.) during any declared emergency period
during which the use of such excess water may, in the opinion of the
committee, endanger the water supply and thereby affect the public
welfare. Before any such emergency shall be held to exist, the Mayor,
at the request of the committee, shall publicly declare the same and
shall publish a notice thereof providing for such emergency period
in any newspaper published or circulated in the City.
[Amended 10-6-1975 by Ord. No. 75-20]
Should a leak, stoppage or other disruptive
condition occur in a water or sewer line which is a user's responsibility
to keep in good working order and should an inspector from the City
or County Department of Health declare that such condition is a threat
to the health of the community, then, after 24 hours' written notice
to the user or such other notice as is reasonable under the circumstances,
the City of Salem shall have the right to have its employees or privately
employed workmen correct the condition and to assess the cost of said
correction as a lien or charge upon the premises, in the same manner
as unpaid fees for the use of the City's water and sewer system becomes
a lien against the premises, without further action by the City. For
the purposes of this section, "user" shall be defined as any individual,
organization, association or other entity which owns real estate on
which premises are connected to the City's water supply system or
sewage collection system. The user's responsibility for maintenance
of the water and sewer system shall commence with the place of connection
to the water distribution mains and sewage collection mains and continue
throughout the length of each user's sewer laterals or water service
line.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 8:45, penalties,
which immediately followed this section, was deleted 10-16-1995 by
Ord. No. 95-15.
[Added 12-7-1987 by Ord. No. 87-33]
All structures located on premises within the
City of Salem and adjacent to City of Salem sewer lines be and hereby
are required to connect and tie into the sewer system of the City
of Salem.
