No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling
water or impounded or unpolluted industrial process waters to any
sanitary sewer.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to
a natural outlet approved by the Town Board. Industrial cooling water
or other unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval
of the Town Board, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or
cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes
to any public sewer:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature lower than 32° F. or
higher than 150° F.
B.
Any waste or water which may contain more than 100 milligrams per
liter, by weight, of fats, oils or grease.
C.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
D.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
E.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, grit, straw, animal wastes, shavings,
metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, manure or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage
works, in the opinion of the Town Board.
F.
Any water or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or higher than 9.0
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works,
in the opinion of the Town Board.
G.
Any water or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in
sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard
in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, in the opinion
of the Town Board.
H.
Any water or wastes containing suspended solids of such character
and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required to handle
such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance.
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the
opinion of the Town Board, they are necessary for the proper handling
of wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable
wastes, sand, grit and other harmful ingredients. All interceptors
shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Town Board and shall
be located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection. Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of
impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes
in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight
and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place,
shall be gastight and watertight. Grease and oil interceptors shall
be constructed in any place or building having a capacity to serve
group meals.
B.
Where installed, all grease, oil, sand and grit interceptors shall
be maintained by the owner at his expense in continuously efficient
operation at all times.
A.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 milligrams per liter by weight, containing more than 350 milligrams per liter by weight of suspended solids, containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 405-12 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the sewer district shall be subject to the review and approval of the Town Board.
B.
Where necessary in the opinion of the Town Board, the owner shall
provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary
to:
(1)
Reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 milligrams per liter
and the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter by weight;
(2)
Reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the
maximum limits provided for in this section; or
(3)
Control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes.
C.
Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
the approval of the Town Board, together with a letter from the New
York State Department of Health approving the proposed preliminary
treatment facilities, and no construction of such facilities shall
be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
D.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are required for any waters
or wastes, no permit will be granted until such pretreatment units
have been placed in operation and have demonstrated their effectiveness
by test. The cost of such testing, sampling and analyzing shall be
borne by the waste contributor.
E.
Said preliminary treatment facilities shall be maintained continuously
and satisfactorily in effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Town Board, the owner of any property served
by a building sewer carrying commercial-industrial wastes shall install
a suitable control manhole in the building sewer to facilitate observation,
sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be conveniently and safely located. It is to be constructed
in accordance with plans approved by the Town Board. The manhole shall
be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by
him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 405-12 and 405-14 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater or with methods approved by New York State Department of Health and may be determined at the control manhole provided for in § 405-15 or upon suitable samples taken at said manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole may be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected. If, in the judgment of the Town Board, analyses must be performed which are beyond the scope of the laboratory at the sewage treatment plant, these analyses shall be performed at a laboratory designated by the Superintendent, and the cost of these analyses shall be borne by the owner.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed as
preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Town Board
and any industrial, commercial or other owner whereby an industrial-commercial
or domestic waste which is of unusual strength or character may be
accepted by the Town Board for treatment, subject to payment therefor
by such owner.
