[Adopted 9-12-1985 by Ord. No. 85-11 (Ch. 263, Art. II, of
the 1992 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
Oil, fat or grease in a physical state such that it will
separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment
facility. A wastewater shall be considered free of floatable fat if
it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with
the collection system.
An outlet, including storm sewers and combined sewer overflows,
into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface water
or groundwater, including the Passaic River or any of its tributaries.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions,
together with minor quantities of groundwater, stormwater and surface
waters that are not admitted intentionally.
Waste derived principally from dwellings, office buildings
and sanitary conveniences. When segregated from industrial wastes,
"sanitary waste" may come from industrial plants or commercial enterprises.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
A measurement of suspended solids and/or biochemical oxygen
demand and/or chemical oxygen demand and/or any other parameter determined
by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners (PVSC) as a fair indicator
of the relative use, other than volumetric, of PVSC facilities by
industrial wastes.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet within
the municipality any wastewater or other polluted waters, except where
suitable treatment has been provided and where a National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System permit has been obtained from the appropriate
governmental authority, where required.
No person shall make connection on roof downspouts, foundation
drains, areaway drains or other sources of surface runoff or groundwater
to a building sewer or drain which in turn is connected, directly
or indirectly, to a public sanitary sewer, unless approved by the
municipality for purpose of disposal of polluted surface drainage.
The governing body shall appoint or designate some suitable
person to administer this article.
All users of the wastewater facilities shall comply with the
requirements of the written rules and regulations of the PVSC which
have been adopted and which from time to time shall have been adopted,
which regulations shall become effective upon filing of certified
copies in the office of the Municipal Clerk after the effective date
of this article.
Violations of any of the provisions of this article or any permit
issued under the authority of this article may result in the termination
of the permit and/or the termination of the authority to discharge
into the system.
[Amended 12-20-1993 by Ord. No. 93-19[1]]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Wallington. Each and every day in which a violation of any provision of this article exists shall constitute a separate violation.
No ordinance heretofore adopted by the municipality shall be
affected by this article, except that, if any provision of the prior
ordinance is in conflict with the provisions of this article, the
provisions of this article shall control.
