The purposes of these rules and regulations are specifically
stated as follows:
A. To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow of
sewage and wastes into the County District system.
B. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other
wastes of a flammable nature or which create in any way a poisonous
or hazardous environment for sewerage maintenance and operation personnel.
C. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other
wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in the trunk sewers,
force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other structures
and appurtenances of the County District system.
D. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other
wastes which may create operating difficulties at the water pollution
control plants as they now exist or may be constructed, modified or
improved in the future.
E. To prohibit and/or regulate the contribution of sewage, industrial
wastes or other wastes which require, for treatment at the plants,
greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes of normal
sewage.
F. To require the treatment, before introduction into the Albany County
Sewer District system, or sewers tributary thereto, of such wastes
as may otherwise impair the strength and/or durability of the structures
appurtenant to the system, by direct or indirect chemical action,
or interfere with the normal treatment processes.
G. To provide cooperation with the Albany County Department of Health
and any other agencies which have requirements or jurisdiction for
the protection of the physical, chemical and bacteriological quality
of watercourses within or bounding the County.
H. To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.