The purpose of this chapter is to regulate the use of public and private
sewers and drains, the installation and connection of building sewers, the
extension of the sanitary sewer system, the discharge of waters and wastes
into the public sewer system, the quantity and quality of discharged wastes
and the degree of pretreatment required; to control the discharge of industrial
wastes; to provide for the distribution of the costs of the wastewater treatment
system; and to provide penalties for violations thereof within Sanitary Sewer
District No. 1 of the Town of Newstead, Erie County, New York. This chapter
prohibits the disposal into the public sewer system of any pollutant or waste
by any person that is in violation of the federal standards promulgated pursuant
to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendment of 1972 and any amendments
thereto and any more stringent New York State, Erie County, Village of Akron
or Town of Newstead local standards.
A.
Unless the context otherwise requires, words used in
the present tense include the future. Words in the masculine gender include
the feminine and neuter. The singular number includes the plural, and the
plural includes the singular.
B.
ASTM
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
CHLORINE DEMAND
COMMERCIAL USER
COMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
COMPOSITE SAMPLE
CONNECTION
COOLING WATER
DEC
DOMESTIC WASTES
EPA
FLOW RATE
FLOW VOLUME
GARBAGE
INCOMPATIBLE POLLUTANT
INDUSTRIAL USER
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INTERFERENCE
MASS EMISSION RATE
mg/l
NATURAL OUTLET
OWNER
PERSON
pH
POLLUTANT
PRETREATMENT
PRETREATMENT STANDARDS
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
RESIDENTIAL USER
SANITARY SEWER
SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT NO. 1
SEWER
SEWER ADMINISTRATOR
SLUG
SPDES
STORM DRAIN or STORM SEWER
STORMWATER
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
THE ACT
TOWN
TOWN BOARD
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
UNPOLLUTED WATER
USER
VILLAGE
VILLAGE BOARD
WASTE
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER CONSTITUENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
WPCF
Unless the context otherwise requires, the meanings of
terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
The American Society for Testing and Materials.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic
matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed
in milligrams per liter.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which
receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the
walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer, beginning five
feet (1.5 meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sanitary sewer
or other place of disposal.
The difference between the amount of chlorine added to water, wastewater
or industrial wastes and the amount of residual chlorine remaining at the
end of a fifteen-minute contact period.
Any nonresidential user not within the definition of an "industrial
user."
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total suspended solids (TSS), pH,
fecal coliform bacteria, chlorine demand, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds,
fats, oils and greases of animal or vegetable origin, if the wastewater treatment
system was designed to treat such pollutants and removes such pollutants to
a substantial degree, except as prohibited herein or identified in the village's
SPDES permit.
A sample consisting of several effluent portions collected during
a specified time period and combined to make a representative sample.
The physical tie-in of the building sewer or sewer extension to the
public sanitary sewer.
The water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling
or refrigeration during which the only pollutant added to the water is heat.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
The wastewater from the noncommercial preparation, cooking and handling
of food or waste containing human excrement and similar matter from the sanitary
conveniences of dwellings, commercial dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial
facilities and institutions.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The quantity of waste or liquid that flows in a certain period of
time.
The quantity of waste or liquid.
Solid wastes from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking
and dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food.
Any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant.
Any nonresidential user of the publicly owned wastewater treatment
system that:
Is identified in Division A, B, D, E or I of the Federal Standard Industrial
Classification Manual;
Discharges toxic or poisonous substances or any substance(s) which,
either singularly or in combination with other contributory users, cause(s)
interference in the wastewater treatment system;
The wastewater resulting from the processes employed in industrial,
manufacturing, trade or business establishments as distinct from domestic
wastes.
Inhibition or disruption of the performance or operation of the wastewater
treatment system which contributes to a violation of the SPDES or the applicable
discharge permits or conditions.
The weight of material discharged to the wastewater treatment system
during a given time interval. Unless otherwise specified, the "mass emission
rate" shall mean pounds per day of a particular constituent or combination
of constituents.
Milligrams per liter.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or any other body
of surface or ground water.
A person having legal title to real property.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
group or municipality.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in
grams per liter of solution.
Any waste, impurity or other additive, such as heat or radioactivity, that changes the quality and character of water delivered by the user so that the discharged wastewater violates the standards as set in Article IV of this chapter.
The application of physical, chemical or biological processes to
reduce the amount of pollutants in or alter the nature of the pollutant properties
in wastewater prior to discharging such wastewater into the publicly owned
wastewater treatment system.
All applicable federal rules and regulations implementing the Act,
including any amendments thereto, as well as any nonconflicting state or local
standards. In cases of conflicting standards or regulations, the more stringent
thereof shall be applied. It is recognized that in some cases these pretreatment
standards may not be sufficient to protect the operation of the wastewater
treatment system or may make it unable to comply with the terms of the SPDES
permit. In such cases, the Superintendent shall have the right to impose more
stringent pretreatment standards than those specified in the EPA regulations.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that
have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely
under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle
greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
A common sewer controlled by a governmental body, governmental agency
or public utility. It may be a sanitary or storm sewer.
A user who introduces wastewater into the wastewater treatment system
from premises used only for human residence.
A sewer that carries liquid- and water-carried wastes from residences,
commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions.
The Town of Newstead Sanitary Sewer District No. 1.
A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater, stormwater or drainage
water.
The authorized representative of the Town of Newstead designated
by resolution of the Town Board to administer this chapter or his authorized
representative. To the extent practicable, the Sewer Administrator shall consult
with the Board prior to initiating any actions related to this chapter that
are nonroutine in nature. Any actions by the Sewer Administrator relating
to this chapter shall be subject to the review of the Town Board at the request
of any member thereof. The Sewer Administrator, where necessary to carry out
this chapter, shall recommend to the Town Board the employment of outside
assistance, such as engineering, laboratory or legal assistance.
Any discharge of water, wastewater 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 twenty-four-hour
concentration of flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect
the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment system.
The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water
or unpolluted water from any source.
Any flow originating from or resulting from any form of natural precipitation.
This flow can occur during, immediately following or substantially after (such
as snowmelt) the precipitation event.
Total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of or is
in suspension in water, wastewater or other liquids and that is removable
by laboratory filtering as prescribed in the most recent edition of Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as "nonfilterable
residue."
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.
The Town of Newstead, Erie County, New York.
The Town Board of the Town of Newstead, New York.
As defined in § 311-18B, Toxic substances.
Water not containing any pollutants limited or prohibited by this
chapter and/or the effluent standards in effect or water whose discharge will
not cause any violation of receiving-water quality standards.
Any person who contributes, causes or permits the introduction of
wastewater into the wastewater treatment system.
The Village of Akron, Erie County, New York.
The Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Akron.
Includes wastewater and any and all other impurities or waste substances,
liquid, solid, gaseous or radioactive, associated with human habitation or
of human or animal origin or from any producing, manufacturing or processing
operation of whatever nature prior to and for purposes of disposal.
Sometimes referred to as "sewage," the liquid- and water-carried
industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings, industrial
facilities and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water
and stormwater that may be present, whether treated or untreated, which is
discharged into or permitted to enter the Town wastewater treatment system.
The individual chemical, physical, bacteriological and radiological
parameters, including volume and flow rate, and such other parameters that
serve to define, classify or measure the contents, quality, quantity and strength
of wastewater.
Any existing and future devices, facilities, structures, equipment
or works owned by the Village or Town Sanitary Sewer District No. 1 for the
purpose of wastewater treatment, reuse or disposal, including facilities for
the purpose of transmission (all public sanitary sewers), storage, wastewater
treatment, sludge disposal, recycling, reuse, reclamation of industrial and
domestic wastes or site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part
of the treatment process or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting
from such treatment.
Any devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes
and/or sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with "waste treatment plant" or
"wastewater treatment plant" or "water pollution control plant."
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or
intermittently.
The Water Pollution Control Federation.
C.
"Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
D.
Terms not otherwise defined herein shall be as adopted
in the latest edition of Glossary — Water and Wastewater Control Engineering,
published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works
Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
