The Town of Clifton Park has taken over several
sewage transportation corporations that have been abandoned by their
former owners. Under Town Law, the Town has to assume ownership, operation
and maintenance responsibilities. Some of these sewer systems are
located within the boundaries of the Saratoga County Sewer District
(SCSD) and serve only to collect and transport wastewater to the facilities
of the SCSD trunk sewers and subsequent WWTP. Other Town sewer systems,
such as Olde Nott Farm and Riverview Landing, provide both collection
and treatment of wastewater. As such, the Town is responsible for
state-regulated discharge permits and must comply with regulations
promulgated by the state and federal government. Further, the Town
Board, as Commissioner of the sewer districts, must adopt the rules
and regulations that relate to the operation, maintenance and use
of the sewer system by the properties within each district and proposed
outside users/extensions of the sewer district.
The general purpose of this chapter is the following:
to provide for efficient, economic, environmentally safe, and legal
operation of the Town publicly owned treatment works (POTW) and sanitary
sewer collection system of the Town of Clifton Park.
The specific purposes of this chapter are the
following:
A.
To prevent the introduction of substances into the
POTW that will:
(1)
Interfere with the POTW in any way;
(2)
Pass through the POTW to the state's waters and cause
contravention of standards for those waters or cause violation of
the POTW's SPDES permit;
(3)
Increase the cost or otherwise hamper the disposal
of POTW sludge and/or residuals;
(4)
Endanger municipal employees;
(5)
Cause air pollution, or groundwater pollution, directly
or indirectly;
(6)
Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance
condition.
B.
To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow
and, as much as possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration
and inflow.
C.
To assure that new sewers and connections are properly
constructed.
D.
To provide for equitable distribution to all users
of the POTW of all costs, associated with sewage transmission, treatment,
and residuals disposal, and to provide for the collection of such
costs.
