[Added 8-5-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
Specifications for installations of residential sewer laterals are as follows:
A. All person(s) wishing to connect to public sewer shall, prior to beginning work, make application at the Town of Cortlandville Water and Sewer Department on the appropriate form and pay the appropriate fee(s).
B. All applicants must select a contractor approved by the Town.
C. A twenty-four-hour notice shall be given to the Town prior to beginning work.
D. All sewer laterals shall have a minimum cover of four feet to a point just before it enters the building.
E. Slope shall be no less than 1/4 inch per foot.
F. Pipe shall be four-inch SDR 35, except that where the pipe extends through the foundation wall that pipe shall be Schedule 40 or cast iron.
G. Bedding shall consist of six inches of No. 1 stone all around the pipe.
H. Cleanout shall be installed every 75 feet and at any bend greater than 45°.
I. If no traps, vents or cleanouts are provided in the building, then they must be provided. (See Figure 3 for typical installations.)
J. All work must be inspected prior to backfilling.
K. The property owner is responsible for the sewer lateral from the building to the street.
L. Grease traps/oil separators.
(1) All restaurants or food facilities are required to install and maintain, at the owner's expense, a grease trap approved by the Town.
(2) All garages and or facilities that have floor drains and the like hooked to public sewer shall be required to install and maintain an approved grease trap/oil separator. (See Figure 4.) All water entering said floor drains must be metered.
No person shall discharge wastes to a community sewer which cause, threaten to cause, or are capable of causing, either alone or by interaction with other substances:
B. Obstruction of flow or injury to the treatment works.
C. Danger to life or safety of personnel.
D. A strong offensive odor or prevention of the effective maintenance or operation of the treatment works.
E. Air pollution by the release of toxic or malodorous gases or malodorous gas-producing substances.
F. Interference with the wastewater treatment process.
G. The agency's effluent or any other product of the treatment process, residues, sludges or scums, to be unsuitable for reclamation and reuse or to interfere with the reclamation process.
H. A detrimental environmental impact or a nuisance in the waters of the state or a condition unacceptable to any public agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the agency.
I. Discoloration or any other condition in the quality of the agency's treatment works effluent such that receiving water quality requirements established by law cannot be met.
J. The agency's treatment works to be overloaded or cause excessive agency collection or treatment costs, or may use a disproportionate share of the agency facilities.
K. Any constituent posing a corrosive threat to the treatment works.
Stormwater, groundwater, rainwater, street drainage, subsurface drainage or yard drainage shall not be discharged through direct or indirect connections to a community sewer.
Unpolluted water, including but not limited to cooling water, process water or blowdown from cooling towers or evaporative coolers, shall not be discharged through direct or indirect connection to a community sewer.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any radioactive waste into a community sewer except:
A. When the person is authorized to use radioactive materials by the State Department of Health or other governmental agency empowered to regulate the use of radioactive materials.
B. When the waste is discharged in direct conformity with current New York State Department of Environmental Conservation regulations and the Atomic Energy Commission regulations and recommendations for safe disposal.
C. When the person is in compliance with all rules and regulations of all other applicable regulatory agencies.
Waste from garbage grinders shall not be discharged into a community sewer except:
A. Wastes generated in preparation of food normally consumed on the premises.
B. Where the user has obtained a permit for that specific use from the agency, and agrees to undertake whatever self-monitoring is required to enable the agency to equitably determine the charges and fees based on the waste constituents and characteristics. Such grinders must shred the waste to a degree that all particles will be carried freely under normal flow conditions prevailing in the community sewer. Garbage grinders shall not be used for grinding plastic, paper products, inert materials or garden refuse.
No person shall discharge any substances directly into a manhole or other opening in a community sewer other than through an approved building sewer, unless he has been issued a permit by the Administrator. If a permit is issued for such direct discharge, the user shall pay the applicable charges and fees and shall meet such other conditions as required by the Administrator and the Cortlandville Town Board by rule, regulation or resolution.
No person shall discharge any holding tank waste into a community sewer unless he has been issued a permit by the Administrator. Unless otherwise allowed by the Administrator under the terms and conditions of the permit, a separate permit must be secured for each separate discharge. This permit will state the specific location of discharge, the time of day the discharge is to occur, the volume of the discharge, and the wastewater constituents and characteristics. If a permit is granted for discharge of such waste into a community sewer, the user shall pay the applicable charges and fees and shall meet such other conditions as required by the Administrator and the Cortlandville Town Board. An exception to the above is that no permit will be required for discharge of domestic wastes from mobile holding tanks, provided that such discharges are made into an agency-approved facility designed to receive such wastes. Issuance of a permit to a person does not in any manner alleviate said person from any responsibilities stated herein.
Waste not permitted to be discharged into the community sewer must be transported to a state-approved disposal site. The required waste hauler's report must be completed and a copy furnished within 30 days to the agency by the discharger.
[Added 7-9-2014 by L.L. No. 1-2014]
Any business wishing to be considered a significant industrial user shall:
A. Complete an industrial water rate application and submit the completed form and all required paper work to the Town of Cortlandville Water/Sewer Department. The Department’s representative will review the application to ensure that the facility meets the NACIS and EPA requirements for an industry.
B. Once the application has been reviewed and approved, the consumption of the business will be monitored for one billing quarter (90 days), during which time the standard water rate will apply. If after such monitoring it has been demonstrated that the facility uses an average of 25,000 GPD, the industrial water rate will then be applied to the account for future billings. The Town will continue to monitor the account and if the average of 25,000 GPD is not maintained for two consecutive quarters, the billing rate will return to the standard water rate and a new or amended application for recognition shall be required.