[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Wolfeboro
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted by the Board of Selectmen 9-6-2017[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Art.
I, Operation and Maintenance of Municipal System, adopted by the Board
of Selectmen 1-13-1982, as amended.
The rules and regulations herein set forth for the maintenance
and operation of the Wolfeboro Municipal Sewer System are established
by the Selectmen of the Town of Wolfeboro as necessary or desirable
for the efficient operation of said Wolfeboro Municipal Sewer System
and for accomplishing the purpose of RSA 149-I, as amended, and for
the protection of the health and safety of the people of Wolfeboro
and for accomplishing the purposes of RSA 147, as amended.
Pursuant to RSA 149-I, and every other authority thereto enabling,
the Selectmen of Wolfeboro enact and ordain the following rules and
regulations, which are also adopted by the Health Officer and approved
by the Selectmen pursuant to RSA 147.
This article is not intended to replace or void the BOCA Basic Plumbing Code (latest edition) or any other code, ordinance, regulation or lawful requirement of the Town of Wolfeboro. (See § 126-12.)
The Water and Sewer Utilities Department of the Town of Wolfeboro
shall be responsible for the enforcement of this article, for issuing
permits and inspection as provided herein, and for the collection
of inspection and permit fees as provide herein.
A.
BOD (denoting biochemical oxygen demand)
BROWN GREASE
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
COMBINED SEWER
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER or SANITARY SEWAGE
EASEMENT
FATS, OILS AND GREASES (FOG)
FLOATABLE OIL
GARBAGE
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
IMPROVED PROPERTY
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LICENSED SEPTAGE HAULER
NATURAL OUTLET
NHDES
NONCONFORMING SYSTEM
OWNER
PERSON
pH
PRIVATE SEWER
PRIVATE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SERVICE CONNECTION
SEWAGE
SEWER
SEWER SYSTEM
SHALL
SLUG
STANDARD LABORATORY PROCEDURE
STORM DRAIN (sometimes termed "storm sewer")
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
TOWN
UNPOLLUTED WATER
WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS
WATERCOURSE
YELLOW GREASE
Unless the context specifically and clearly indicates otherwise,
the meaning of the terms and phrases used in the article shall be
as follows:
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.
Waste that is recovered from grease interceptors.
That part of the lowest piping of a private sewerage system
which receives the discharge from waste and other sanitary sewerage
pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building
sewer beginning five feet beyond the foundation walls of the building
or structure.
That part of the private sewerage system which extends from
the end of the building drain to a public sewer, individual sewage
disposal system, private wastewater collection system, or other point
of sewerage disposal.
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm- or
surface water.
Normal water-carried household and toilet wastes or waste
from sanitary conveniences, excluding groundwater, surface water or
stormwater.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
Organic polar compounds derived from animal and/or plant
sources that contain multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules.
These substances are detectable and measurable using analytical test
procedures established in 40 CFR 136, as may be amended from time
to time. All are sometimes referred to herein as "grease" or "greases."
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 is considered free of floatable fat if it is
properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the
collection system.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
All devices constructed to separate and trap or hold waterborne
fats, oil, greases, and grease complexes from discharged wastewater
in order to prevent grease from entering the sanitary sewer system,
including those formerly known as "grease traps." The grease interceptor
may be an internal grease interceptor or an external grease interceptor
located outside, or both.
Any property located within the Town of Wolfeboro upon which
there is erected a structure intended for continuous or periodic habitation,
occupancy or use by human beings or animals and from which structure
sanitary sewage and/or industrial wastes shall be or may be discharged.
Any room, group of rooms, building or other enclosure used
or intended for use in the operation of one business enterprise for
manufacturing, processing, cleaning, laundering or assembling any
product, commodity or article or from which any process waste, as
distinct from domestic wastewater, shall be discharged.
The wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business
as distinct from domestic or sanitary wastes.
A hauler holding a license currently approved by the New
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for pumping and hauling
septage or grease as well as approved by the authority where the septage
and grease is being disposed.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.
Any system which does not conform to sewer ordinances, or
any application where a system is required but not installed.
Any person vested with ownership, legal or equitable, sole
or partial, or possession of any improved property.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation,
group, or other legal entity.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
The portion of the sewer system that is not the responsibility
of the government agency or public utility to operate and maintain,
including building sewers, building drains and/or private wastewater
collection systems.
A service connection that collects the wastewater from more
than one building drain and may include gravity sewers, manholes,
pumping stations, force mains, and other infrastructure that collects
and conveys wastewater to the public sewer.
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 in any dimension.
A common sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public
utility.
A sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from
residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions.
The location in the sewer system where the fiscal responsibility
for operation and maintenance of the sewer transitions between the
private sewer and public sewer. This typically occurs where a building
sewer or private wastewater collection system enters a municipal sewer
main or manhole.
The spent water of a community. The preferred term is "wastewater."
A pipe or conduit for carrying wastewater or drainage water.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, transporting
and disposing of sewage.
Is mandatory; "MAY" is permissive.
Any discharge of water or wastewater 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 or
the wastewater treatment works.
Those procedures or tests for the examination of water and
wastewater as described in "Standard Methods for the Examination of
Water and Wastewater," latest edition, as published jointly by the
American Public Health Association, Inc., the American Water Works
Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
A drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface
water or unpolluted water from any source.
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 "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" and referred to as nonfilterable
residue.
The Town of Wolfeboro, Carroll County, New Hampshire, a municipality
of the State of New Hampshire, acting by and through its authorized
representatives, including the Board of Commissioners, if hereafter
created.
Water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria
in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water
quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary
sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
An arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater,
industrial wastes and 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.
Oil and grease that comes directly from fryers and other
cooking equipment.
B.
Word usage. "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of RSA 147:8 and RSA 149-I:6 and any other
authority thereto enabling the owner of any improved property benefited,
improved, served or accommodated by any existing or future public
sewer within 100 feet of the primary structure, such owner shall connect
such improved property therewith, in such manner as the Town of Wolfeboro
may require, within a period between 45 days and one year after notice
to said owner from the Town of Wolfeboro to make such connection for
the purpose of discharge of all domestic wastewater or industrial
wastes from such improved property into the public sewer, subject
to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established by the
Town of Wolfeboro from time to time. In the event that a property's
individual sewage disposal system is found to be in failure or to
be negatively impacting environmental conditions, the Town may require
immediate connection to the sewer system regardless of proximity to
the public sewer system. Each such owner shall, within the same time
limit, cease and desist from all further discharge or domestic wastewater
and/or industrial wastes into any other conduit or pre-existing system,
whether privately or publicly owned.
[Amended by the Board of Selectmen 3-20-2019]
B.
All domestic wastewater and industrial wastes from any improved property, after connection of such improved property with a public sewer as required under § 126-6, shall be conducted into a public sewer, subject to such limitations and restrictions as shall be established herein or otherwise shall be established by the Town of Wolfeboro, from time to time.
C.
No person shall place, deposit or permit to be deposited in any unsanitary
manner on public or private property within the Town of Wolfeboro
any human or animal excrement, garbage, solid waste, domestic wastewater
or industrial wastes.
D.
No person shall discharge or permit to be discharged to any natural outlet within the Town of Wolfeboro any domestic wastewater, garbage or industrial wastes in violation of Subsection A, except where suitable treatment has been provided which is satisfactory to the Town of Wolfeboro and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES).
E.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle shall be used and maintained at any time upon any improved property which has been connected to a public sewer or which shall be required under § 126-6 to be connected to a public sewer.
F.
Any person proposing a new discharge into the system or a substantial
change in the volume or character of pollutants that are discharged
into the system shall notify the Town Manager or Director of Water
and Sewer Utilities in writing at least 45 days prior to the proposed
change or connection. Proposed new discharges from residential or
commercial sources involving a loading exceeding 50 population equivalents
or any increase in industrial discharges must be approved by the NHDES.
G.
No privy vault, cesspool, sinkhole, septic tank or similar receptacle
at any time shall be connected with a public sewer, unless in connection
with a building sewer system requiring pumping facilities.
A.
Where a public sanitary sewer is not available, the building sewer
shall be connected to a private sewage disposal system complying with
the provisions of this article.
B.
Before commencement of construction of a private sewage disposal
system, the owner shall first obtain a written permit signed by NHDES
and the Town. The application and fee for such permit shall be in
accordance with state and Town regulations.
C.
A permit for a private sewage disposal system shall not become effective
until the installation is completed to the satisfaction of the Town.
The Town shall be allowed to inspect the work at any stage of construction,
and in any event, the applicant for the permit shall notify the Town
when the work is ready for the final inspection and before any underground
portions are covered. The inspection shall be made within 48 hours
of the receipt of notice by the Town. Such inspection shall be made
by the Permit Officer or his designated representative.
D.
The type, capacities, location, layout and installation (including
inspection) of a private wastewater disposal system shall comply with
all requirements of the Town and NHDES. No permit shall be issued
for any new private wastewater disposal system employing subsurface
soil absorption facilities where the lot area is less than what is
required by subdivision lot size requirements of the NHDES. No septic
tank or cesspool shall be permitted to discharge to any natural outlet.
Except for special reasons, the Town will approve plans for new systems,
extensions or replacement sewers only when designated upon the separate
plan in which water from roofs, streets, and other areas and groundwater
from foundation drains are excluded.
E.
At such time as a public sewer becomes available to a property served
by a private sewage disposal system, a direct connection shall be
made to the public sewer in compliance with this article, and any
septic tanks, cesspools, and similar private sewage disposal facilities
shall be abandoned, cleaned of sludge and filled with suitable material.
F.
The owner shall operate and maintain the private sewage disposal
facilities in a sanitary manner at all times, at no expense to the
Town.
G.
No statement contained in the article shall be construed to interfere
with any additional requirements that may be imposed by the Town or
NHDES.
H.
Septic tank waste (septage) will be accepted into the sewer system
at a designated receiving structure within the wastewater treatment
plant area, provided that such wastes do not contain unusual toxic
or pollutant material and provided that such discharge does not violate
any other special requirement established by the Town. Permits to
use such facilities shall be under the jurisdiction of the Town or
its duly authorized representative. Fees for dumping septage shall
be established as part of the user charge system. The wastewater treatment
plant operator, acting in behalf of the Town, shall have the authority
to limit the disposal of such wastes if such disposal would interfere
with the wastewater treatment plant operation. Procedures for the
disposal of such wastes shall be in conformance with the operations
policy of the Town's wastewater treatment plant supervisor, and
disposal shall be accomplished under his/her supervision unless specifically
permitted otherwise. NOTE: The Town, because of the type and size
of its wastewater treatment facility, can only process so much septage
per week. As a result of these limitations, the Town has an intermunicipal
agreement with the Plymouth, New Hampshire, wastewater facility to
accept Wolfeboro septage as needed.
A.
Except as otherwise provided in the § 126-7, each improved property shall be connected separately and independently with a public sewer. A building sewer grouping of more than one improved property on one building sewer shall not be permitted, except under special circumstances and for good sanitary reasons or other good cause as noted in § 126-8S.
B.
A separate and independent building sewer shall be provided for every
building; except where one building stands at the rear of another
on an interior lot and no private sewer is available or can be constructed
to the rear building through an adjoining alley, court, yard, or driveway,
the building sewer from the front building may be extended to the
rear building and the whole considered as one building sewer. But
the Town does not and will not assume any obligation or responsibility
for damage caused by or resulting from any such single connection
aforementioned.
C.
Old building sewers may be used in connection with new buildings
only when they are found to meet all requirements of this article,
and at the discretion of the Town, based on examination, closed-circuit
television inspection and a pressure test performed at the owner's
expense under Town supervision.
D.
The size, slope, alignment, materials of construction of a pipe,
jointing, testing, and backfilling the trench shall all conform to
the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other applicable
rules and regulations of the Town.
E.
Whenever possible, the building sewer shall be brought to the building
at an elevation below the basement floor. In all buildings in which
any building drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public
sewer, sewage carried by such building drain shall be lifted by means
approved by the Town of Wolfeboro and discharged to the building sewer.
F.
No person shall connect roof downspouts, foundation drains areaway
drains, or other sources of surface runoff or any other sources of
surface runoff or groundwater or building floor drains to a building
sewer or building drain which in turn is connected directly or indirectly
to a public sanitary sewer.
G.
The connection of the building sewer into the public sewer shall
conform to the requirements of the building and plumbing code or other
applicable rules and regulations of the Town. All such connections
shall be made gas- and watertight and verified by proper testing methods.
Any deviation from the prescribed procedures and materials must be
approved by the Town before installation.
H.
The building sewer shall be continued from the building to the municipally
owned Town sewer main. The invert of the building sewer at the point
of connection to the public sewer shall be at the same elevation as
the stub provided by the Town. A smooth, neat joint shall be made,
and the connection of the building sewer to the public sewer shall
be made secure and watertight and acceptable to the Town of Wolfeboro.
I.
During construction of a new public sewer, the Town of Wolfeboro
may, at its expense, construct building sewers for existing buildings
from the main to the curb or property line. All costs and expenses
of construction of the remainder of the building sewer, including
connection to the structures served, shall be borne by the owner of
the improved property to be connected, and such owner shall indemnify
and save harmless the Town of Wolfeboro, its officers and agents,
from all loss or damage that may be occasioned, directly or indirectly,
as a result of construction of a building sewer or its connection
to the sewer system. After the initial construction of the building
sewer, the owner shall thereafter be obligated to pay all costs and
expenses of operation, repair and maintenance and of reconstruction
(if needed) of the building sewer beginning at the public sewer and
ending at the building.
J.
If the owner of any improved property located within the Town of Wolfeboro and benefited, improved, served or accommodated by any public sewer or to which any public sewer is available, after 45 days' notice from the Town of Wolfeboro, in accordance with § 126-6A, shall fail to connect such improved property, as required, he shall be subject to the burdens and penalties prescribed in RSA 149-I and of RSA 147 and regulations issued pursuant thereto, or the Town of Wolfeboro may make such connection and may collect from such owner the costs and expenses thereof by such legal proceedings as may be permitted by law. The Town of Wolfeboro shall have full authority to enter on an owner's property to do whatever is necessary to properly drain the improved property into the public sewer.
K.
No person shall uncover, connect with, make any opening into, or
use, alter or disturb in any manner any public sewer or any part of
the sewer system or building sewer without first obtaining a permit,
in writing, from the Town and paying to the Town applicable connection
fees imposed by the Town against the owner of each improved property
who connects such improved property to a public sewer.
L.
The applicant for the building sewer permit shall notify the Town
when the building sewer is ready for inspection and connection to
the public sewer. The connection shall be made under the supervision
of the Superintendent or his designated representative. If any part
of a building sewer is covered before so being inspected and approved,
it shall be uncovered for inspection at the cost and expense of the
owner of the improved property to be connected to the public sewer.
M.
There shall be two classes of building sewer permits: 1) for residential
and commercial service, and 2) for service to establishments producing
industrial wastes. In either case, the owner or his agent shall make
application on a special form furnished by the Town. The permit application
shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications, or other information
considered pertinent in the judgment of the Town. A connection fee
as set by the Town shall be paid to the Town at the time the application
is filed.
N.
Every building sewer of any improved property shall be maintained in a sanitary and safe operating condition by the owner of such improved property. The owner is responsible to ensure that no stormwater, groundwater or other drainage enters the building sewer, per § 126-8F. If the Town finds a building sewer does not meet this requirement, all necessary repairs and/or replacements shall be the responsibility of the owner.
O.
Every excavation for a building sewer shall be guarded adequately
with barricades and lights to protect all persons from damage and
injury. Streets, sidewalks, and other public property disturbed in
the course of the work on a building sewer shall be restored, at the
cost and expense of the owner of the improved property being served,
in a manner satisfactory to the Town.
P.
If any person shall fail or refuse, upon receipt of a notice from
the Town of Wolfeboro, in writing, to remedy any unsatisfactory condition
with respect to a building sewer, within 45 days of receipt of such
notice, the Town of Wolfeboro may remedy any unsatisfactory condition
with respect to a building sewer and may collect from the owner the
costs and expenses thereof by such legal proceedings as may be provided
by law. The Town shall have full authority to enter on the owner's
property to do whatever is necessary to remedy the unsatisfactory
condition.
Q.
The Town reserves the right to adopt, from time to time, additional
rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper relating
to connections with a public sewer and the sewer system, which additional
rules and regulations, to the extent appropriate, shall be a part
of these regulations.
R.
New or replaced building sewers shall have a two-way cleanout tee,
riser and cap installed at the edge of the roadway right-of-way and
at intervals of no greater than 150 feet along the length of the building
sewer to facilitate inspection and cleaning.
S.
The Town will consider private collection systems on a case-by-case
basis when requested of the Planning Board and Water and Sewer Utilities
Department. The owner of any existing private wastewater collection
system shall provide information about the system requested by the
Town, including, but not limited to:
(1)
Owner contact information for regulatory or other enforcement actions;
(2)
Identification of a person responsible for operation and maintenance
of the system with twenty-four-hour emergency contact information
that the Town can use in the event of an emergency;
(3)
Information about the private system, including, but not limited
to, record drawings, pumping station design flow, emergency power
provisions, O&M activities and schedule that activities are performed,
and any other information that the Town needs to evaluate the impact
of the private system to the public sewer.
A.
The assessment and collection of the expense of constructing and
maintaining the sewer system shall be governed by the provisions of
RSA 149-I:7 through 149-I:18 inclusive, and any other applicable general
laws. The Selectmen of the Town shall have all the powers granted
to boards of mayor and aldermen thereunder with references to establishing
and assessing sewer charges and/or rentals. If the Town of Wolfeboro
votes to establish a Board of Sewer Commissioners, they shall have
all the powers of the Selectmen hereunder as provided in RSA 149-I:19.
B.
Access fee.
(1)
For any structure to which sewer becomes available, as defined by § 126-6, after May 1, 1987, a flat-rate access fee (also referred to as "connection charge") shall be paid each time a new connection is made to the sewer system. This fee is for the right to connect to and to use a portion of the capacity of the sewer system. See the Water and Sewer Rate Schedule as updated from time to time for connection fees.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is on file at the Town offices.
(2)
Changes in use. If a change in the use of the property occurs which
will increase the water consumption/sewer discharge after the access
fee has been paid, access fees for the additional use must be paid.
Access fees paid will not be refunded as a result of changes in use
which reduce water/sewer usage.
(3)
Access fees shall be charged for all new connections to the existing
water and sewer mains within the Town system.
(4)
Access fees shall be charged for all connections to water and sewer
main extensions to the Town system.
(5)
Payment. All access fees are due and payable upon connection to the
service provided.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to storm sewers, if available, or to a natural outlet approved by
the Town. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may
be discharged, on approval of the Town, and the NHDES to a storm sewer,
if available, or an approved natural outlet.
C.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
(1)
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid, gas, vapor or liquid when combined with air, water
or other substances present in sewers, including, but not limited
to, waste streams with a closed flashpoint of less than 140° F.
(60° C.) using the test methods specified in 40 CFR 261.21.
(2)
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids,
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any waste treatment process,
sludge disposal practice or constitutes a hazard to humans or animals,
creates a public nuisance, or creates any hazard at the wastewater
treatment plant, or its receiving waters.
(3)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5, or higher than 9.0
or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or
hazard to structures, equipment, and personnel engaged in the operation
and maintenance of the sewer system and the wastewater treatment plant.
(4)
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewer system, such as, but not limited
to, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, underground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
D.
No person shall discharge the following:
(1)
Wastewater that causes the temperatures at the introduction into
the wastewater treatment plant to exceed 104° F. (40° C.).
(2)
Wastewater not in compliance with categorical pretreatment standards
as found at 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
(3)
Petroleum oil, nonbiodegradable cutting oil, or products or mineral
oil origin, in amounts that will cause interference or pass-through.
(4)
Trucked or hauled pollutants, except at discharge points designated
by the Town.
(5)
Wastewater causing, alone or in conjunction with other sources, the
treatment plant's effluent or sludge to fail a toxicity test.
(6)
Any hazardous waste listed or designated by DES under ENV-Hw 400.
(7)
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged for the following
described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely,
in the opinion of the Town, that such wastes can harm either the sewers,
sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the
receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property,
or constitute a nuisance. In forming such opinion as to the acceptability
of these wastes, the Town will give consideration to such factors
as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities
in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of
the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant,
degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant, and
other pertinent factors. NHDES may also be consulted for aid in forming
an opinion as to the acceptability of any waste entering the wastewater
collection and treatment works.
(8)
Wastewater having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65°
C.).
(9)
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease, or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32°
F. and 150° F. (0° C. to 65° C.).
(10)
Wastewater from industrial plants containing floatable oils,
fats, or grease.
(11)
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation
and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4
horsepower (0.76 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Town.
(12)
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
(13)
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc,
and similar objectionable or toxic substances; or wastes exerting
and excessive chlorine requirement, to such a degree that any such
material received in the composite sewage at the wastewater treatment
plant exceeds the limits established by the Town for such materials.
(14)
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations as to exceed limits which may be
established by the Town as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal, or other public
agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
(15)
Any medical or infectious waste, pharmaceuticals, radioactive
wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed
limits established by the Town in compliance with applicable state
or federal regulations.
(16)
Material which exerts or causes:
(a)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such as, but
not limited to, Fullers earth, lime slurries, and lime residues) or
of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to, sodium chloride
and sodium sulfate).
(b)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solution).
(c)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on a sewage
treatment works.
(d)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes or both constituting
"slugs" as defined herein.
(17)
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable
to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment process employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater
treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies
having jurisdiction over the discharge to the receiving waters.
(18)
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with other water or
wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended
solids which interfere with the collection system, or create a condition
deleterious to structures and treatment process.
(19)
A dental practice which manages dental amalgam shall install
and maintain an amalgam separator in accordance with federal and/or
state regulations.
E.
Discharge of prohibited materials; pretreatment.
(1)
If any waters or wastes are discharged, or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 126-10 of this article, and which in the judgment of the Town may have a deleterious effect upon the sewer system, processes, equipment, or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Town may:
(2)
If the Town permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows,
the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject
to the review and approval of the Town and subject to the requirements
of all applicable codes, ordinances, and laws. The permit issued by
the Town shall be in accordance with all applicable federal and/or
state regulations. It shall be illegal to meet the requirements of
this sewer ordinance by diluting wastes in lieu of proper pretreatment.
F.
Fats, oil and grease.
[Amended 12-20-2017]
(1)
No user shall allow wastewater discharge to the sewer line leaving
the property to exceed 100 milligrams per liter of FOG.
(2)
Grease interceptors shall be required at all restaurants, nursing
homes, hospitals or cooking establishments and other facilities from
which grease can be expected to be discharged, as required by the
State of New Hampshire.
(3)
All grease interceptors shall:
(a)
Be of a type, design, and capacity specified by the latest edition
of the New Hampshire Building Code, governed by the International
Plumbing Code for interceptors and separators.
(b)
Be readily and easily accessible for user cleaning and Town
inspection.
(c)
Have access manholes provided over each grease interceptor inlet
and outlet and sanitary tee. The access manhole shall extend at least
to finished grade and be designed and maintained to prevent water
inflow or infiltration. The manhole shall also have readily removable
manhole-type access to facilitate inspection, grease removal, and
wastewater sampling activities.
(d)
Be installed on the building drain/sewer that extends from the
food preparation and cleanup areas. No sanitary facilities shall be
connected to the grease interceptor.
(e)
Be manually inspected biweekly (every two weeks).
(4)
Operation and maintenance requirements.
(a)
In the maintaining of all such grease interceptors, the owner(s)
shall be responsible for regular inspection and cleaning. Inspections
shall be conducted on a biweekly basis. Grease interceptors shall
be cleaned prior to the level of grease reaching 25% of the effective
depth of the interceptor or at least twice each year/season, whichever
is sooner. Inspections may be reduced to monthly if a monitoring system
is installed that conforms to the requirements below.
[1]
A monitoring system shall use ultrasonic transducers and an
embedded microprocessor to continuously sense the positions of the
floating solids, bottom solids and the liquid level within the grease
interceptor. Monitoring systems shall comply with standard PDI-G 102.
This information is transmitted to a control unit located within the
building. The monitor's control unit shall be programmed to alert
the owner when the grease level is less than or equal to a capacity
of 22% so that pumping can be arranged prior to reaching a capacity
of 25% as defined within the operations and maintenance requirements.
The monitor shall also alert emergency conditions prior to tank failure
due to overfilling.
(5)
Waste grease and oil shall not be disposed of by the sanitary sewer.
All waste grease and oil must be collected in an appropriate container
provided by a Town-approved vendor and stored in location approved
by the Town on the premises. The container must be stored on an impervious
surface. Containers must be capable of being sealed or be stored in
a sheltered area to prevent entry of precipitation and vermin. Any
removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the
owner's(s') personnel must be performed by currently licensed
waste disposal firms.
(a)
The user shall maintain a written record, using forms developed
by the Wolfeboro Water and Sewer Utilities Department, of grease interceptor
inspection and maintenance for no less than three years, and such
records must be available for inspection by the Town at all times.
These written records shall also include documentation of the proper
removal and disposal of both yellow and brown grease. Upon request
by a Wolfeboro official, an owner or operator shall furnish these
records.
(b)
Users who are required to install grease interceptors are expected
to employ best management practices in food preparation and cleanup.
These best management practices shall assure that fats, oils, and
greases are not directly discharged to the building drain. For example,
waste food or trimmings including fats, oils, and greases shall not
be discharged to the building drain through a garbage grinder, oil
from deep fat frying shall not be discharged to the building sewer,
etc. Best management practices are outlined in the "Fats, Oils and
Grease (FOG) Prevention Program Guidance Manual" available at Wolfeboro
Town Hall.
G.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
H.
When required by the Town, the owner of any property serviced by
a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control structure together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling, and measurement
of the wastes. Such structure, when required, shall be accessibly
and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans
approved by the Town. The structure shall be installed by the owner
at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and
accessible at all times.
I.
All industries discharging into a public sewer shall perform such
monitoring of their discharges as the Town may reasonably require,
including installation, use and maintenance of monitoring equipment,
keeping records and reporting the results of such monitoring to the
Town. Such records shall be made available upon request by the Town
to other agencies having jurisdiction over discharges to the receiving
waters. These records shall remain available for a period of at least
five years. These requirements may include:
(1)
Wastewaters' discharge peak rate and volume over a specified
time period.
(2)
Chemical analyses of wastewaters.
(3)
Information on raw materials, processes and products affecting wastewater
volume and quality.
(4)
Quantity and disposition of specific liquid, sludge, oil, solvent,
or other materials important to sewer use control.
(5)
A plot plan of sewers of the user's property showing sewer and
pretreatment facility location.
(6)
Details of wastewater pretreatment facilities.
(7)
Details of systems to prevent and control the losses of materials
through spills to the public sewer.
J.
The Town, through its duly authorized employees and officials, bearing
proper credentials and identification, shall be permitted to enter
all properties for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling, and testing in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The Town or its representatives shall have no authority to inquire
into any processes, including metallurgical, chemical, oil, refining,
ceramic, paper, or other industries, beyond that point having a direct
bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the sewers or waterways
or facilities for waste treatment.
K.
All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters
and wastes to which reference is made in this article shall be determined
in accordance with the techniques prescribed in 40 CFR 136, unless
otherwise specified in an applicable categorical pretreatment standard,
and shall be determined at the control structure provided, or upon
suitable samples taken at said control structure. In the event that
no special structure has been required, the control structure shall
be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole, from the building
sewer, in the public sewer to which the building sewer is connected.
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to determine
the effect of constituents upon the sewer system and to determine
the existence of hazards to life, limb, and property. (The particular
analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite
of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample
or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended
solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all
outfalls whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.)
L.
No statement contained in the article shall be construed as precluding
any special agreement or arrangement between the Town and any industrial
concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character
may be accepted by the Town for treatment, subject to extra payment
therefor, by the industrial concern, provided that such agreements
do not contravene any requirements of existing federal or state laws
and/or regulation promulgated thereunder and are compatible with any
user charge and industrial cost recovery system in effect.
No person(s) shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break,
damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance
or equipment which is part of the wastewater facilities. Any person(s)
violating this provision shall be subject to immediate arrest under
charge of disorderly conduct.
A.
In any case where a provision of this article is found to be in conflict
with a provision or any ordinance or code of the Town of Wolfeboro,
existing on the effective date of this article, or adopted hereafter,
the provision which, in the judgment of the Selectmen, establishes
the higher standard for the promotion and protection of the health
and safety of the people of the Town of Wolfeboro shall prevail. In
any case, where a provision of this article is found to be in conflict
with a provision of any other ordinance or code of the Town of Wolfeboro
existing on the effective date of this article, or adopted hereafter,
which establishes a lower standard for the promotion and protection
of the health and safety of the people, the provisions of this article
shall be deemed to prevail, and such other ordinances or codes are
hereby declared to be repealed to the extent that they may be found
in conflict with this article.
B.
If any section, subsection, paragraphs, sentence, clauses, or phrase
of this article should be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever,
such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this article,
which shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end, the
provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
C.
In the case of a dispute, the Selectmen of the Town shall be the
deciding authority.
The Town reserves the right to prohibit any person from installing
builder sewers, septic tanks, leaching fields or other facilities
for the handling or disposing of sanitary sewage or industrial wastes
if, in the past, said person has refused to abide by this article
or if said person's performance has proven to be of inferior
quality and therefore requires an unusual amount of supervision by
the Town in relation to other persons.
A.
Inspections.
(1)
The Director of Water and Sewer Utilities and any other duly authorized
official or employee of the Town, bearing proper credentials and identification,
shall be permitted to enter all properties at reasonable times for
any of the following purposes:
(a)
To inspect the nature, extent, construction, maintenance, or operation of private facilities to determine if such facilities comply with the provision of this article and other applicable laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, inspections to determine compliance with § 126-8 of this article, which prohibits certain discharges of the sewer system.
(b)
To perform any other act of inspection permitted or required
under this article which reasonably requires access to any property.
(2)
Any owner or occupant of the property who refuses to grant consent
to a duly authorized Town official or employee to enter the property
for any purpose stated in this section or elsewhere in this article
shall be guilty of a violation of this article and shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $1,000 for each day that such consent is
withheld. In addition, any duly authorized Town official or employee
acting on behalf of the board of selectmen may obtain an administrative
inspection warrant pursuant to RSA 595-B to allow access to the property
for any purpose specified in this section or under any other provision
of this article.
B.
The Superintendent or other duly authorized employees are authorized
to obtain information concerning industrial processes which have a
direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater
collection system. The industry may withhold information considered
confidential. The industry must establish that the revelation to the
public of the information in question might result in an advantage
to competitors.
C.
While performing the necessary work on private proprieties, referred to in § 126-14A, above, the Superintendent or duly authorized employees of the Town shall observe all safety rules appreciable to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless from injury or death to the Town employees, and the Town shall indemnify the company against liability claims or demands for personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the company to maintain safe conditions as required in § 126-10.
D.
The Superintendent and other duly authorized employees of the Town
bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to
enter all private property through which the Town holds a duly negotiated
easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection, observation,
measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the
wastewater facilities lying within said easement. All entry and subsequent
work, if any, on said easement shall be done in full accordance with
the terms of the duly negotiated easement pertaining to the private
property involved.
A.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article shall
be served by the Town with written notice stating the nature of the
violation and providing a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory
correction thereon. The offender shall, within the period of time
stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations.
B.
Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit provided for in Subsection A shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each day of violation.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
become liable to the Town for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned
by Town by reason of such violation.
[Added by the Board of Selectmen 3-20-2019]
If a sewer line, after a vote of the Board of Selectmen, is
extended and the costs thereof are to be paid for with private funds,
then the following requirements shall apply and the following waivers
shall be available:
A.
Requirements.
(1)
The sewer line shall be constructed in accord with all local and
state specifications and permits.
(2)
Any affected Town road shall be restored to its original condition
upon completion of all construction, including applying a new top
coat of asphalt.
(3)
Consistent with the provisions of RSA 147:8, all improved property
with a primary structure located within 100 feet of the sewer line
shall be connected thereto within one year after notice.
B.
Waivers.
(1)
The Town may grant a waiver for structures within 100 feet of the
sewer line if the affected improved property has an adequate alternative
sewage disposal system which complies with the applicable local and
state regulations and was designed by a designer duly licensed in
New Hampshire and approved for construction by the New Hampshire Department
of Environmental Services after January 1, 1985, until the earlier
of:
