A.
Description. The sanitary sewer system of the Village of Chester consists of lateral and trunk sewers laid in streets and rights-of-way.
B.
Use and purpose. Design of the system is based on collection of domestic sewage only, and approval by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation was given for construction and use of sewers for this purpose only. No connection will be permitted to the sanitary sewer system which will carry or deliver any substance or material other than domestic sewage or such industrial wastes as are specifically approved by the Board of Trustees. Domestic sewage consists of solid or liquid wastes from toilets, sinks, laundry or bath tubs, shower baths or equivalent plumbing fixtures. Drainage or flow from roofs, cellars, yards, springs, wells, swimming pools or roadways is not domestic sewage, and drainage therefrom into the sanitary sewer system is prohibited. Purposes of these rules and regulations are specifically stated as follows:
(1)
To prohibit excessive volume and/or inordinate rates of flow of sewage and wastes into the Village of Chester system and all sewers tributary thereto.
(2)
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes of a flammable nature or which in any way create a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewerage maintenance and operation personnel.
(3)
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may impair the hydraulic capacity, operation of the intercepting sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other structures and appurtenances of the Village of Chester system and sewers tributary thereto.
(4)
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at the water pollution control plant as it now exists or may be constructed, modified or improved in the future.
(5)
To prohibit and/or regulate the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require, for treatment at the plant, greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes of normal sewage.
(6)
To require, before introduction into the Village of Chester sewerage system or sewers tributary thereto, the pretreatment or flow control of such wastes as may impair the strength and/or durability of the structures appurtenant to the system or may interfere with normal treatment process or may impair the designated uses of the classified receiving waters.
(7)
To provide cooperation with the Orange 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.
(8)
To protect the public health and prevent nuisances.
C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES or BOARD BOD (BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND) BUILDING DRAIN BUILDING SEWER (also referred to herein as "house sewer" or "sewer connection") COMBINED SEWER CONTAMINATION GARBAGE INDUSTRIAL WASTES MUNICIPAL OR PUBLIC SEWER NATURAL OUTLET PERSON pH POLLUTION PRETREATMENT PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) SANITARY SEWER SEWAGE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT SEWAGE WORKS SEWER SEWER INSPECTOR SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) SLUG SPDES STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN SUSPENDED SOLIDS VILLAGE WATERCOURSE
Definitions. Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings herein indicated:
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Chester, New York.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20° C., expressed in parts per million by weight.
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 outside the inner face of the building wall.
Any sewer or part thereof which connects a public or private building with the Village sewer and extends from the Village sewer to the building or house foundation wall.
A sewer receiving both surface runoff and sewage.
An impairment of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to the public health through poisoning or through spread of disease.
Solid wastes from preparation, cooking and dispensing of food and from handling, storage and sale of produce.
Liquid wastes from industrial processes as distinct from sanitary sewage.
Sewer pipelines of the Village of Chester in streets, alleys or rights-of-way obtained by the Village of Chester. Such term shall also include the service connection pipeline up to the inside edge of the sidewalk or, if there is no sidewalk, up to the point of connection as defined under § 79-3 herein.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen ions in grams per liter of solution.
The man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water.
The reduction of the amount of pollutants, elimination of pollutants or alteration of the nature of pollutant properties in wastewater to a less harmful state before or in lieu of discharging or otherwise introducing such pollutants into a publicly owned treatment works. Reduction or alteration can be obtained by physical, chemical or biological processes, process changes or by other means, except as prohibited by 40 CFR 403.6. General Pretreatment Regulations of Existing and New Sources of Pollution.
Wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which storm-, surface and ground waters are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried wastes from residences, business buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with such ground-, surface and stormwaters as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
The person appointed as the authorized agent of the Board of Trustees or his duly authorized deputy or representative in matters falling under this chapter.
Any user who:
Has a discharge flow of 25,000 gallons or more per average workday;
Has a flow greater than 5% of the flow in the wastewater system of the Village;
Has been identified as one of the 21 industrial categories pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1317; or
Is found by the Village to have significant impact, either singly or in combination with other contributing industries, on the treatment or collection system.
Any discharge of water or wastewater which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes, exceeds more than five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during normal operation and adversely affects the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
State Pollution Discharge Elimination System established by Article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York for issuance of permits authorizing discharges to waters of the State of New York.
A sewer which carries storm- and surface waters and drainage, but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering.
The Village of Chester, New York.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously or intermittently.
D.
Word usage, "Shall" is mandatory; "may" is permissive.