No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be discharged any unpolluted waters, such as stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, 15114 8-25-1991 §
151-19 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL §
151-21 subsurface drainage, sump pumps or cooling water, to any sanitary sewer.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage
shall be discharged to such storm sewers as are specifically designated
as stormwater or to a natural outlet approved by the Town Highway
Superintendent and/or Highway Committee.
No person(s) shall discharge or cause to be
discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any
public sewers:
A. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, motor oil
or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B. Any waters 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,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment
plant.
C. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard
to structures, equipment and/or personnel of the wastewater works.
D. 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 wastewater facilities,
such as but not limited to ashes, bones, cinders, sand, mud, straw,
shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground
garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails,
paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground
by garbage grinders.
E. Wastewater having a temperature higher than 150',
F. (65' C). or in such quantities that the temperature at the treatment
works influent exceeds 104' F. (40' C.).
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in §
151-22 of this article or which, in the judgment of the Sewer Inspector and/or Deputy Sewer Inspector, may have a deleterious effect upon wastewater facilities, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Sewer Inspector and/or Deputy Sewer Inspector shall contact the Administrative Director of Rensselaer County Sewer District No. 1, which has promulgated rules and regulations governing the discharge of wastewaters into the Rensselaer County sewerage systems and all sewer tributaries thereto. Alternative solutions may include:
B. Requiring pretreatment to an acceptable condition
for discharge to public sewers.
C. Requiring control over the added cost of handling
and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when, in the opinion of the Town Sewer Inspector and/or Deputy Sewer
Inspector, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes
containing floatable grease in excessive amounts or any flammable
wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors
shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units.
All restaurants within the sewer districts are required to install
grease traps. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved
by the Sewer Inspector and/or Deputy Sewer Inspector and shall be
located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and
inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s)
shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate
means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the date
and means of disposal, which are subject to review by the Sewer Inspector
and/ or Deputy Sewer Inspector. Any removal and hauling of the collected
materials not performed by the personnel of the owner(s) must be performed
by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities
are provided or required for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained
continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner(s)
at his expense.
The Sewer Inspector and/or Deputy Sewer Inspector
may require a user of sewer service to provide information needed
to determine compliance with this chapter.