A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface
drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to
any sanitary sewer.
B.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall
be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm
sewers or to a watercourse approved by the Superintendent of Public
Works. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process water may be
discharged, upon approval of the Superintendent of Public Works, to
a storm sewer or watercourse.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to any public sewer:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F. or (65° C.).
B.
Any waters or wastes which contain grease or oil or
other substance that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at
temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F.
C.
Any waters or wastes containing fats, wax, grease
or oils, whether emulsified or not, exceeding an average of 50 parts
per million (417 pounds per million gallons) of either soluble matter.
D.
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or mineral
oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
E.
Any noxious or malodorous gas such as hydrogen sulfide,
sulfur dioxide or nitrous oxide or other substance which, either singly
or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a public
nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry into sewers for
their maintenance and repair.
F.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The
installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a
motor of 3/4 horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Superintendent of Public Works.
G.
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, cardboard, wood, paunch manure,
hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, beer or
distillery slops, whey, chemical residues, paint residues, cannery
waste, bulk solids or any other viscous substance capable of causing
obstruction to the flow of the sewers or other interference with the
proper operation of the sewerage system.
H.
Any waters or wastes, acid or alkaline in reaction,
having corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazard to
structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works. Free acids
and alkalies must be neutralized at all times within a permissible
pH range of 6.5 to 9.5.
K.
Any waters or wastes that for a duration of 15 minutes
has a concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage
as measured by suspended solids and BOD and/or which is discharged
continuously at a rate exceeding 1,000 gallons per minute except by
special permit. The fee for such permit shall be determined by the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Owego. Normal sanitary wastewater
shall be construed to fall within the following ranges:
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Constituents
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Permissible Range
(mg/l)
| |
|---|---|---|
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Suspended solids
|
180 to 350
| |
|
BOD
|
140 to 300
| |
|
Chlorine requirements
|
5 to 15
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L.
Any stormwater, roof drains, springwater, cistern
or tank overflow, footing drain, cellar floor drain or the contents
of any privy vault, septic tank or cesspool or the discharge of effluent
from any air conditional machine or refrigeration unit.
M.
Any iron, as Fe, in excess of five milligrams per
liter.
N.
Any waters or wastes containing substances which are
not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment
processes employed or that are amenable to treatment only to such
a degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet
its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge
requirements.
O.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance, a
high chlorine demand or suspended solids in sufficient quantity to
injure or interfere with any wastewater treatment process, constitute
a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving
waters or the effluent of the Village water pollution control plant.
Such toxic substances shall be limited to the average concentrations,
listed hereinafter, in the wastewater as it arrives at the point of
entry into the public sewer, and at no time shall the hourly concentration
exceed three times the average concentration. If concentrations listed
are exceeded, individual establishments will be subject to control
in volume and concentration of wastewater by the Village of Owego
Board of Trustees or its authorized agent.
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Limits of Toxic Substances in Sewage
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Effluent Concentration Limit
(mg/l)
| |||
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Parameter
|
30-Day Average
|
24-Hour Average
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|
Cadmium
|
0.4
|
0.2
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|
Hex. chromium
|
0.2
|
0.1
| |
|
Total chromium
|
4.0
|
2.0
| |
|
Copper
|
0.8
|
0.4
| |
|
Lead
|
0.2
|
0.1
| |
|
Mercury
|
0.2
|
0.1
| |
|
Nickel
|
4.0
|
2.0
| |
|
Zinc
|
1.2
|
0.6
| |
|
Arsenic
|
0.2
|
0.1
| |
|
Available chlorine
|
15.0
|
15.0
| |
|
Cyanide-free
|
0.4
|
0.2
| |
|
Cyanide-complex
|
1.6
|
0.8
| |
|
Selenium
|
0.2
|
0.1
| |
|
Sulfide
|
6.0
|
3.0
| |
|
Barium
|
4.0
|
2.0
| |
|
Manganese
|
4.0
|
2.0
| |
|
Gold
|
0.2
|
0.1
| |
|
Silver
|
0.2
|
0.1
| |
|
Fluorides
| |||
|
To fresh water
|
4.01
|
2.01
| |
|
To saline water
|
36.0
|
18.0
| |
|
Phenol
|
4.0
|
2.0
| |
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NOTES:
| |
|---|---|
|
1May be multiplied
by a factor of 1.5 if the municipal water supply is not fluoridated.
|
A.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided
when the above set limits for those substances are exceeded or when,
in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works, they are necessary
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients;
except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living
quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and
capacity approved by the Superintendent of Public Works and shall
be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and
inspection.
B.
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of
impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes
in temperature. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight
and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place,
shall be gastight and watertight.
C.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors
shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously
efficient operation at all times and shall be readily accessible and
open to inspection by the Superintendent of Public Works at any time.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 milligrams per liter or containing more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids or containing more than 15 milligrams per liter of chlorine requirement or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 166-22 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily wastewater flow which enters any wastewater treatment plant of the Village shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent of Public Works. Where necessary, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Public Works, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 milligrams per liter and the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter or reduce the chlorine requirements to 15 milligrams per liter or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 166-22 or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Superintendent of Public Works and of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained, in writing. Failure to comply with one or more of the remedial procedures as required by the Superintendent of Public Works will constitute a violation of this Part 1.
All industrial establishments contributing (or
intending to contribute) industrial wastes to the public sewer shall
comply with the following provisions:
A.
Major contributing industries, as defined by 40 CFR
128.124, must comply with federal pretreatment standards and any other
applicable requirements promulgated by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) in accordance with Section 307 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (FWPCAA) of 1972 and any more
stringent pretreatment standards necessitated by local conditions.
B.
Disposal into the public sewers of any pollutant by
any person is unlawful except in compliance with federal standards
promulgated pursuant to the FWPCAA.
C.
Permission shall be granted to authorized employees
of the EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC) to enter properties of contributing industries for the purpose
of inspections, observation, measurement, sampling and testing.
D.
All industrial establishments, as a prerequisite for
authorization for disposal into the public sewer, must provide information
to the Village describing wastewater constituents and characteristics
and the type of industrial activity involved.
E.
Major contributing industries and other contributing
industries as deemed necessary shall file periodic reports with the
Superintendent of Public Works on the constituents and characteristics
of their wastewaters. Frequency of reporting and information to be
contained in such reports shall be determined by the Village Board
of Trustees.
F.
Where preliminary treatment or flow equalizing facilities
are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operations by the owner at his expense.
A.
When required by the Superintendent of Public Works,
the owner of any property served by a building lateral carrying industrial
wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building lateral
to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located
and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the
Superintendent of Public Works. The manhole 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.
B.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 166-22 and 166-24 shall be determined, in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, from suitable samples taken at control manhole provided for in Subsection A. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer from the point at which the building lateral is connected. The frequency and duration of the sampling of any industrial waste shall be at the discretion of the Village Board of Trustees or its authorized agent.
C.
When the volume, characteristics or strength of a particular liquid waste entering the public sewers exceeds the limitations described in § 166-22, the Superintendent of Public Works shall notify the owner of the violation, supported by test results and/or measurement records compiled by the Village. Within 10 days after receipt of said notice, the owner shall reply, in writing, to the Village Board of Trustees stating the steps or procedures he proposes to follow to comply with the requirements of § 166-22, including a timetable to accomplish the same. If approved, the owner shall proceed with the implementation of his plan in accordance with the stated timetable.
D.
Notwithstanding the above notification procedures,
the Village Board of Trustees reserves the right to order the owner
to immediately exclude from the public sewers any liquid or substance
which, either singly or in combination with other wastewaters, could
result in physical damage to the sewers or wastewater facilities or
could upset the treatment process or could create potentially hazardous
conditions for Village employees or the public.
