The purposes of these rules and regulations are specifically stated as follows:
A. 
To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow of sewage and wastes into the City and/or county sewerage system.
B. 
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes of a flammable nature or which create in any way a poisonous or hazardous environment for sewerage maintenance and operation personnel.
C. 
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in the lateral and trunk sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other structures and appurtenances of the City and/or county sewerage system.
D. 
To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at the water pollution control plants as they may be constructed, modified or improved in the future.
E. 
To prohibit and/or to regulate the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require, for treatment at the plants, greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes of normal sewage.
F. 
To require the treatment, before introduction into the City sewers, of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength and/or durability of the structures appurtenant to the sewer system by direct or indirect chemical action or interfere with the normal treatment processes.
G. 
To provide cooperation with Rensselaer County Sewer District No. 1, the Rensselaer 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.
H. 
To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.