[Amended 11-13-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-03]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling
water or industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer. Likewise,
no person shall make any connection of roof spouts, foundation drains,
areaway drains, sump pumps or other sources of surface water in any
manner to the sewage system of the Town.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged to any public sewer any of the
following described waters or substances:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
B.
Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease; provided, however,
that hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and other institutions or commercial
establishments designated by the Superintendent may discharge such
water or waste into the public sewer, provided that the establishment
or institution in question has a grease trap approved by the Superintendent.
C.
Any water or waste from auto wash racks and gasoline
waste and waste motor oil.
D.
Any benzene, naphtha, fuel oil, or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
E.
Any waters or wastes containing 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 sewage works, such as, but not limited to, ash, cinders, sand,
mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, lint, 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.
F.
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 the structures, equipment and personnel
of the sewage works.
G.
Any water or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction
with other waste, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment
process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard
in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
H.
Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I.
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
J.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acids.
K.
Any waters or wastes having colors in such concentrations
as to affect the operations of the sewage treatment plant or, after
treatment in the municipal waste treatment facilities, to create a
nuisance or interfere directly or indirectly with specified uses of
state waters.
L.
Any waters or wastes containing substances which are
not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes
employed or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the
sewage treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other
agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
A.
Generally. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall
be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary
for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients;
provided, however, that such interceptors shall not be required for
private living quarters or dwelling units. All such interceptors shall
be of a type and capacity approved by such Superintendent and shall
be so located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
B.
Maintenance by owner. Where installed, all grease,
oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his
expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times.
A.
The admission into the public sewers of the waters
or wastes enumerated in this section shall be subject to the review
and approval of the Superintendent:
(1)
Any water or waste having a five-day BOD greater than
300 parts per million by weight.
(2)
Any water or waste containing more than 350 parts
per million by weight of suspended solids.
(3)
Any water or waste containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 355-38.
(4)
Any water or waste having an average daily flow greater
than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Town.
B.
Where necessary in the opinion of such Superintendent,
the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment
as may be necessary to:
C.
Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information
relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted
for the approval of such Superintendent and of the Water Control Board
of the state, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced
until said approvals are obtained in writing.[1]
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner
of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer 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 such Superintendent.
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.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 355-38 and 355-40 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in § 355-42 or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole. 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 to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as preventing 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 payment therefor by the industrial concern.
In case of any stoppage in the public sewers,
the Town shall remove the same. If the obstruction is in a branch
or building sewer or drain, the owner of the property to which it
connects shall remove such obstruction.
