The following rules and regulations are hereby
promulgated by the Town Board of the Town of Owego. These rules and
regulations pertain to the discharge of stormwater, well water, groundwater,
cooling water, unpolluted water, industrial wastewater, sewage and
other wastewaters to the wastewater collection and treatment system.
It is the policy of the Town of Owego to set
uniform requirements for discharges into the public sewers served
by the Town of Owego Consolidated Sewer District wastewater collection
and treatment system as a means of enabling the Board to derive the
maximum public benefit by regulating the quality and quantity of wastewater
discharged into its collection and treatment system. The purposes
of these rules and regulations are to:
A.
Control discharges into the POTW and any tributaries
thereto and into the POTW treatment plants.
B.
Prohibit the discharge of:
(1)
Excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates of flow
into the POTW.
(2)
Sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes, including
industrial waste which may create in any way a poisonous, hazardous,
explosive, flammable or toxic condition for sewage maintenance and/or
operation personnel or operating or maintenance difficulties in the
POTW and POTW treatment plants.
C.
Prohibit and/or regulate by permit the discharge of
sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes which require greater expenditures
for treatment than those required for equal volumes of normal sewage,
to surcharge users for permitted contributions requiring treatment
costs greater than normal sewage charges.
D.
Require the treatment, before introduction into any
sewer served by the POTW treatment plants, of such wastes as may otherwise
impair the strength and/or durability of the structures appurtenant
to the system, by direct or indirect chemical, biological or physical
action, interfere with the normal treatment processes, pass through
the sewage treatment plants into the receiving waters untreated or
only partially treated or of such concentration as may exceed established
discharge limits or interfere with proper disposal of sludge generated
by the treatment plants.
E.
Provide cooperation with the Tioga County Department
of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation,
New York State Department of Health, United States Environmental Protection
Agency and any other agencies which have requirements or jurisdiction
for the protection of the physical, chemical and/or bacteriological
quality of watercourses within the geographical area served by the
POTW.
F.
Protect the public health and prevent nuisances.
G.
Enforce promulgated final standards and/or procedures
set by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
or the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
The Director of Utilities shall be responsible
to the Town Board for the implementation of these rules and regulations.
In so doing, the Director of Utilities shall have the power to:
A.
Promote and provide for the prevention and abatement
of harmful discharges into any sewer served by the Town of Owego Consolidated
Sewer District.
B.
Issue draft permits and modify and suspend or revoke wastewater discharge permits in accordance with Article XV.
C.
Establish a program for inspecting, sampling and monitoring
the wastewater discharges of industrial users to assure compliance
with applicable local, state and federal requirements.
D.
Investigate and remedy any suspected instances of
noncompliance with applicable local requirements.
E.
Coordinate efforts between the Consolidated Sewer
District and any outside municipal users regarding industrial wastewater
pretreatment.
