No roof drainage, cellar drainage, unpolluted
industrial process water, surface water, waste from hydrants or groundwater
from underground drainage fields shall be admitted or permitted to
drain into the sewer system. No cesspool or septic tank shall be allowed
to discharge into the sewer system. The sewer system is intended to
convey sanitary sewage and industrial wastes only.
Except as herein provided, no person shall discharge
or cause or allow to be discharged any of the following described
waters or wastes to or in any public sewer:
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.
C. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
D. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, wood or other solid or viscous substance
capable of causing obstructions to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage treatment plant.
E. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 6.0 or
higher than 8.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, or equipment, and personnel
of the sewage works.
F. Any waters or waste containing toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, or to constitute a hazard in the receiving waters
of the plant.
G. Any waters or waste containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such material at the sewage treatment plant.
H. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating a public nuisance.
I. Any waste, liquid, solid or other substance, the discharge
of which is prohibited by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority,
or which will not be accepted by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority.
The admission into the public waters of any waters or wastes having a biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) greater than 300 parts per million by weight, or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 229-29 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily usage flow of the Borough shall be subject to the review and approval of the Borough Engineer. Where necessary in the opinion of the Borough Engineer, or required by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority, the owner shall provide, at his or her expense, such preliminary treatment may be necessary to reduce the BOD to 300 parts per million by weight, or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in §
228-29 or control of 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 Borough Engineer and of the State Department of Health of New Jersey, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing.
Where preliminary treatment facilities are provided
for any waters or waste, they shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the owners at his or her expense.
When required by the Borough Engineer, the owner
of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial waste
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 accessible and safely located and
shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Borough
Engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his or her
expense and shall be maintained by him or her so as to be safe and
accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of water and wastes to which reference is made in §§
228-29 and
228-30 shall be determined in accordance with "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage," latest edition, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided for in §
228-31, 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.
Readily accessible means shall be provided by
the owner, tenant or occupant of the premises to allow the Borough
or its representative to make periodic examination of the waste and
determination of the volume, character and concentration of the waste
being discharged into the sewers or laterals tributary thereto.
The Plumbing Subcode Official, Borough Engineer,
members of the Borough Council, Board of Health and any other duly
authorized employee of the Borough bearing proper credentials and
identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties for
the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement, sampling and
testing at any reasonable hour, in accordance with the provisions
of this article.
The right is reserved by the Borough of Metuchen
to stop and prevent at any time the discharge into sewers or laterals
of any waste which may injure the sewers or adversely affect sewage
treatment or which is not in conformity with the requirements and
the standards now or hereafter made by the Borough, or the Middlesex
County Utilities Authority, and the Borough of Metuchen may at any
time, without notice and without recourse, sever the connection and
cause the removal of any sewer or drain through which such waste may
be discharged.