Borough of Metuchen, NJ Discharge Into Sewer System

§ 228-28 Inflow services.

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.

§ 228-29 Prohibited wastes or water.

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:

Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.

Any water or waste which may contain more than 100 parts per million by weight of fat, oil or grease.

Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance.

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.

§ 228-30 Permission to discharge objectionable waste or water.

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.

§ 228-31 Preliminary treatment facilities.

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.

§ 228-32 Sewage testing.

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.

§ 228-33 Standards and methods for testing.

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.

§ 228-34 Examinations of waste discharged into sewer.

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.

§ 228-35 Right of entry.

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.

§ 228-36 Prevention of discharge of waste.

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.