No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet. Notwithstanding the foregoing, users desiring to discharge cooling water to the waters of the state must apply for and obtain a SPDES permit. Similarly, such discharges are subject to state and federal regulations which are not superseded by this chapter.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A. 
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B. 
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or creating any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including:
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
Effluent Concentration Limits
Parameter
Thirty-Day Average
(mg/l)
Twenty-four-Hour Average
(mg/l)
Cadmium
0.4
0.8
Hex. Chromium
0.2
0.4
Total Chromium
4.0
8.0
Copper
0.8
1.6
Lead
0.2
0.4
Mercury
0.2
0.4
Nickel
4.0
8.0
Zinc
1.2
2.4
Arsenic
0.2
0.4
Available chlorine
50.0
50.0
Cyanide-free
0.4
0.8
Cyanide-complex
1.6
3.2
Selenium
0.2
0.4
Sulfide
6.0
12.0
Barium
4.0
8.0
Manganese
4.0
8.0
Gold
0.2
0.4
Silver
0.2
0.4
Fluorides
To fresh water
6.0
12.0
To saline water
36.0
72.00
Phenol
4.0
8.0
C. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five point five 5.5, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
D. 
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, ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
E. 
Upon the promulgation of the national categorical pretreatment standards for a particular industrial subcategory, the federal standard, if more stringent than limitations imposed under this chapter for sources in that subcategory, shall immediately supersede the limitations imposed under this chapter.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
[Amended 3-10-1969, effective 4-1-1969]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely, in the opinion of the Superintendent, that such wastes can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb, public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, materials of construction of the sewers, nature of the sewage treatment process, capacity of the sewage treatment plant, degree of treatability of wastes in the sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
A. 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 104° F. [40° C.]
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
B. 
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32 and 150° F., zero and (0° and 65° C.).
C. 
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4 horsepower [0.76 horsepower metric] or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
D. 
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
E. 
Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances, or wastes exerting an excessive chlorine requirement, to such degree that any such material received in the composite sewage at the sewage treatment works exceeds the limits established by the Superintendent for such materials.
F. 
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Superintendent as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage, to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
G. 
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
H. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of 9.5.
I. 
Materials which exert or cause:
(1) 
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids, such as but not limited to Fullers earth, lime slurries and lime residues, or of dissolved solids, such as but not limited to sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
(2) 
Excessive discoloration, such as but not limited to dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions.
(3) 
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment works.
(4) 
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting "slugs" as defined herein.
J. 
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes emloyed, 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.
[Added 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
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 floatable grease in excessive amounts, as specified in Section 4(c) of the Regulation of Sewer Use Manual of Practice Number 3 of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent, and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. In the maintaining of these interceptors, the owner(s) shall be responsible for the proper removal and disposal by appropriate means of the captured material and shall maintain records of the dates and means of disposal which are subject to review by the Superintendent. Any removal and hauling of the collected materials not performed by the owner(s)' personnel must be performed by currently licensed waste disposal firms.
A. 
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers which, in the judgment of the Superintendent, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may:
(1) 
Reject the wastes;
(2) 
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to the public sewers;
(3) 
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge and/or
(4) 
Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of § 45-32 of this Article.
B. 
If the Superintendent permits the pretreatment or equalization of waste flows, the design and installation of the plants and equipment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent, and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws, and such facilities shall be continuously maintained in satisfactory and effective operation by and at the owner's expense.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this ordinance shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided or upon suitable samples taken at said control manhole.
[Amended 6-24-1985 by L.L. No. 5, 1985]
No statement contained in this Article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the village for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern. No special agreements shall circumvent federal categorical pretreatment standards.