The Water and Sewer Authority has enacted these regulations for the supervision, management, control, operation and use of the Town of Newtown sewerage system in accordance with §§ 10-7, 10-8 and 10-13 of Article III, Water and Sewer Authority, of Chapter 10 and §§ 195-7 and 195-8 of Article II, Sewer Use Regulations, of Chapter 195 of the Code of the Town of Newtown and with Section 7-247 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The objectives of these regulations are:
A.
To describe the policies and procedures for establishing, maintaining
and altering a connection to the sewerage system;
B.
To prevent the introduction of pollutants into the sewerage system
that may interfere with its operation, or that may pass-through the
wastewater treatment plant, inadequately treated, into receiving waters,
or otherwise be incompatible with the system;
C.
To protect the general public and sewerage system personnel who may
be affected by wastewater and sludge in the course of their employment;
D.
To promote, where feasible, reuse and recycling of wastewater and
sludge from the wastewater treatment plant;
E.
To provide for fees and assessments for the equitable distribution
of the costs of construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement
of the sewerage system; and
F.
To enable the Town to comply with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System permit conditions, sludge use and disposal requirements, and
any other federal or state laws to which the sewerage system is subject.
As used in this chapter, the following abbreviations shall have
the meanings indicated:
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BOD
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biochemical oxygen demand
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CFR
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Code of Federal Regulations
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CGS
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Connecticut General Statutes, as amended
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COD
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chemical oxygen demand
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DEEP
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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
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EDU
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equivalent dwelling unit
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EPA
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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FOG
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fats, oils and grease (generated from food preparation processes)
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gpd
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gallons per day
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I&I
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inflow and infiltration
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mg/l
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milligrams per liter
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NPDES
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
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RCSA
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Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
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SSA
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sewer service area
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USC
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United States Code
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WSA
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Newtown Water and Sewer Authority
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WWTP
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wastewater treatment plant
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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedures for five days
at 20° C., usually expressed as a concentration (in mg/l).
The horizontal pipe that extends through an outside wall
below grade that receives domestic sewage and industrial waste and
conveys it to the building sewer.
The piped extension installed by a qualified contractor from
a building drain to a public sewer or other place of disposal.
Any regulation containing pollutant discharge limits promulgated
by the EPA in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Clean
Water Act[1] which apply to specific categories of users and which
appear in 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N, Parts 405 through 471.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C
§ 1251 et seq.
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for
the State of Connecticut.
A sewerage system serving one or more residences in separate
structures which is not connected to a public sewer or which is connected
to a public sewer system as a distinct and separately managed district
or segment of such system.
State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection, Water Management Bureau, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127,
or where appropriate, a duly authorized official of said agency.
Sewage that consists of water and human excretions or other
waterborne waste incidental to the occupancy of the residential buildings
or a nonresidential building but not including manufacturing process
water, cooling water, wastewater from watersoftening equipment, commercial
laundry wastewater, blowdown from heating or cooling equipment, water
from cellars or floor drains or surface water from roofs, paved surfaces
or yard drains.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or where appropriate,
a duly authorized official of said agency.
A measure of generated wastewater flow expressed as a ratio
to that generated by the average single-family, detached residence.
In Newtown, one EDU is estimated to be 185 gpd including I&I.
Attached elderly housing units are 0.6 EDUs or 111 gpd. Multifamily
housing units and mobile homes are 0.8 EDUs or 148 gpd. EDUs for other
buildings are determined in accordance with industry practice.
An agreement between the WSA and a property owner that specifies
the location and responsibilities of each party with respect to the
ownership, operation and maintenance of a grinder pump.
The liquid or waterborne waste of any industrial process
not clearly included within the definitions of "domestic sewage,"
"stormwater," "non-contact cooling water" or "subsoil drainage."
Water, other than wastewater, entering a sewer system from
the ground through such means as defective pipes, pipe joints, connections,
or manhole walls.
Water, other than wastewater, discharged from basement and
foundation drains, sump pumps, drains from springs and swampy areas,
roof leaders, yard and areaway drains, manhole covers, and cross-connections
from storm sewers and catch basins.
The disruption or inhibition of the treatment processes or
operations of the sewerage system by a discharge, alone or in conjunction
with discharges from other sources, that is a cause of a violation
of a NPDES permit or a limitation of sewage sludge use or disposal.
Isolation wastes, infectious agents, human blood and blood
products, animal carcasses or parts thereof, pathological wastes,
sharps, body parts, contaminated bedding, surgical wastes, potentially
contaminated laboratory wastes, and dialysis wastes.
The federal permit program administered by the state that
regulates wastewater discharges to surface water bodies.
The agency established by Town Code § 10-7 in accordance with Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Water used for cooling which does not come into direct contact
with any raw material, intermediate product, waste product, or finished
product.
A discharge that exits the WWTP into receiving waters in
quantities or concentrations that, alone or in conjunction with discharges
from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of
the Town's NPDES permit, including an increase in the magnitude
or duration of a violation.
Any individual, partnership, association, firm, corporation
or other entity, except a municipality, and includes the federal government,
the state or any instrumentality of the state and any officer or governing
or managing body of any partnership, association, firm or corporation.
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution expressed
in standard units.
Any water, substance or material for which a NPDES permit
specifies an effluent limitation.
The elimination, alteration, or reduction in the amount or
nature of pollutants in wastewater by physical, chemical, biological,
or other means other than dilution prior to discharge into a sewerage
system.
A trunk, main or lateral sewer up to and including the Y-branches
or tees provided for connections to building sewers and to which all
owners of abutting properties have equal rights and which is controlled
by public authority.
The Public Works Director of the Town or other appointee
of the Board of Selectman designated to enforce these regulations
and transact the business of the WSA.
The liquids and solids from domestic sewage which are treated
or held in holding tanks, septic tanks, chemical toilets, campers,
trailers, and boats and other vessels.
The "treatment works," as defined by Section 212 of the Clean
Water Act,[2] which is owned by the Town of Newtown. This definition
includes any device or system used in the collection, storage, treatment,
recycling, or reclamation of domestic sewage or industrial waste.
A geographic area within the Town designated by the WSA to
be served by a sewerage system.
Any flow occurring during or following any form of natural
precipitation and resulting from such precipitation, including snowmelt.
The total suspended matter that floats on the surface of
or is suspended in water, wastewater, or other liquid and which is
removable by laboratory filtering.
The Town of Newtown or its agents.
The Code of the Town of Newtown.
A portion of a public sewer to which building sewers may not be connected without prior approval of the WSA as prescribed in § 690-7.
Industrial waste and domestic sewage from residential dwellings,
commercial buildings, industrial and manufacturing facilities, and
institutions, including nonexcessive inflow and infiltration, that
is discharged to the sewerage system.
That portion of the sewerage system designed to provide treatment
of domestic sewage and industrial waste.
A water pollution control plan has been filed with the Commissioner
as allowed by the CGS. The plan designates and delineates the boundaries
of areas to be served by the Town's sewerage systems and areas
where sewers are to be avoided, sets priorities for the allocation
of sewerage system capacities, and describes the policies and programs
to control surface water and groundwater pollution problems. The plan
was first adopted March 8, 1995, by the WSA and approved by the First
Selectman and may be amended from time to time by these parties.
Maps of the sewer service areas approved by the WSA shall be
filed with the Town Clerk.
A.
The Central SSA generally serves the Borough, an area north of Taunton
Pond, and a portion of Sandy Hook.
B.
The State SSA serves the state properties in accordance with the
Town and State Intergovernmental Sewerage Agreement dated November
17, 1993.
D.
The Hawleyville SSA was established for economic development as defined
by the Town. The Hawleyville SSA is connected to sewers in Bethel
and the Danbury sewerage system and is governed by the Newtown-Danbury
Interlocal Sewer Service Agreement dated December 1, 1994; the agreement
between the Town of Bethel and the Town of Newtown dated March 6,
1991; and the modification (to Bethel-Newtown Agreement) dated August
11, 1991.
E.
All areas outside these SSAs are designated as sewer avoidance areas.
The WSA intends to control surface water and groundwater pollution
problems in these areas by supporting strict administration of on-site
wastewater management policies in cooperation with the Newtown Health
District.
The procurement of all services and materials on behalf of the WSA shall be in accordance with Chapter 350, Purchasing, of the Town Code.
