[Adopted 5-8-1985 (Ch. 110 of the 1990 Code)]
A.
APPROVING AUTHORITY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
BOD (denoting "biochemical oxygen demand")
BUILDING DRAIN
BUILDING SEWER
DOMESTIC SEWAGE
ENGINEER
GARBAGE
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NATURAL OUTLET
NORMAL DOMESTIC SEWAGE
PARTS PER MILLION
PERMITTEE
PERSON
pH
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGE
PUBLIC SEWER
SANITARY SEWER
SEWAGE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT
SEWAGE WORKS
SEWER
SEWERAGE
SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
SLUG
STANDARD METHODS
STORM SEWER or STORM DRAIN
STORMWATER RUNOFF
SURCHARGE
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
UNPOLLUTED WATER OR WASTE
WATERCOURSE
For the purpose of interpreting this article, certain words used
herein are defined as follows:
The County Engineer (or other official designated by the
County) of the County of Carroll or his duly authorized deputy, agent
or representative.
The duly elected governing body of the County of Carroll,
Virginia.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in parts per million. The laboratory determination
shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Standard
Methods.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer
beginning three feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the sewer or other
place for disposal.
Waterborne wastes normally discharging from the sanitary
conveniences of dwellings (including apartment houses and hotels),
office buildings, factories and institutions, free from storm surface
water and industrial wastes.
The County Engineer or the County's consulting engineer or
their duly authorized representative.
Solid wastes and residue from the preparation, cooking and
dispensing of food and from the handling, storage and sale of food
products and produce.
All waterborne solids, liquids or gaseous wastes resulting
from any industrial, manufacturing or food-processing operation or
process or from the development of any natural resource or any mixture
of these with water or domestic sewage, as distinct from normal domestic
sewage.
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
Normal sewage for the County of Carroll, in which the concentration
of suspended materials and five-day, twenty-degree-centigrade BOD
is established at 240 parts per million each, by weight, on the basis
of the normal daily contribution of 0.20 pound per capita, per 100
gallons.
A weight-to-weight ratio; the parts per million value multiplied
by the factor 8.345 shall be equivalent to pounds per million gallons
of water.
That person applying for a permit to construct a sanitary
sewer main or to connect to an existing sanitary sewer.
Any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any
individual, firm, company, industry, municipal or private corporation,
association, society, governmental agency or other entity and his
or its agents, servants or employees.
The logarithm (base 10) of the reciprocal of the hydrogen
ion concentration of a solution. It shall be determined by one of
the procedures outlined in Standard Methods.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will
be carried under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public
sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
Either a sanitary or storm sewer in which all owners of abutting
properties shall have equal rights and which is controlled by public
authority.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water and groundwater are not intentionally admitted.
A combination of water-carried waste from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments, together with
such groundwater, surface water and stormwater as may be present.
Any arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage.
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sanitary sewage.
The system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection,
transportation and pumping of sewage and industrial wastes.
The charge made on all users of the public sewerage system
whose wastes do not exceed in strength the concentration values established
as representative of normal sewage.
Any discharge of water, sewage or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour concentration or more than
five times the average twenty-four-hour flow during normal operation.
The examination and analytical procedures set forth in the
latest edition, at the time of analysis, of Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, as prepared, approved and published
jointly by the American Water Works Association, the Water Pollution
Control Federation and the American Public Health Association.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface water and drainage
but excludes sewage and polluted industrial wastes.
That portion of the rainfall that is drained into the storm
sewers.
The charge in addition to the published water and sewer rates.
The basis for surcharges on industrial wastes is a capital and operating
cost for suspended solids, BOD and chlorine demand exceeding normal
domestic sewage.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory
filtering. Quantitative determination of suspended solids shall be
made in accordance with procedures set forth in Standard Methods.
Any water or waste containing none of the following: free
or emulsified grease or oil, acid or alkali; phenols or other substances
imparting taste and odor in receiving water, toxic poisonous substances
in suspension, colloidal state or solution; and noxious or odorous
gases. The water shall contain not more than 10 parts per million
each of suspended solids and BOD. The color shall not exceed 150 jackson
turbidity units.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
B.
The word "shall," wherever used in this article, will be interpreted
in its mandatory sense; "may" is permissive.
A.
Approval required. Review and acceptance of the approving authority
shall be obtained prior to the discharge into the public sewers of
any wastes and waters having the following:
B.
Pretreatment. Where required, in the opinion of the approving authority,
to modify or eliminate wastes that are harmful to the structures,
process or operation of the sewage disposal works, the person shall
provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment or processing
facilities as may be determined necessary to render his wastes acceptable
for admission to the public sewer.
C.
Submission of information. Design calculations, plans, specifications
and other pertinent information relating to proposed industrial waste
pretreatment or processing facilities shall be submitted for approval
or disapproval by the approving authority prior to the start of their
construction if the effluent from such facilities is to be discharged
into the public sewers. The following industrial sewer connection
application shall be fully completed and submitted to the approving
authority. The permittee shall not connect to the public sewer without
prior approval by the approving authority of the permittee's industrial
sewer connection application. It shall be the responsibility of the
permittee to file an amendment for approval to the permit 30 days
prior to the change of any item of information on the permit. Failure
to maintain the permit as an accurate representation of the permittee's
waste discharges to public sewers shall be cause for penalty.
D.
Preapplication conference. Prior to filing an industrial sewer connection
application, the permittee shall consult with the approving authority
or his duly authorized representative concerning the types, concentration
and volumes of industrial wastes proposed for discharge. Conditional
approval as to the general requirements must be obtained from the
approving authority prior to preparation of the industrial sewer connection
application.
A.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, downspouts, yard drains,
yard fountains and ponds or lawn sprays into any sanitary sewer. Stormwater
and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers
as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a natural outlet
approved by the approving authority. Unpolluted process water may
be discharged, upon prior written approval of the approving authority,
to a storm sewer or natural outlet or into the sanitary sewer system
by an indirect connection whereby such discharge is cooled, if required,
and flows into the sanitary sewer at a rate not in excess of three
gallons per minute, provided that the waste does not contain materials
or substances in suspension or solution in violation of the limits
prescribed by this article. Any person discharging waste of any type
into a storm sewer or natural outlet shall first obtain the written
permission of the approving authority, who shall designate the point
of discharge, whether it be sanitary sewer, storm sewer or natural
outlet. In cases where, and in the opinion of the approving authority,
the character of the sewage from any manufacturer or industrial plant
building or other premises is such that it will damage the system
or cannot be treated satisfactorily in the system, the approving authority
shall have the right to require such user to dispose of such waste
otherwise and prevent it from entering the system.
B.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged, either directly
or indirectly, any of the following described substances, materials,
waters or waste:
(1)
Any liquid having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65°
C.).
(2)
Any water or wastes which contain wax, grease or oil, plastic or
other substances that will solidify or become discernibly viscous
at temperatures between 32° to 150° F.
(3)
Any solids, liquids or gases which, by themselves or by interaction
with other substances, may cause fire or explosion hazards or in any
other way be injurious to persons, property or the operator of the
sewage works.
(4)
Any solids, slurries or viscous substances of such character as to
be 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, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and
fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, slops, chemical residues,
paint residues or bulk solids.
(5)
Any garbage that has not been properly comminuted or shredded.
(6)
Any noxious or malodorous substance which is capable of causing objectionable
odors or hazard to life or forms solids or creates any other conditions
deleterious to structures or treatment processes or requires unusual
provisions, alteration or expense to handle such materials.
(7)
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0
or having any corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazards
to the structures, equipment, personnel or biological population of
the sewage works.
(8)
Any wastes or waters containing suspended or dissolved solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant or in the public
sewage works.
(9)
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance, such
as, but not limited to, plating or heat-treating wastes in sufficient
quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
to constitute a hazard to humans or animals or to create any hazard
in the receiving waters or the sewage treatment plant.
(10)
Any cyanide greater than 1.0 part per million, as CN.
(11)
Any hexavalent chromium greater than 2.0 parts per million.
(12)
Any mercury greater than 0.005 part per million.
(13)
Any trivalent chromium greater than 5.0 parts per million.
(14)
Any manganese greater than 1.0 part per million.
(15)
Any copper greater than 1.0 part per million.
(16)
Any boron greater than 1.0 part per million.
(17)
Any nickel greater than 1.0 part per million.
(18)
Any cadmium greater than 0.02 part per million.
(19)
Any arsenic greater than 0.005 part per million.
(20)
Any zinc greater than 1.0 part per million.
(21)
Any phenols greater than 0.2 part per million.
(22)
Any iron greater than 2.0 parts per million.
(23)
Any tin greater than 1.0 part per million.
(24)
Any barium greater than 0.1 part per million.
(25)
Any lead greater than 0.1 part per million.
(26)
Any silver greater than 0.10 part per million.
(27)
Any selenium greater than 0.02 part per million.
(28)
Any chlorides greater than 250.0 parts per million.
(29)
Any radioactivity as radium 226 and strontium 90 greater than
three ppc per liter and 10 ppc per liter, respectively. In the known
absence of strontium 90 and alpha emitters, the concentration shall
not be greater than 1,000 ppc per liter.
(30)
Any antimony greater than 0.0 part per million.
(31)
Any bismuth greater than 0.0 part per million.
(32)
Any cobalt greater than 0.0 part per million.
(33)
Any molybdenum greater than 0.0 part per million.
(34)
Any rhenium greater than 0.0 part per million.
(35)
Any tellurium greater than 0.0 part per million.
(36)
Any uranyl ion greater than 0.0 part per million.
C.
Except in quantities or concentrations or with provisions as stipulated
herein, it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or individual
to discharge waters or wastes to the sanitary sewer containing the
following:
(1)
Free or emulsified oil and grease exceeding on analysis an average
of 100 parts per million (833 pounds per million gallons) of either
or both or combinations of free or emulsified oil and grease if, in
the opinion of the approving authority, it appears probable that such
wastes:
(3)
Cyanides or cyanogen compounds capable of liberating hydrocyanic
gas on acidification in excess of 0.5 part per million by weight as
CN in the wastes from any outlet into the public sewers.
(4)
Material which exerts or causes the following:
(a)
Unusual concentrations of solids or composition, as, for example,
in total suspended solids of inert nature (such as fuller's earth)
and/or in total dissolved solids (such as sodium chloride or sodium
sulfate);
(b)
Excessive discoloration;
(c)
Unusual biochemical oxygen demand;
(d)
High hydrogen sulfide content; or
(e)
Unusual flow and concentration, unless such material shall be
pretreated to a concentration acceptable to the Board of Supervisors
if such wastes can cause damage to collection facilities, impair the
processes, incur treatment costs exceeding those of normal sewage
or render the water unfit for stream disposal. Where discharge of
such wastes to the sanitary sewer is not properly pretreated or otherwise
corrected, the approving authority shall reject the wastes or terminate
the service of water and/or sanitary sewer.
A.
Within 60 days from the date of passage of this article, any person
desiring to deposit or discharge any industrial waste into the public
sewers or natural outlets of the County of Carroll or any sewer connected
therewith, or who is now so doing, shall make application to the approving
authority for a permit therefor upon application forms to be obtained
from the County office.
B.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided for the proper
handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or
any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients, except that
such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters
or dwellings. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved
by the approving authority and shall be located as to be readily and
easily accessible for easy cleaning and inspection. Grease and oil
interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable
of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperature. They shall
be substantially constructed, watertight and equipped with easily
removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and
watertight. Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained
by the permittee, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation
at all times.
C.
Within 60 days from the date of passage of this article, any person
discharging or desiring to discharge an industrial waste mixture into
the public sewers or natural outlets of the County or any sewer connected
therewith shall provide and maintain in a suitable accessible position
on the permittee's premises, or such premises occupied by him, an
inspection chamber or a manhole near the outlet of each sewer, drain,
pipe, channel or connection which communicates with the sewer or sewer
works of the County or any sewer connected therewith. Each such manhole
or inspection chamber shall be of such design and construction which
will prevent infiltration by groundwater and surface water and be
filtered by screens with a maximum opening of one inch but of sufficient
fineness to prevent the entrance of objectionable slugs of solids
to the sanitary sewer system and shall be so maintained by the person
discharging wastes so that any authorized representative or employee
of the County may readily and safely measure the volume and obtain
samples of the flow at all times. Plans for construction of the control
manholes or inspection chambers, including such flow-measuring devices
as may be required, shall be included with the industrial sewer connection
application.
D.
Sampling of the effluent of waste discharges may be accomplished
manually or by the use of mechanical equipment to obtain a composite
sample which would be representative of the total effluent. Samples
shall be taken at six-month intervals to establish the BOD, suspended
solids and chlorine demand of the industrial waste for billing purposes
or at such intervals as determined by the approving authority as necessary
to maintain a control over the discharges from the permittee. The
method used in the examination of all industrial wastes to determine
BOD, suspended solids, chlorine demand and prohibited wastes shall
be as set forth in Standard Methods.
No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure, appurtenance or equipment which is part of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in accordance with the penalty provisions set out under § 190-10 herein.
A.
The approving authority, and other duly authorized employees of the
authority acting as its duly authorized agents and bearing credentials
and identification, shall be permitted to gain access to such properties
as may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurement,
sampling and testing, in accordance with the provisions of this article.
The approving authority or his representative shall have no authority
to inquire into any process beyond that point having direct bearing
on the kind and source of discharge to the sewer.
B.
While performing the necessary work on private properties described in Subsection A above, the approving authority or duly authorized employee of the County shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the company.
C.
Any person found to be violating any provision of this article shall
be served by the County with written notice stating the nature of
the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for satisfactory
correction thereof. Any person who shall continue any violation of
his industrial sewer connection application shall be disconnected
from the sanitary sewer and/or water service. Such disconnection and
reconnection shall be at the total expense of the industry or sewer
user.
D.
Where wastes, acids, chemicals or other deleterious substances are
released to the sewer causing rapid deterioration of these structures
or interfering with the proper treatment of sewage, the approving
authority is authorized to immediately terminate services by such
measures as are necessary to protect the facilities.
A.
Persons discharging industrial wastes which exhibit none of the characteristics of wastes prohibited previously, other than excessive BOD or suspended solids, but having a concentration for a duration of 15 minutes greater than four times that of normal sewage as measured by suspended solids and BOD and/or an average concentration during a normal working day of the permittee's industry of suspended solids or BOD content in excess of normal sewage, as defined in § 190-1 as "normal domestic sewage," shall be required to pretreat the industrial wastes to meet the requirements of normal sewage; however, such wastes may be accepted for treatment if the following requirements are met:
(1)
The waste will not cause damage to the collection and treatment facilities.
(2)
The waste will not impair the treatment process.
(3)
The person who discharges such waste enters into an industrial sewer
connection application and agrees to pay the sewer service charge
and industrial waste surcharge.
B.
The person who discharges such wastes shall enter into an industrial
sewer connection application with the County providing for a surcharge
over and above published water and sewer rates. The basis for surcharge
on industrial wastes is a capital and operating cost of $0.23 per
part per million gallons for the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) and
a capital and operating cost of $0.26 per part per million gallons
for the suspended solids exceeding normal sewage. The cost of the
chlorination is based on the County's contract cost of chlorine per
pound per million gallons for each part exceeding the five parts of
normal sewage. These rates shall continue until changed by action
of the Board of Supervisors. The surcharge shall be calculated for
billing purposes with the following formula:
SC
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V 0.23 (BOD -240) + 0.26 (SS1 -240)
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SC
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Surcharge in dollars for time related to volume
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V
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Volume in million gallons based on metered water
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BOD
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BOD — 5 days @ 20° C. of industrial waste (ppm)
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SS1
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Suspended solids of industrial waste (ppm)
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C.
Any person who refuses to comply with or who resists or willfully
discharges wastes prohibited from discharge into public sewers or
who refuses to comply with the provisions of this section shall be
served by the approving authority with a written notice stating the
nature of the violation and providing a reasonable time limit for
satisfactory correction thereof. Any person who shall continue any
violation beyond the time limit shall be guilty of violation of his
industrial sewer connection application and shall be summarily disconnected
from the sanitary and/or water service, such disconnection and reconnection
to be of total expense to the customer. Where acids or chemicals damaging
to sewer lines or treatment processes are released to the sewer and
cause rapid deterioration of these structures or interfere with the
proper treatment of sewage, the approving authority is authorized
to immediately terminate service by such measures as are necessary
to protect the facilities.
The industrial waste surcharge provided for in this article
shall be included as a separate item on the regular bill for water
and sewer charges and shall be paid at the same time that the water,
sewer and sanitation charges of the person become due, and payment
for water and sanitation services shall not be accepted without payment
also of the sewer service charges and industrial waste surcharges.
Failure to pay monthly bills for water and/or sewer service
and/or garbage charges when due or failure to pay the established
sewer surcharge for industrial waste when due or repeated discharge
of prohibited waste to the sanitary sewer shall be sufficient cause
to disconnect any and all services from the water and/or sanitary
sewer mains of the County, and the same penalties and charges now
or hereafter provided for by the ordinances of the County of Carroll
for failure to pay the bill for water and sewer service when due shall
be applicable in like manner in cases of failure to pay the established
surcharge for industrial waste discharged to the sanitary sewer main
as established herein.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provisions
of this article or who shall fail to comply with any provision hereof
shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and each day that such violation
continues shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punished
accordingly.
[Amended 11-14-2013]
B.
The penalty provided herein shall be cumulative of other remedies
provided by state law, and the power of injunction as provided by
applicable statutes may be exercised in enforcing this article, whether
or not there has been a criminal complaint filed.
C.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall
become liable to the County for any expense, loss or damage occasioned
by the County by reason of such violation.
D.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting any property
owner who is damaged or affected by a violation of the terms of this
article from bringing suit in a court of competent jurisdiction to
obtain such remedies as may be available at law or in equity for the
protection of the rights of such property owner.