Village of Coal City, IL Use of Utility Sewers

[Amended 4-12-1993 by Ord. No. 93-07]

Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described substances, materials, waters, or wastes if it appears likely, in the opinion of the Village or its agents, 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 its opinion as to the acceptability of these wastes, the Village 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 maximum limits established by regulatory agencies. The substances prohibited are:

(1)

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

(2)

Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous materials; or oils, whether emulsoid or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F.

(3)

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 hp metric) or greater shall be subject to review and approval of the Village.

(4)

Any waters containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes, or concentrated plating solution, whether neutralized or not.

(5)

Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, zinc, or 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 plant exceeds the limits established by the Village for such materials.

(6)

Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other waste- or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established by the Village 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.

(7)

Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life as may exceed limits established by the Village with applicable state or federal regulations, except for any discharge from the Village water treatment plant.

(8)

Any wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.0, or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structure, equipment, and personnel of the sewage treatment plant.

(9)

Any mercury or any of its compounds in excess of 0.0005 mg/l as Hg at any time except as permitted by the Village in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

(10)

Any cyanide in excess of 0.1 mg/l at any time except as permitted by the Village in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

(11)

Materials which exert or cause:

(a)

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, except from the Village water treatment plant);

(b)

Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions);

(c)

Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements in such quantities as to constitute significant load on the sewage treatment works;

(d)

Unusual volume of flow or concentrations of wastes constituting slugs, as defined in § 51-1, except for discharges from the Village water treatment plant.

If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in Subsection A of this section, or which are in violation of the standards for pretreatment provided in 40 CFR 403 and any amendments thereto, and which in the judgment of the Village 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 Village 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

(4)

Require payment to cover the added costs of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer treating charges, under the provisions of chapter relating to contracts to treat wastes of a industrial or private concern.

If the Village 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 Village and subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.

The owner or builder of any new house, building, or structure to be used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose, hereinafter constructed on any property within the boundaries of the Village where any point of such property is located within 250 feet of a public or private utility sanitary sewer shall be required, at his or her own expense, to construct suitable toilet facilities thereon, and to connect such facilities thereon directly with such sanitary sewer in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

The owner of any house, building, structure, or property presently existing within the boundaries of the Village and used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, and other purposes, and where any point of such property on which such house, building, or structure is located within 250 feet of any public sanitary sewer, and the present sewage facilities for such house, building, or structure are now or hereafter deemed defective, insufficient, and ineffective by the Public Works Director of this utility or by the proper officer of any city, village, or county, shall be required, at his or her own expense, to connect the toilet facilities herein to the public sanitary sewer of the utility in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]

Whenever the Public Works Director or a duly authorized officer of the Village located within the boundaries of such utility shall deem it advisable to require any owner of any property within the Village to connect his or her toilet facilities with a public sanitary sewer as hereinabove provided, a notice of such direction shall be mailed to the last known address of the owner, tenant, or occupant of the property ordering the connection of the toilet facility of such house, building, or structure to the utility sanitary sewer of the Village within 90 days after the date of such notice.

[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]

The failure of any owner, tenant, occupant, or builder to install such toilet facilities or to connect such toilet facilities to the public sanitary sewer of the utility within the specified period in such notice shall be deemed to be in violation of this provision and punishable as hereinafter provided.

No person shall make or cause to be made any connection with a sanitary sewer in the Village except under a written permit for the work, issued by the utility and approved by the Public Works Director of the utility upon the payment of fees as set from time to time by the Village Board for the following:

[Amended 7-27-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]

(1)

Commercial property (other than multiple-family dwellings, industrial, and manufacturing property) and for combined commercial and residential property. For the purpose of § 51-55, each floor drain, wash basin, toilet, sink, or other connection through which wastes may pass into the sewers of the utility shall be considered a sewer connection.

(2)

Industrial or manufacturing property in an amount based upon the number of square feet of floor area as determined from a complete set of plans and specifications to be supplied to the Village by the person or persons seeking such connection permit in the same manner and form as the plans and specifications used to obtain a building permit from the Village.

(3)

An additional charge where a lift station is required to carry wastes from any house, building, or structure, under any permit hereinafter issued by the utility to the treatment plant of the utility.

No statement contained in §§ 51-50 through 51-56 shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the utility and any person whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the utility for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the person as prescribed by the Village.

Laboratory analyses.

(1)

The owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall provide laboratory measurements, tests, and analysis of waters or wastes to illustrate compliance with this chapter and any special conditions for discharge established by the Village or regulatory agencies having jurisdiction over the discharge.

(2)

The number, type, and frequency of laboratory analyses to be performed by the owner shall be as stipulated by the Village, but no less than once per year the industry must supply a complete analysis of the constituents of the wastewater discharge to assure that compliance with the federal, state and local standards is being met. The owner shall report the results of measurements and laboratory analyses to the Village at such times and in such a manner as prescribed by the Village. At such times as deemed necessary, the Village reserves the right to take measurements and samples for analysis by an outside laboratory at the expense of the owner.

All measurements, tests, and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall be determined in accordance with the latest edition of IEPA Division of Laboratory Manual of Laboratory Methods, and shall be determined at the control manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at such 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. Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence of hazards to life, limb and property. The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour composite of all outfall of premises is appropriate or whether a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always, BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour composites of all outfalls, whereas pHs are determined from periodic grab samples.

All moneys collected for sewer connections shall be rebated to the Village Collector.