No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to 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 watercourse approved by the Inspector. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Inspector, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
A. 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65° C.).
B. 
Any waters or wastes which contain grease or oil or other substance that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between 32° F. and 150° F.
C. 
Any waters or wastes containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, exceeding an average of 50 milligrams/liter (417 pounds per million gallons) or other soluble matter.
D. 
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or mineral oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
E. 
Any noxious or malodorous gas such as hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide or nitrous oxide or other substance which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
F. 
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4 horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Inspector.
G. 
Any ashes, cinder, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, cardboard, wood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, beer or distillery slops, whey, chemical residues, paint residues, cannery waste, bulk solids or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow of the sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
H. 
Any waters or wastes, acid and alkaline in reaction, having corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works. Free acids and alkalies must be neutralized, at all times, within a permissible pH range of 6.0 to 9.5.
I. 
Any cyanides in excess of 0.3 milligrams per liter by weight as CN.
J. 
Radioactive wastes that do not comply with federal or state regulations.
K. 
Any water or waste that for a duration of 15 minutes has a concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage as measured by suspended solids and BOD and/or which is discharged continuously at a rate exceeding 300 gallons per minute except by special permit. "Normal sewage" shall be defined as falling within the following ranges:
Constituents
Permissible Range
(mg/l)
Suspended solids
180 to 350
BOD
140 to 300
Chlorine requirements
5 to 15
L. 
Any stormwater, roof drains, spring water, cistern or tank overflow, footing drain, discharge form any vehicle wash rack or water motor or the contents of any privy vault, septic tank or cesspool or the discharge or effluent from any air-conditioning machine or refrigeration unit.
M. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance, a high chlorine demand or suspended solids in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in the receiving waters or the effluent of the Town sewage treatment plant. Such toxic substances shall be limited to the average concentrations listed hereinafter in the sewage at the point where it is discharged in the public sanitary sewage system, and at no time shall the hourly concentration exceed three times the average concentration. If concentrations listed are exceeded, individual establishments will be subject to control by the Engineer in volume and concentration of wastes discharged.
Limits of Toxic Substances in Sewage
Cadmium
0.4 mg/l
Hex. Chromium
0.2 mg/l
Total Chromium
4.0 mg/l
Copper
0.8 mg/l
Lead
0.2 mg/l
Mercury
0.2 mg/l
Nickel
4.0 mg/l
Zinc
1.2 mg/l
Arsenic
0.2 mg/l
Available Chlorine
50.0 mg/l
Cyanide — free
0.4 mg/l
Cyanide — complex
1.6 mg/l
Selenium
0.2 mg/l
Sulfide
6.0 mg/l
Barium
4.0 mg/l
Manganese
4.0 mg/l
Gold
0.2 mg/l
Silver
0.2 mg/l
Fluorides —
To fresh water
4.0* mg/l
To saline water
36.0 mg/l
Phenol
4.0 mg/l
*
Note: May be multiplied by a factor of 1.5 if the municipal water supply is not fluoridated.
A. 
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when the above set limits for those substances are exceeded or when, in the opinion of the Engineer, they are necessary 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 dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Engineer and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B. 
Grease and oil interceptors shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperatures. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be maintained by the owner, at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times and shall be readily accessible and open to inspection by the Inspector at any time.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 milligrams per liter or containing more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids or containing more than 15 milligrams per liter of chlorine requirement or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 102-35 or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Town shall be subject to the review and approval of the Engineer. Where necessary, in the opinion of the Engineer, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 milligrams per liter and the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter by weight or reduce the chlorine requirements to 15 milligrams per liter or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 102-36 or control 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 Engineer and of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. When pretreatment standards are adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for any given class of industries, then such industries must immediately conform to the timetable for adherence to these standards. Failure to comply with one or more of the remedial procedures as required by the Engineer will constitute a violation of this Part 1.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Engineer, the owner of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes 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 accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 102-36 and 102-40 shall be determined in accordance with the most recent edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater upon suitable samples taken at the control manhole provided for in § 102-41. 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.
No statement contained in this Part 1 shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Town or any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Town for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
All of the preceding standards are to apply at the point where the industrial wastes are discharged into the public sanitary sewerage system and any chemical or mechanical corrective treatment required must be accomplished to practical completion before the wastes reach that point. The laboratory methods used in the examination of all industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater published by the American Public Health Association. However, alternate methods for the analysis of industrial wastes may be used, subject to mutual agreement between the Town Board and the producer of such wastes, subject to the approval by the NYSDEC. The frequency and duration of the sampling of any industrial waste shall not be less than once every three months for a twenty-four-hour period. However, more frequent and longer periods may be required at the discretion of the Town Board.