[Adopted as Ch. XXIV of the 1975 Code]
[Amended 2-22-2005]
Pursuant to C.G.S. § 7-246(a), the Board of Selectmen is hereby designated as the Water Pollution Control Authority, and the Water Pollution Control Authority heretofore existing is abolished as of February 2, 2005. Whenever reference to the "Sewer Authority" or the "Water Pollution Control Authority" appears in this Chapter
240 or elsewhere in the Codified Ordinances, the reference shall, on and after the effective date herein specified, be deemed to be to the Board of Selectmen acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority.
The Authority shall administer and enforce the provisions of this article and any regulations established by it under the provisions of this article and the provisions of Chapter
103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
A. The Water Pollution Control Authority shall establish and print regulations governing the construction and use of sewers and drains discharging into the public sewer system in the Town, including definitions of terms, methods of authorizing sewer work, materials and workmanship, usage, establishment of standards for deleterious substances which cannot be discharged into the sewer system, licensing of drain layers, construction and connection permits, assessment of benefits, connection charges, usage charges and reimbursement for work done by the Town as well as such other regulations as are authorized by Chapter
103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
B. The regulations shall be available at the Town office for inspection
and copies shall be available at a cost of $0.50 per page.
C. The Authority may direct elected or appointed officials of the Town
or employees or consultants engaged by the Town through any of its
departments to act on its behalf.
This article shall not restrict or limit the powers given the
Authority under state statutes to establish and revise rules and regulations
for the supervision, management, control, operation and use of a sewage
system, including rules and regulations prohibiting or regulating
the discharge into a sewage system of any sewage or any stormwater
runoff which, in the opinion of the Authority, will adversely affect
any part or process of the system.
[Adopted 6-16-1965]
By virtue of a special act, the Authority may install water mains for firefighting purposes only; while retaining all powers granted by Chapter
103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
[Adopted 7-20-1964]
The Tax Collector shall collect the sewage system assessments,
connections and use charges provided for under C.G.S. §§ 7-249
through 7-254, as amended.
[Adopted 6-29-1994; amended 7-27-1994]
The water assessment benefit liens heretofore or hereafter levied
by the Water Pollution Control Authority may be paid in such number
equal, consecutive, annual installments as shall be determined by
the Water Pollution Control Authority. Installments shall be deemed
delinquent if not paid within the calendar month when they first come
due, and interest on such delinquent installments, at the rate of
10% (per annum per calendar month or fraction thereof) shall thereafter
be added to the assessment secured by such liens. Payments on account
of any such liens shall be applied first to interest.
[Added 7-15-1986]
The Water Pollution Control Authority is hereby authorized on
behalf of the Town to execute an agreement with the Metropolitan District
(hereinafter "the District") pursuant to which the District will supply
potable water to properties located within an area of service to be
more particularly defined in the agreement through a water supply
system and facilities to be constructed or installed by the Town,
which agreement may provide for the transfer by the Town to the District
of all existing water supply system and facilities and all existing
systems and facilities to be constructed or installed in or serving
the area of service; and which agreement may further provide for the
metering and billing of water service in the area of service directly
by the District to the users.
[Adopted 1-30-1963 (Ch. XXVIII, Art. 2, of the 1975 Code)]
The Town hereby adopts Special Act 369, 1947 session, allowing
the Town to utilize the sewage disposal plant at Bradley International
Airport.