[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 1]
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, ground water, roof run-off, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary
sewer.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 2]
Stormwater and other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged
to such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or
storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Director. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Director, to a storm sewer, combined sewer, or natural outlet.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 3]
1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers.
A. Any gasoline, benzene, fuel oil, or other flammable or explosive
liquid, solid or gas.
B. Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids, liquids
or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, or injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process,
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance,
or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment
plant effluent.
C. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 9.5,
and having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage
or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works.
D. Solids or viscous substances in quantities or of such size capable
of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers, or other interferences
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, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch
manure, hair and fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk
containers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 4]
1. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following
described substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely
in the opinion of the Director 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 his opinion as to the
acceptability of these wastes, the Director 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 other pertinent factors. The substances prohibited are:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F.
(65° C.).
B. Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils, whether
emulsified or not, in excess of 100 mg/l or containing substances
which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between 32 and
150° F. (0° and 65° C.).
C. 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 the review
and approval of the Director.
D. Any waters or wastes containing strong acid, iron pickling wastes
or concentrated plating solutions whether neutralized or not.
E. Any waters or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper, sulfur, zinc,
and 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 works exceeds
the limits established by the Director for such materials.
F. Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing
substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which may be established
by the Director as necessary, after treatment of the composite sewage,
to meet the requirements of the county, state, federal or other public
agencies having jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
G. Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentrations
as may exceed limits established by the Director in compliance with
applicable county, state or federal regulations.
H. Materials which exert or cause:
(1)
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).
(2)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions).
(3)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand, or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage
treatment works.
(4)
Unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes constituting
sludge, as defined herein.
I. Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to
treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment processes employed,
or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the sewage treatment
plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having
jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 5]
1. 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 §
18-154, and which in the judgment of the Director, 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 Director may:
B. Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge to
the public sewers.
C. Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge.
D. Require payment to cover the added cost of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing taxes or sewer charges under the provisions of §
18-160.
2. If the Director 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 Director, and subject
to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and laws.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 6]
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in
the opinion of the Director, they are necessary for the proper handling
of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable
wastes, sand or 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 Director,
and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning
and inspection.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 7]
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.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 8]
When required by the Director, the owner of any property serviced
by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable
control manhole together with such necessary meters and other appurtenances
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 Director. 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.
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 9]
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this Part shall
be determined in accordance with the latest edition of "Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," published by the American
Public Health Association, and shall be determined at the control
manhole provided, or upon suitable samples taken at said 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 outfalls of a 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.)
[Ord. 707-A, 12/8/1969, Art. 5, § 10]
No statement contained in §§ 18-151 — 18-160
hereof shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement
between the Borough and any industrial concern whereby an industrial
waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Borough
for treatment, subject to payment therefor, by the industrial concern.