[G.O. No. 1059, § 1; G.O. No. 1140, § 1;
G.O. No. 1187, § 1]
(a) No industrial liquid waste shall be discharged into the sanitary
sewer system of the Town unless it is amenable to secondary or biological
treatment processes. No toxic materials or wastes containing explosive
or flammable substance which would be detrimental to the collection
system, including pumping stations and all treatment plant facilities
and equipment or treatment processes shall be permitted to be discharged
into the collection system.
(b) Sections
20-14 and
20-15 set forth in further detail requirements concerning limitations on the quality of industrial waste characteristics.
(c) Every industry proposing to connect with the Town sewer system and
to discharge industrial waste into same, shall submit a complete chemical
analysis of the waste, including biochemical oxygen demand (BOD),
chemical oxygen demand (COD), suspended solids, chlorine demand, phosphates,
nitrates and other waste characteristics required by the regulatory
agencies and the state department of environmental protection.
(d) Every industry connected to the Town system and discharging industrial
wastes shall pay a quarterly charge to the Town to cover the cost
of treatment of such industrial waste.
(e) Payment for industrial waste shall be based upon the following factors:
(3)
Suspended solids of the waste.
(f) The Town reserves the right to include additional charges for industrial
waste characteristics as may be imposed by the sewerage authority
to the Town or to modify the rates based upon actual cost to the Town.
(g) Quarterly rate schedule for industrial wastes. The rate schedule
for biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids and flow shall be
set forth in a resolution to be adopted by the governing body of the
municipality annually and made a part of the official minutes of the
governing body.
(h) The Town shall undertake periodic sampling and testing of the waste
to determine both volume and strength of waste characteristics. The
owner shall reimburse the Town for all costs of sampling and testing.
(i) The volume of sewage or industrial waste from each industrial establishment
may be determined by meters paid for and installed and maintained
by the owner, actual water meter records or private well meter records
combined with municipal water records or from estimates or measurements
made by the Town's consulting engineer.
(j) The characteristics of the industrial waste shall be determined from
actual samplings or other approved means and shall be based upon analysis
made in accordance with the procedures outlined in the latest edition
of "Standard Methods of Analysis or Water and Sewage" published by
the American Public Health Association. The Town may require the installation
of automatic samplers at the cost of the owner to obtain representative
samples during a calendar quarter or as may be required.
(k) Additional classifications of waste characteristics or modifications
of the rate schedule may be established by the Town from time to time
as is deemed necessary.
(l) The Town will accept industrial wastes into the sanitary sewerage
system upon execution of a formal, written agreement, and under and
subject to the provisions appearing in such agreement, and the rules,
regulations and rates stated herein. The agreement will set out in
detail the characteristics of the wastes, the flow conditions which
shall govern and the conditions with respect to the physical connection
or connections. It will be the policy of the Town to consider each
application on its own merits, and to establish specific conditions
applicable to the particular situation, for each agreement. No connection
shall be made prior to execution of the agreement.
(m) Prior to approving an application for a connection involving the
acceptance of industrial liquid wastes, the applicant shall submit
complete data with respect to the following:
(1)
Average, maximum and minimum rates of flow to be expected daily
and seasonally.
(2)
Flow diagram, showing points of application of chemicals, type
and quantity of each chemical used per day and per shift, a schedule
of operations, expected chemical characteristics of the untreated
wastes, and the point or points of connection to the sewerage system.
The normal situation will require the separation of, and separate
points of connection for domestic sewage and industrial wastes from
each industrial establishment.
(3)
Chemical analyses and waste characteristics of liquid industrial
waste to be discharged into system.
[G.O. No. 1059, § 2]
Wastes containing the following substances or possessing the
characteristics below will not be accepted:
(b) Any fluids with temperature in excess of 150° F.
(c) Any fluid wastes which contain in excess of 100 parts per million
of fat, oil or grease, either vegetable or mineral.
(d) Any volatile, explosive or flammable substances such as benzene,
gasoline, naphtha, fuel oil or similar substances.
(e) Any solids or viscous matter which may contain any ashes, cinders,
sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics,
wood, paunch hair or similar substances.
(f) Any fluid wastes having a pH value of less than 5.5, or in excess
of 9.0 or possessing other properties capable of causing damage or
hazard to sewers, structures, treatment process, equipment or operating
personnel.
(g) Any waste containing toxic or poisonous substances in sufficient
concentration to interfere with the sewage treatment process, or cause
injury to animals or persons, or to create an unacceptable condition
in the receiving streams.
(h) Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance which causes a public
nuisance.
[G.O. No. 1059, § 4]
Industries permitted to connect to Town sewers, even though not initially required to provide preliminary treatment, may be required to provide a control manhole or meter, as provided by Section
20-15(b).
[G.O. No. 1059, § 6]
Under no circumstances will any of the following be connected
to the sanitary sewers, directly or indirectly:
(a) Floor drain, area drain or yard drain.
(b) Rain conductor or down spout.
(d) Air-conditioning equipment.
(e) Storm water inlets or catch basins.
(f) Drains from pieces of equipment or manufacturing process, except
when specifically authorized under the provisions of this article.
[G.O. No. 1059, § 7]
A separate connection shall be provided for domestic sewage
and the waste shall not be commingled with the industrial waste within
the plant. The Town shall determine the equivalent household connections
from the discharge of domestic sewage from each industrial plant.
This shall be determined by dividing the average daily domestic sewage
flow by 300 gpd, the latter representing the average household domestic
sewage discharge. The annual rate for discharge of domestic sewage
into the Town's sewer system shall be computed by multiplying the
number of equivalent units, as determined by the formula above, times
the annual sewer charge applied to each household unit (presently
$15 per year).
[G.O. No. 1059, § 9]
Each owner of premises located on streets in which sewers are
available shall connect all sewerage facilities on such premises to
the sewer system immediately upon such sewerage facilities becoming
available and use such sewerage facilities at all times for sewage
disposal therefrom.
No alteration or repair to any part of the sewer system or any
connection thereto shall be made except by duly authorized representatives
or employees of the Town without application for such having been
made to the Town and approved and upon compliance with the rules and
regulations of the Town relating thereto.
No cesspool, privy vault, subsoil or cellar drains, rain water
or surface drains shall be connected with the sewer system or any
part thereof. Only the sewerage system of the premises shall be so
connected.
[G.O. No. 1059, § 9]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall fail to comply with
or violate the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction,
be punished by a fine not exceeding $50 or by imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 10 days, or both.