[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.
(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.
(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:
(a)
Any vapors or steam.
(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, § 2]
(a)
The Town reserves the right to require preliminary treatment, where
the chemical characteristics of the proposed industrial wastes, in
the opinion of the Town, or in the opinion of the state department
of environmental protection or the local Board of Health make such
preliminary treatment desirable or mandatory. Some of the characteristics
which may dictate preliminary treatment are listed below:
(1)
Five day B.O.D. in excess of 350 mg/l.
(2)
Suspended solids in excess of 350 mg/l.
(3)
Presence of arsenic, barium, cadmium, chloride, copper, cyanide,
fluoride, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, nickel, nitrate, selenium,
sulfate, zinc or pH values outside of acceptable limits.
(4)
pH below or above the allowable limits.
(5)
A chlorine demand in excess of 30 mg/l.
(b)
In such instances where it is agreed that the industrial waste will
be received following preliminary treatment, drawings and specifications
shall be submitted for approval, showing all pertinent details of
the construction proposed to accomplish the preliminary treatment,
to include details of the indicator-record-register type of fluid
meter, and housing to be used, to meter the flow of industrial wastes,
and also details of the control manhole to be constructed on the industrial
wastes connection within the sidewalk area. The control manhole shall
be provided with adequate access manhole covers of approved type,
through which access shall be possible to the Town's personnel at
all times. Drawings, specifications, reports, etc., shall be submitted
in quadruplicate, and shall be prepared by a registered professional
engineer.
(c)
Where preliminary treatment facilities are required, they shall be
provided and continuously maintained in an effectively operating condition
at all times, at the expense of the owner.
(d)
Each owner connected, shall be responsible for maintaining a quality
of effluent from their premises which conforms to the provisions established
in their agreement with the Town. Sampling and analysis shall be done
to conform with accepted practice, and in accordance with the current
edition of "Standard Methods for Examination of Water, Sewage and
Industrial Wastes," published by the American Public Health Association.
(e)
The cost of preparing and submitting this data for consideration
by the Town shall be borne by the industry; likewise, the cost of
sampling and analysis to determine compliance with the terms of the
agreement shall be borne by the owner although conducted by the Town
or its duly authorized representative.
[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, § 5]
(a)
Where the owner provides its own water supply, entirely separate
from that supplied by the Town or provides from its own sources a
portion of the water consumed on the premises, which eventually finds
its way into the sewerage system of the Town all aforementioned provisions
will apply. This does not relieve the owner from the requirement to
furnish, install and maintain a meter of the indicator-register-record
type, to measure the discharge of industrial wastes, as provided herein.
All costs of furnishing, installing and maintaining the industrial
waste flow meter will be borne by the owner.
(b)
The Town's representative shall have access at reasonable times to
industrial establishments and to any meters used to determine waste
volumes discharged into the sewer system or excluded from the sewer
system.
[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.
(c)
Grease pit.
(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.
