A.
The Village Board is responsible for the policy, rules, operation,
administration and review of the POTW and any capital improvements
to be made thereto.
B.
The Superintendent is responsible to the Board for the implementation
of rules, regulations, policy, operation, administration, maintenance
and supervision of the POTW. Applications, requests and submissions
shall be made to the Superintendent, who will review and forward the
item to the Board for action.
A.
Licenses/permits. Instructions and forms for application for licenses
or permits required by this chapter shall be obtained at the Village
office.
B.
Application. Application shall be made for each sewer connection
contributing sewage to the POTW, if such sewage contains industrial
wastes, scavenger wastes, or other wastes whose pollutant characteristics
are such that the discharge is subject to control under this chapter.
D.
Application fees for licenses or permits. An application fee will
accompany an application for a license or permit to be issued under
this chapter. The fee is to defray part of the administrative costs
of processing applications, including the inspection of the applicant's
facilities and waste sampling programs. The fees will be included
in the annual budget of the Village of Bloomfield.
E.
Billing based upon volume (commercial or industrial user). Under
certain conditions, a variation of billing for sewer surcharge(s)
which are based on volume of water metered into premises may occur.
These variations shall include one or more of the following:
(1)
Water which is used in product; since this water is metered
when it enters but does not go into the sewer system, a charge based
on incoming metered water would be greater than the values of the
actual service provided. To obtain relief for this inequity, it is
required that the owner install, at his expense, proper metering equipment
which will uniquely measure that volume of water which enters into
product. Such equipment and plans for installation must be approved
by the Superintendent or his designated representatives, and must
be maintained in working condition at all times by the owner. Alternately,
volume of water going into product may be established by evaluation
of water content in product and total volume of product. This data
must be submitted to the Superintendent in substantiated form for
his consideration to establish a volume credit allowance against incoming
metered water.
(2)
The volume of unpolluted waters which are not discharged into
sanitary sewers may be credited against the metered volume of incoming
water if a metering system is installed at the point of discharge
of this water. The plot plan, piping design, and specifications for
the meter must be submitted to the Superintendent for approval before
installation. The cost of installation and the maintenance of equipment
is the responsibility of the owner.
(3)
Volume of make-up water to circulating cooling systems, boilers,
etc., where water is lost due to evaporation may be measured with
meters on the make-up line. Such installations must be approved by
the Superintendent in order to deduct the meter reading from incoming
water meters.
(4)
A documented plant water balance may be submitted to show water
usage for various process operations. Based on this information, the
Superintendent may deduct from the total volume intake those measured
volumes of water which do not enter the sewerage system for treatment.
(5)
Plants which have various types of water usage which result
in a difference between intake measurements and actual flow into sewerage
systems may install metering devices at the lateral connection to
the public sewer. Such installation shall be made by the owner and
maintained by him. The readings of the meter will be used to calculate
the charges, provided these readings represent the total discharge
of the plant into the public sewerage system. This method is the most
precise and equitable way to calculate charges.
Available at the Village office.
