The discharge into the sanitary sewer system of the Authority
through any drain, public or private, of any substance or substances
which may injure the said sewer system or any part thereof or which
impairs or may impair the treatment of sewerage in the treatment plant
is hereby prohibited.
The Authority is hereby given the authority and is directed,
in its discretion, to examine the content and character of all waste,
commercial, industrial and other waste, prior to the discharge thereof
into the Authority's sewer system.
In order to control the admission of industrial wastes, the
approval of the Authority must first be obtained prior to the discharge
into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having:
A. A five-day, 20° C. BOD greater than 300 ppm, or 0.573 pounds
per EDU.
B. A suspended solids content greater than 350 ppm, or 0.67 pounds per
EDU.
C. A chlorine demand greater than 15 ppm.
D. An average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage
flow at the sewage treatment works.
F. Any wastes which are considered by the Sewer Authority to offer possibilities
of harm to structures, processes or operation of the plant.
No factory effluents or industrial wastes, comprising wastes
other than domestic, shall be discharged into the sewerage system,
except upon compliance with the following rules, regulations and conditions:
A. Each industry making application for permission to discharge industrial
wastes into the sanitary sewer system shall furnish all the information
necessary to determine the quantity of such waste and the nature or
quality of the materials therein and other characteristics of such
waste. The industry shall agree in such application to bear the cost
of the original and any subsequent chemical analysis and laboratory
tests.
B. Adequate means shall be provided at each industry's connection
with the sewerage system, for periodic determination of all characteristics
and concentrations of wastes. Samples shall be collected in such manner
as to be truly representative of the actual quality of the wastes,
and standard methods of analysis, as published by the American Public
Health Association, shall be used.
C. Industrial waste discharged or proposed to be discharged into the
sanitary sewer system shall be subject to analysis by the Authority.
D. Industries shall cooperate by adopting such schedules of discharge
as will minimize peak concentrations when necessary.
E. In the event that the materials and wastes discharged or proposed
to be discharged from any industry or the chemicals in or characteristics
of such wastes cause or threaten injury to the sanitary sewer system
or impair the sewage treatment process or unduly increase the cost
of operation thereof, said industry shall produce wastes of acceptable
quality before discharge thereof into the sanitary sewer system by
reducing its peak discharges by construction of equalizing tanks,
by pretreatment, by partial pretreatment, by elimination of troublesome
wastes or by other approved means.
F. Industries applying for permits to discharge industrial wastes into
the sanitary sewer system from new or existing treatment facilities
are required to furnish, in quadruplicate, complete engineering reports,
plans and specifications covering connection to the sanitary sewer
system, industrial waste treatment facilities and measuring devices.
This applies also to alteration and additions to such connections
or treatment facilities. Reports and supporting data herein referred
to must be prepared by an engineer registered in Pennsylvania.
G. Industries will not connect to the sanitary sewer system or proceed
with any construction of industrial waste treatment facilities or
changes to existing waste treatment facilities unless plans and specifications
covering same have been approved by the Authority.
H. The industry shall indemnify the Authority for any damages caused
by its industrial wastes to the sanitary sewer system, its function
and for its treatment processes. Such indemnification shall be in
strict conformance with the applicable local and state laws and shall
be in effect during the life of agreements between industries and
the Authority.
I. The Authority reserves the right to cancel any agreement between
any industry and the Authority after one year. However, whenever it
shall be found that a service installation or industrial waste treatment
facility has been made contrary to these rules and regulations and
constructed and operated in any other manner than that approved by
the Authority, the service shall be disconnected and removed within
30 days. The services shall not again be supplied until the service
installation and industrial waste treatment facilities are constructed
and operated according to these rules and regulations, and all expenses
and damages shall be paid by the industry or its successors.
Each industry discharging factory effluents or industrial wastes
into the sanitary sewer system shall install a suitable device for
continuously indicating, recording and totalizing the flow discharged
by it into the sanitary sewer system and shall submit for approval
by the Authority plans for complete metering installation. All meters
or the measuring devices installed or required to be used shall be
under the control of the Authority. The industry by which any such
measuring device is installed at its own expense shall be responsible
for its maintenance and safekeeping, and all repairs thereto shall
be made at the industry's cost, whether such repairs are made
necessary by ordinary wear and tear or other cause. Bills for such
repairs, if made by the Authority, shall be due and payable within
30 days after the date of issuance by the Authority.
Charges for the treatment of industrial wastes shall be made
in accordance with the rates as noted on the permit when issued by
the Authority.
Notwithstanding any of the above requirements, any industrial,
manufacturing or commercial plant may discharge normal domestic sewage
from the above plants into the sanitary sewer system without the issuance
of a special permit as herein provided.