No unauthorized person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with a structure, appurtenance or equipment which is a part of the sewage works of the Department. Any person, firm, partnership, association, society, corporation, company or organization of any kind or their agents or assigns found to be violating this provision shall be subject to appropriate criminal proceedings. No unauthorized person shall enter or remain in or upon any land or structure of the sewage works. Any person violating this provision shall be subject to charges of trespass.
Customers and/or sewer users shall notify the Department immediately upon accidentally discharging wastes in violation of these regulations. This notification shall be followed, within five days after the date of occurrence, by a detailed written statement describing the causes of the accidental discharge and the measures taken to prevent future occurrence. Such notification will not relieve users of liability for any expense, loss or damage to the sewer system, treatment plant or treatment process or for any fines imposed on the Town under applicable state and federal regulations.
Any person responsible for, or becoming aware of, the discharge to a public sewer, accidental or otherwise, of any prohibited substance or slug as defined herein shall report same immediately to the Chief Operator so the necessary precautions can be taken to minimize the deleterious effects of the discharge. Said person shall file a full written explanation to the Board within 24 hours of the accidental discharge, detailing the cause as well as what measures will be taken to ensure future accidental discharges are prevented.
Whenever any service connection to any public sewer shall become clogged, broken, obstructed, out of order or detrimental to the use of a public sewer, or unfit for carrying sewage, the owner, agent, occupant or person having charge of any building or lot of land or premises in which such service connection is located shall, upon notification by the Superintendent, remove, reconstruct, alter, clean or repair such service connection as the condition thereof may require. In case of neglect or refusal to comply with such notice within five days after the same is given, the Superintendent may cause the service connection to be removed, reconstructed, repaired, altered or cleaned, as he or she may deem expedient, at the expense of such owner, agent, and occupant or other person so notified, who shall also be liable to a penalty for such neglect or refusal.