No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater, surface water, groundwater, swimming pool water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters to any sanitary sewer.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers or to a watercourse approved by the Superintendent. Industrial cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, upon approval of the Superintendent, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
A. 
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described waters or wastes to any public sewer:
(1) 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than 150° F. (65° C.).
(2) 
Any waters or wastes which contain grease or oil or other substance that will solidify or become discernibly viscous at temperatures between 32° F.and 150° F.
(3) 
Any waters or wastes containing either soluble fats, wax, grease or oils, whether emulsified or not, exceeding an average of 50 milligrams per liter (417 pounds per million gallons).
(4) 
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha, fuel oil or mineral oil or other flammable or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
(5) 
Any noxious or malodorous gas, such as hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide or nitrous oxide or other substance, which, either singly or by interaction with other wastes, is capable of creating a public nuisance or hazard to life or of preventing entry into sewers for their maintenance and repair.
(6) 
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of 3/4 horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent.
(7) 
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, cardboard, wood, paunch manure, hair and fleshings, entrails, lime slurry, lime residues, beer or distillery slops, whey, chemical residues, paint residues, cannery waste, bulk solids or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow of the sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works.
(8) 
Any waters or wastes, acid and alkaline in reaction, having corrosive properties capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the sewage works. Free acids and alkalines must be neutralized at all times within a permissible pH range of 6.0 to 9.5.
(9) 
Any cyanides in excess of two milligrams per liter as CN.
(10) 
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Engineer in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
(11) 
Any waters or wastes that, for a duration of 15 minutes, have a concentration greater than five times that of normal sewage, as measured by suspended solids and BOD, and/or which is discharged continuously at a rate exceeding 1,000 gallons per minute, except by special permit. Normal sewage shall be construed to fall within the following ranges:
Constituents
Permissible Range
(milligrams per liter)
Suspended solids
180 to 350
BOD
140 to 300
Chlorine requirements
5 to 15
(12) 
Any stormwater, roof drains, spring water, cistern or tank overflow, footing drain, discharge from any vehicle wash rack or the contents of any privy vault, septic tank or cesspool or the discharge of effluent from any air-conditioning machine or refrigeration unit.
B. 
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any waters or wastes containing high BOD, a toxic or poisonous substance, a high chlorine demand or suspended solids in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals or create any hazard in receiving waters or the effluent of the Village sewage treatment plant. Such toxic substances shall be limited to the average concentrations listed hereinafter in the sewage as it arrives at the treatment plant, and at no time shall the hourly concentration at the sewage treatment plant exceed three times the average concentration. If concentrations listed are exceeded, individual establishments will be subject to control by the Engineer in volume and concentration of wastes discharged.
Limits of Toxic Substances in Sewage
Substance
Concentration
(milligrams per liter)
Iron, as Fe
1.5
Chromium, as Cr (hexavalent)
0.2
Copper, as Cu
0.7
Chlorine requirements
20.0
Phenol
0.8
Cyanide, as CN
0.4
Cadmium, as Cd
1.0
Zinc, as Zn
1.0
Nickel
3.0
A. 
Grease, oil and sand traps shall be provided when the above-set limits for those substances are exceeded or when, in the opinion of the Engineer, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive amounts or any flammable wastes, sand and other harmful ingredients, except that such traps shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All traps shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Engineer and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B. 
Grease and oil traps shall be constructed of impervious materials capable of withstanding abrupt and extreme changes in temperatures. They shall be of substantial construction, watertight and equipped with easily removable covers which, when bolted in place, shall be gastight and watertight.
Where installed, all grease, oil and sand traps shall be maintained by the owner at his expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times and shall be readily accessible and open to inspection by the Superintendent of Public Works at any time.
The admission into the public sewers of any waters or wastes having a five-day biochemical oxygen demand greater than 300 milligrams per liter or containing more than 350 milligrams per liter of suspended solids; or containing more than 15 milligrams per liter of chlorine requirement; or containing any quantity of substances having the characteristics described in § 89-35; or having an average daily flow greater than 2% of the average daily sewage flow of the Village shall be subject to the review and approval of the Engineer. Where necessary in the opinion of the Engineer, the owner shall provide, at his expense, such pretreatment as may be necessary to reduce the biochemical oxygen demand to 300 milligrams per liter and the suspended solids to 350 milligrams per liter by weight; or reduce the chlorine requirements to 15 milligrams per liter; or reduce objectionable characteristics or constituents to within the maximum limits provided for in § 89-32; or control the quantities and rates of discharge of such waters or wastes. Plans, specifications and any other pertinent information relating to proposed pretreatment facilities shall be submitted for the approval of the Engineer and of the Health Department of the State of New York, and no construction of such facilities shall be commenced until said approvals are obtained in writing. Failure to comply with one or more of the remedial procedures as required by the Engineer will constitute a violation of this chapter.
Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Engineer, the owner of any property served by a building sewer lateral carrying industrial wastes shall install a suitable control manhole in the building sewer lateral to facilitate observation, sampling and measurements of the wastes. Such manhole, when required, shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Engineer. The manhole shall be installed by the owner at his expense and shall be maintained by him so as to be safe and accessible at all times.
All measurements, tests and analyses of the characteristics of waters and wastes to which reference is made in §§ 89-32 and 89-35 shall be determined in accordance with Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, upon suitable samples taken at control manhole provided for in section § 89-37. In the event that no special manhole has been required, the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest downstream manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
No statement contained in this article shall be construed as preventing any special agreement or arrangement between the Village and any industrial concern whereby an industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the Village for treatment, subject to payment therefor by the industrial concern.
All of the preceding standards are to apply at the point where the industrial wastes are discharged into the public sanitary sewerage system, and any chemical or mechanical corrective treatment required must be accomplished to practical completion before the wastes reach that point. The laboratory methods used in the examination of all industrial wastes shall be those set forth in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association. However, alternate methods for the analysis of industrial wastes may be used, subject to mutual agreement between the Village Board and the producer of such wastes. The frequency and duration of the sampling of any industrial waste shall not be less than once every three months for a twenty-four-hour period. However, more frequent and longer periods may be required at the discretion of the Village Board.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Section 701, concerning tampering with the Village sewerage works, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 4-3-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989.