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Town of Millbury, MA
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Millbury Municipal Code
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Title 13 Public Utilities
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Chapter 13.05 SEWER RULES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 13.05
SEWER RULES AND REGULATIONS
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Editor's Note:
On November 9, 1963, the commonwealth of Massachusetts passed an act (Chapter 800) authorizing the town of Millbury to construct, maintain and operate a sewerage system]
Article I
Definitions
§ 13.05.010
Definitions.
Article II
Building Sewers and Connections
§ 13.05.020
Use of public sewer - Permit required.
§ 13.05.030
Classes of sewer permits.
§ 13.05.040
Issuance of permits.
§ 13.05.050
Drainlayer licenses.
§ 13.05.060
Costs, expenses.
§ 13.05.070
Separate sewers for each building.
§ 13.05.080
Connecting old sewers to new buildings.
§ 13.05.090
Conformance to rules, regulations and codes required.
§ 13.05.100
Pipes and fittings.
§ 13.05.110
Angle points and cleanouts.
§ 13.05.120
Gravel envelope.
§ 13.05.130
Minimum slope.
§ 13.05.140
Line and grade of pipe.
§ 13.05.150
Trench excavation.
§ 13.05.160
Services in excess of 100 feet in length.
§ 13.05.170
Services to be laid directly.
§ 13.05.180
Tunneling.
§ 13.05.190
Connections to be upstream of septic tanks and cesspools.
§ 13.05.200
Inspections required before backfilling.
§ 13.05.210
Responsibility for defects.
§ 13.05.220
Abandoning and filling old septic tanks and cesspools.
§ 13.05.230
Connections to sewers - Permission required.
§ 13.05.240
Sewer to be below basement floor.
§ 13.05.250
Surface runoff or groundwater.
§ 13.05.260
Connection to public sewer - Conformance to building, plumbing codes.
§ 13.05.270
Connection to public sewer - Superintendent notification.
§ 13.05.280
Inspection requests.
§ 13.05.290
Times for inspections.
§ 13.05.300
Inspections made outside normal working hours - Charge.
§ 13.05.310
Use of explosives - Permit required.
§ 13.05.320
Blasting - Requirements.
§ 13.05.330
Blasting - Person performing required to be licensed.
§ 13.05.340
Blasting - Bond required.
§ 13.05.350
Excavations - Barricades, lights required.
§ 13.05.360
Trench - Permit required.
§ 13.05.370
Excavation - Notification to public utility companies required.
§ 13.05.380
Work in the streets.
§ 13.05.390
Temporary patch failures.
§ 13.05.400
Permanent road surface restoration.
§ 13.05.410
Protection of sidewalks and curbings against heavy equipment.
§ 13.05.420
Sewer connections in state highways.
§ 13.05.430
Testing, materials.
§ 13.05.440
Requirements for new structures.
§ 13.05.450
Homeowner responsibility.
§ 13.05.460
Manholes.
§ 13.05.470
Owner/developer responsibilities.
§ 13.05.480
Cost responsibility - Removal of infiltration/inflow.
Article III
Use of the Public Sewers
§ 13.05.490
Discharges into sanitary sewers prohibited.
§ 13.05.500
Storm water, drainage to be discharged to specified sewers and outlets.
§ 13.05.510
Pollutants prohibited.
§ 13.05.520
Other prohibited substances.
§ 13.05.530
Wastes other than sanitary sewage.
§ 13.05.540
Wastes other than sanitary sewage - Pretreatment process required.
§ 13.05.550
Board of sewer commissioners actions.
§ 13.05.560
Grease, soil and sand interceptors - Provided when.
§ 13.05.570
Grease removal units required for new food preparation facilities.
§ 13.05.580
Preliminary treatment and flow-equalizing facilities - Maintenance.
§ 13.05.590
Manhole construction and installation.
§ 13.05.600
Measurements, tests, analyses and sampling.
§ 13.05.610
Monitoring required.
§ 13.05.620
Inspections - Authorized entry.
§ 13.05.630
Additional charges.
§ 13.05.640
No special agreements or arrangements.
§ 13.05.650
User fees.
§ 13.05.660
Records and recordings.
Article IV
Septage Disposal and Treatment
§ 13.05.670
Septage license required.
§ 13.05.680
Septage permit slips required.
§ 13.05.690
Restrictions at Upper Blackstone Plant.
§ 13.05.700
Town responsibility for costs.
§ 13.05.710
Ninety percent discharge required.
Article V
Betterment Act Amended
§ 13.05.720
Betterment Act, Chapter 156 of the Acts of 1978, Chapter 307 of the Acts of 1973.
Article VI
Protection from Damage
§ 13.05.730
Damaging or tampering with sewage works prohibited.
§ 13.05.740
Land use for sewer purposes subject to board approval.
Article VII
Powers and Authority of Inspectors and Board of Sewer Commissioners
§ 13.05.750
Entry permitted.
§ 13.05.760
Liability.
§ 13.05.770
Entry when the town holds an easement.
Article VIII
Penalties
§ 13.05.780
Notice of violation.
§ 13.05.790
Misdemeanor - Fine, penalty.
§ 13.05.800
Liability for expenses, loss or damages.
§ 13.05.810
Licensed drainlayers - Revocation of license.
§ 13.05.820
Septic truck operators - Revocation of license.