The purpose of this chapter is to:
1.
Control
the quantity and quality of wastewater that enters the public sewerage
system;
2.
Comply
with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and orders of the state
of California and of the United States;
3.
Assure
the efficient operation and protection of maintenance district sewerage
facilities;
4.
Provide
for source monitoring and control of quantity, quality, and rate of
flow of sewage and industrial wastes entering the public sewerage
system;
5.
Establish
enforcement, procedures and penalties for violations;
6.
Define
responsibility for sanitary sewer maintenance.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
To assure that the purposes of this chapter are carried out,
the specific provisions of the chapter will be supplemented by additional
requirements established by the engineer and separate ordinances establishing
charges for use of district sewerage facilities. The engineer shall
promulgate such detailed regulations and standards including drawings,
specifications, and other requirements as are necessary to fully implement
this chapter.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as defined in this section.
Terms relating to wastewater quality are further defined in the latest
edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,"
published by the American Public Health Association, the American
Water Works Association, and the Water Pollution Control Federation.
1.
"BOD,"
denoting "biochemical oxygen demand" means the quantity of dissolved
oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under
standard laboratory procedure in five days at twenty degrees Centigrade.
2.
"Building
sewer" means that part of the sanitary sewer system which receives
discharge from soil and waste pipes in a building and conveys it to
the junction with the service sewer at the lot property line or sewer
easement line.
3.
"COD,"
denoting "chemical oxygen demand" means a measure of the oxygen-consuming
capacity of inorganic and/organic matter present in wastewater.
4.
"Collector
sewer" means a sanitary sewer less than twelve inches in internal
diameter receiving wastewater directly from other such collector sewers
or service sewers.
5.
"Combined
sewer" means a sewer which serves the purpose of both a sanitary sewer
and a storm sewer.
6.
"Commercial
user" means any nonresidential user that the engineer determines does
not meet the definition of an industrial user.
7.
"Compatible
pollutant" means biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, pH,
and fecal coliform bacteria, plus additional pollutants which the
treatment works is designed to treat and in fact does remove to a
substantial degree.
8.
"Connection
charge" means the total of all fees and charges due the district prior
to the time of connection to the sewerage system.
9.
"Contamination"
means an impairment of the quality of the environment, including waters
of the state, by waste to a degree which creates a hazard to public
health through the spread of disease or the creation of toxic conditions.
10.
"Dissolved
solids" means solids that are completely dissolved in water and are
not removable by laboratory filtration.
11.
"Easement"
means an acquired legal right to the exclusive or joint use of a defined
portion of land for construction or maintenance of sewers.
12.
"Engineer"
means the Director of public works of Sacramento County, or a designated
representative, acting ex officio as engineer for the maintenance
district.
13.
"Federal
Act" means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, PL 92-500, and
amendments thereto, as well as regulations and standards promulgated
by the Environmental Protection Agency, or successor, pursuant to
the act.
14.
"Garbage"
means solid wastes from preparation, cooking, and dispensing of food
and from handling, storage, and sale of food products.
15.
"Incompatible
pollutant" means any pollutant which is not a compatible pollutant
as defined in this section.
16.
"Industrial
user" means:
A.
Any nongovernmental, nonresidential user of a publicly owned treatment
works which discharges more than the equivalent of twenty-five thousand
gallons per day (gpd) of wastewater, excluding domestic wastewater,
and which is identified in the Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, 1972, Office of Management and Budget, as amended and supplemented
under one of the following divisions:
i.
Division A, agriculture, forestry, and fishing;
ii.
Division B, mining;
iii.
Division D, manufacturing;
iv.
Division E, transportation, communications, electric, gas and sanitary
services;
v.
Division I, services.
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After excluding domestic wastewater flows, any discharger in
the above divisions that has a volume exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars gpd or the weight of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) or suspended
solids (SS) equivalent to that weight found in twenty-five thousand
gpd of domestic wastewater shall be considered industrial users.
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B.
Any nongovernmental user of a publicly owned treatment works which
discharges wastewater to the treatment works which contains toxic
pollutants or poisonous solids, liquids, or gases in sufficient quantity,
either singly or by interaction with other wastes, to contaminate
the sludge of any municipal system, or to injure or to interfere with
any sewage treatment process, or which constitutes a hazard to humans
or animals, creates a public nuisance, or creates any hazard in or
has an adverse effect on the waters receiving any discharge from the
treatment works.
17.
"Industrial
waste" means the waterborne waste and wastewater from any industrial
user.
18.
"Infiltration"
means groundwater which enters sewers.
19.
"Inflow"
means storm and other surface water which enter sewers.
20.
"Mass
emission rate" means the weight of material discharged to the sewer
system during a given time interval. Unless otherwise specified, the
mass emission rate shall mean pounds per day of a particular constituent
or combination of constituents.
21.
"Natural
outlet" means any outlet tributary to a watercourse, ditch, pond,
lake, or other body of surface or groundwater.
22.
"Nuisance"
means that which is injurious to health, offensive to the senses,
or an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with
comfortable enjoyment of life or property.
23.
"Person"
means any individual, firm, company, association, society, partnership,
corporation, organization, group, or public agency.
24.
"pH"
means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen-ion activity
in grams per liter of solution.
25.
"Pollution"
means an alteration of the quality of the water of the state by a
waste to a degree which unreasonably affects: (A) such waters for
beneficial uses; or (B) facilities which serve such beneficial uses.
26.
"Premises" means
a parcel of real property, or portion thereof, including any improvement
thereon, which is determined by the engineer to be a single unit for
purposes of receiving, using, and paying for sewage disposal service.
In making this determination, the engineer shall take into consideration
such factors as whether the unit could reasonably be subdivided; number
and location of service sewers; and whether the unit is being used
for a single activity and, if not, what the principal activity is
for sewage disposal services; but, in any case, the engineer's determination
shall be final.
27.
"Pretreatment
facility" means any works or device for treatment, control, or flow
limitation of sewage or industrial waste prior to discharge into a
public sewer.
28.
"Public
sewer" means any sanitary sewer located within an easement or public
right-of-way which is maintained by a public agency.
29.
"Public
agency" means the United States government or any department or agency
thereof; the state of California or any department or agency thereof;
any city, county, town, or any of their departments or agencies; or
any other legal district, entity, or entities; or any combination
of the foregoing.
30.
"Residential
user" means a user whose premises are used solely for nontransient
human habitation.
31.
"Sanitary
sewer" means a sewer which carries sewage or industrial wastes and
to which inflow and infiltration are not permitted.
32.
"Service
sewer" means the extension of the building sewer from the lot property
line or sewer easement line to the public sewer.
33.
"Sewage"
means the wastewater derived from human habitation and use of buildings
for residential, institutional, or commercial purposes, excluding
stormwaters and industrial waste.
34.
"Sewer"
means a pipe or conduit (including pumping facilities and in-line
treatment and control facilities appurtenant thereto) which receives
and carries wastewater.
35.
"Sewerage
system," means all facilities for collecting, pumping, conveying,
controlling, treating, storing, and disposing of wastewater.
36.
"Slug"
means any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which, in
concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow for
any period of duration longer than fifteen minutes, exceeds more than
five times the average twenty-four hour concentration or flow rate
during normal operation.
37.
"Storm
sewer" means a sewer that carries stormwater and surface water, street
wash and other wash waters, or drainage but excludes sewage and industrial
wastes.
38.
"Street"
means any public highway, road, street, avenue, way, alley, easement,
or right-of-way.
39.
"Suspended
solids" means solids that either float on the surface of, or are in
suspension in, wastewater and which are largely removable by standard
laboratory filtration procedures.
40.
"Trade
secrets" means information on production rates or a secret method
or process which is not patented but is known only to certain individuals
using it in compounding some article of trade having a commercial
value.
41.
"Trunk
sewer" means a sanitary sewer other than an interceptor sewer, twelve
inches or larger in internal diameter, receiving wastewater flows
directly from one or more collector sewers or another trunk sewer
or trunk sewers.
42.
"User"
means any person discharging sewage or industrial waste to the district
sewerage system. "User" includes commercial user, industrial user,
and residential user as defined in this section.
43.
"Waste"
includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid,
gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation or of human
or animal origin or from any commercial, producing, manufacturing,
or processing operation of whatever nature.
44.
"Wastewater"
means all wastes and waters which enter and are conveyed in the sewerage
system, including infiltration, inflow, sanitary sewage, industrial
waste, and combinations thereof.
45.
"Water
quality requirement" means requirements for district's treatment plant
effluent or for receiving waters, established by law or by state or
federal regulatory agencies for the protection of receiving water
quality. Water quality requirements include effluent limitations and
waste discharge standards, requirements, regulations, limitations,
or prohibitions which may be established or adopted from time to time
by state or federal laws or regulatory agencies.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
The engineer will classify all users in accordance with the principal activity conducted upon the premises. The purpose of classification is to facilitate regulation of discharge to public sewers on the basis of each user's waste quality, quantity, and flow, and to provide an effective means of industrial waste source control. As defined in Section 15.04.030, these users are:
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
a.
Discharge
to Natural Outlet. It is unlawful to discharge any sewage, industrial
waste, or other polluted waters to any natural outlet, except when
suitable treatment has been provided in accordance with subsequent
provisions of this chapter.
b.
Unlawful
Systems. It is unlawful to construct, reconstruct, relocate, or alter
any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facilities
intended or used for the disposal of sewage within the district if
a public sewer is available within two hundred feet of the property
line.
c.
Mandatory.
The owner of any premises situated within the Courtland district which
are used for human occupancy, employment, recreation, or other purpose
and abutting on any street or easement in which there is located an
available public sanitary sewer within two hundred feet of the property
line is required to install, at his expense, a connection with the
proper public sewer, in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance
within ninety days after date of notice from the engineer to do so.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
a.
Private
System Required. Where a public sanitary sewer is not available within
two hundred feet of the property line, the building sewer shall be
connected to a private sewage disposal system in accordance with applicable
provisions of all County ordinances pertaining to such systems.
b.
Permit.
Before any work is done on construction, reconstruction, relocation,
or alteration of a private sewage disposal system, the owner shall
first obtain a permit from the County Health Officer.
c.
Subsequent
Connection to Sewer. At such time as a public sewer becomes available
to a premises served by a private sewage disposal system, the building
sewer shall be connected to said public sewer, as provided in this
chapter; and any septic tanks, cesspools, or other private sewage
disposal facilities shall be abandoned as directed by the County Health
Officer.
d.
Health
Officer Requirements. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed
to limit any additional requirements that may be imposed by the County
Health Officer.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
Public sewers cannot be used without obtaining the permits required
by this section.
1.
Connection
Permit. No connection to a service sewer, collector sewer, or any
other district sewer shall be made until a connection permit has been
obtained. District connection fees shall be paid prior to issuance
of the connection permit.
2.
Commercial
and Industrial Sewer Use Permits. Commercial users and industrial
users shall not discharge to the public sewerage system either directly
or indirectly through a private collection system, without first obtaining
a sewer use permit, except that users that are connected to a public
sewer prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this
chapter are not required to obtain a sewer use permit unless directed
to do so by the engineer. When so directed, an application shall be
filed within sixty days of notification by the engineer, unless such
time is extended by the engineer.
A.
Application
for Sewer Use Permit. Commercial and industrial dischargers seeking
a sewer use permit shall complete and file with the engineer a district
application form. The application may require any information the
engineer deems necessary to evaluate the permit application.
The engineer will evaluate data furnished by the applicant and
may require additional information. After evaluation and approval
of data furnished, the engineer will issue a sewer use permit subject
to terms and conditions as provided in this section.
B.
Renewal.
Commercial and industrial sewer use permits are valid indefinitely.
However, a new application shall be filed within thirty days if information
supplied on the permit application changes materially or upon demand
of the engineer.
C.
Conditions.
Sewer use permits may include, but are not limited to, the following
conditions and requirements.
i.
Prohibitions on discharge of certain toxic pollutants as identified
by federal, state, or district laws or regulations;
ii.
Limits on flow rates, concentration of specified constituents, and
times of discharge or requirements for flow and loading regulation
and equalization;
iii.
Inspection, sampling, and metering facilities, including access to
such facilities by the engineer;
iv.
Segregation of sewage and industrial wastes upstream of the public
sewer;
v.
Monitoring, which may include: metering; sampling locations; frequency
and method of sampling; number, types, and standards for tests; and
a reporting schedule. Monitoring shall be provided in accordance with
terms of the sewer use permit.
vi.
Submission of technical reports or discharge reports;
vii.
Maintenance of plant records relating to wastewater discharges, as
specified by the engineer and affording the engineer access thereto;
viii.
Other conditions as deemed appropriate by the engineer to insure
compliance with this chapter or the terms and conditions of the permit.
D.
Change
of Conditions. The engineer may change the conditions of a sewer use
permit as circumstances may require. The engineer shall provide notice
of the change to the permittee. A discharger will be allowed a reasonable
time to comply with such changes.
E.
Transfer.
A sewer use permit may not be assigned or transferred.
F.
Revocation.
A sewer use permit may be revoked by the engineer for failure of the
permittee to comply with conditions of the permit or failure of the
permittee to pay when due any charges.
No permit shall be revoked by the engineer until he has notified
the permittee in writing of his intent to do so and has afforded the
permittee the opportunity to appear before him within a reasonable
period of time to show cause why the permit should not be revoked.
The engineer, in his determination, shall consider the significance
of the violation in terms of the ability of the system as a whole
to meet its requirements.
G.
Temporary
Suspension or Restrictions. A sewer use permit may be temporarily
suspended by the engineer at any time if continued discharge of the
permittee's wastewater into the sewerage system would, whether or
not combined with other discharges, jeopardize ability of the treatment
system to meet water quality requirements or threaten damage to the
sewerage system or cause a nuisance or an unsafe condition to occur.
In lieu of temporary suspension of permits, the engineer may impose
such temporary restrictions, conditions, or limitations upon quantities,
qualities, and rates of discharge made thereunder as is deemed necessary
to safely assure that water quality requirements will not be violated,
or to alleviate the unsafe condition. The engineer, in his determination,
shall consider the significance of the conditions in terms of the
ability of the system as a whole to meet its requirements.
Notice of temporary suspension or imposition of temporary restrictions,
conditions, or limitations shall be given in writing by the engineer
to the permittee at least forty-eight hours prior to the time such
suspension, restrictions, conditions, or limitations are to become
effective. In the event that such notice is given after one p.m. on
the last district business day of any week, such effective time shall
not be sooner than ten a.m. of the second following district business
day. Delivery of said notice shall be made to the manager of the permittee's
place of business within the district; in the event the manager shall
be unavailable to receive such notice, then delivery to a person in
apparent responsible charge shall constitute adequate notice. If the
engineer determines that an emergency exists involving public health
or safety or significant impairment of the treatment process, he may
dispense with the specified deferral of effective time and may give
immediate notice with an immediate effective time of such suspension,
restrictions, conditions, or limitations.
If the action of the engineer is precipitated by other than
the emergency conditions just described, the engineer shall, before
issuing any notice of temporary suspension, restrictions, conditions,
or limitations, make a reasonable attempt to communicate with at least
the major users of the class of system users affected by the proposed
notice. Alternatives to suspension, restriction, or limitation shall
be a principal point of consideration during such communication.
H.
Compliance.
Unless directed otherwise on the notice of revocation or suspension
of the sewer use permit, the permittee shall cease discharging into
the public sewer at the effective time of said revocation or suspension,
or shall conform with temporary restrictions, conditions, or limitations
at the effective time of such requirements.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
a.
Permissible
Discharges. Wastewater may be discharged into public sewers for collection,
treatment, and disposal by the County; provided, that such wastewater
discharge is in compliance with this chapter and the conditions of
any sewer use permit; and provided further, that the user pays all
applicable sewer use charges.
b.
General
Prohibition. No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged,
into a public sewer wastewater which will result in nuisance, or contamination,
or pollution in receiving waters.
c.
Prohibited
Effects. No person shall discharge, or cause to be discharged, wastewater
into a public sewer if it contains substances or has characteristics
which, either alone or by interaction with other wastewaters, cause
or threaten to cause:
1.
Damage
to County facilities;
2.
Interference
with, or impairment of, operation or maintenance of County facilities,
including flow overloading;
3.
Obstruction
of flow in County facilities;
4.
Danger
to life or safety of any person;
5.
Interference
with treatment or disposal processes;
6.
Flammable
or explosive conditions;
7.
Wastewater,
or any other byproducts of the treatment process, to be unsuitable
for reclamation and reuse, or to interfere with any processes for
reclamation;
8.
Noxious
or malodorous gases or odors;
9.
Discoloration
or any other condition in the quality of the district's treatment
plant effluent such that water quality requirements cannot be met
by the district;
10.
Conditions which violate any statute or any rule, regulation, or
ordinance of any public agency.
d.
Prohibited
Substances or Characteristics. No person shall discharge or cause
to be discharged to a public sewer the following:
1.
Any
polluted stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, or subsurface
drainage. Stormwater and all other waters determined by the engineer
to be unpolluted or acceptable for such disposal shall be discharged
to such pipelines as are specifically designed as combined sewers
or storm sewers or to an approved natural outlet;
2.
Any
water or waste having a pH lower than five or having any other corrosive
property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment,
or personnel of the district;
3.
Those
pesticides and other toxic pollutants in toxic amounts, as determined
by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance
with the Federal Act, such other federal or state act as may be applicable,
and as further designated from time to time by the engineer, including
the following substances or materials containing these substances:
4.
Any
ashes, cinders, sand, silt, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags,
feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure, or any other solid or
viscous substance in amounts capable of causing obstruction to flow
in sewers or other interference with proper operation or maintenance
of the sewerage system;
5.
Any
discharges of such quantities or such qualities that they are not
amenable to adequate treatment or reduction by the sewage treatment
processes employed;
6.
Discharges
prohibited by the Environmental Protection Agency regulations promulgated
under the Federal Act.
e.
Prohibited
Discharge Locations. Except for sewer construction and maintenance,
when approved by the engineer, no person shall discharge any wastewater
directly into a manhole or other opening in the public sewerage system
other than through service sewers approved by the engineer; provided,
that the engineer may grant permission and establish requirements
for such direct charges.
f.
Regulated
Discharges. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged to
a public sewer any of the following without first obtaining a sewer
use permit that specifically permits and regulates such discharge;
1.
Any
discharge over a 24-hour period in excess of 2,000 gallons;
4.
Any
discharge which contains more than 300 milligrams per liter of oil
and grease of animal or vegetable origin or more than 100 milligrams
per liter of oil and grease of petroleum origin;
5.
Any
waters or wastes having a pH lower than six or higher than nine;
6.
Any
discharge which contains any of the following substances in excess
of limits established by the engineer;
7.
Any
discharge with a temperature exceeding 160° Fahrenheit for a period
greater than five consecutive minutes, or exceeding one hundred twenty
degrees Fahrenheit average for any eight-hour period.
8.
Any
stormwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage,
cooling water, or industrial process water which the engineer has
determined to be polluted or otherwise unacceptable for discharge
into storm sewers, combined sewers, or a natural outlet;
9.
Garbage,
except ground garbage from residential and commercial premises where
food is prepared and consumed. Garbage shall be shredded to such degree
that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions
normally prevailing in public sewers with no particle greater than
one fourth inch in any dimension;
10.
Any radioactive water. In addition to the sewer use permit, the user
must be authorized to use radioactive material by the Nuclear Regulation
Commission or other governmental agency empowered to regulate use
of radioactive materials; and the wastewater must be discharged in
strict conformity with the then current Nuclear Regulation Commission
regulations and recommendations for safe disposal and in compliance
with all rules and regulations of state and local regulatory agencies;
11.
Pool water or waste, including, but not limited to, overflow, filter
backwash, deck drainage, or contents of pools;
12.
Materials which exert or cause in sanitary sewers, sewage treatment
plants, or receiving waters:
A.
Unusual concentrations either of inert suspended solids (such as,
but not limited to, soil solids, Fuller's earth, lime slurries, and
lime residues) or of dissolved solids (such as, but not limited to,
sodium chloride and sodium sulfate),
B.
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to, dye wastes
and vegetable tanning solutions);
13.
Discharges regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency regulations
promulgated under the Federal Act;
g.
Control
Structure. The engineer may require any industrial or commercial user
to construct, at his own expense, a sampling facility or control structure
together with necessary monitoring and sampling equipment, in accordance
with district construction standards and specifications. The sampling
facility or control structure shall be constructed on the service
sewer of the user and within the public right-of-way at a location
approved by the engineer; provided that the engineer may require installation
of such facilities on the premises of the user at a location which
will permit access by the engineer to the facility at all times. Construction
shall be completed within a reasonable period after written notification
from the engineer. The engineer may require the user to install such
sampling facilities or control structures on each service sewer.
h.
Metering
Facility. When required by the engineer, any user discharging sewage
or industrial wastes in quantities in excess of two thousand gallons
per day shall install and maintain, at user's expense, an approved
flow recording device for continuous measurement of the flow rate
and volume of waste discharged to the public sewer. The flow measuring
station and records therefrom shall be accessible at all reasonable
times to the engineer, and copies of flow measurements shall be furnished
the engineer as required. Calibration procedures and frequencies shall
be as specified on the sewer use permit. The engineer may, at his
discretion, utilize metering of the user's water supply instead of,
or in addition to, metering the wastewater discharge.
i.
Pretreatment
Facilities. Where necessary in the opinion of the engineer or where
necessary to comply with regulations promulgated under the Federal
Act, the user shall provide, at his or her expense, such pretreatment
or controls as may be necessary to eliminate or reduce objectionable
characteristics, constituents, or quantities and rates of discharge
to conform to maximum limits provided for in this chapter or by conditions
of the sewer use permit.
Plans, specifications, and any other pertinent information relating
to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted for
approval of the engineer. No construction of such facilities shall
commence until approval is obtained in writing, and no use of such
facilities shall commence until completed facilities are approved
by the engineer in writing.
Pretreatment facilities shall be maintained continuously in
satisfactory and effective operation by the user at his expense, to
the satisfaction of the engineer.
Pretreatment by grease, oil, or sand intercepting devices shall
be provided when, in the opinion of the engineer, it is necessary
for proper handling of liquid wastes containing grease in excessive
amounts, or any sand, flammable materials, or other harmful ingredients,
except that such devices shall not be required for residential users.
All intercepting devices shall be of a type and capacity approved
by the engineer and shall be located so as to be readily and easily
accessible for inspection and cleaning. All grease, oil, and sand
intercepting devices shall be maintained in continuously efficient
operation at all times by the user, at his expense.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
a.
Damaging
Facilities. It is unlawful for any person to willfully break, damage,
destroy, uncover, deface, or tamper with any sewer, structure, appurtenance,
or equipment which is a part of the sewerage system of the district.
Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest under a charge of disorderly conduct.
b.
Unlawful
Connections. It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be
made a connection with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any
public sewer, service sewer, or appurtenance thereof except as hereinafter
provided.
c.
Design
and Construction Standards. The design of all public sewers shall
be in conformance with the then current "improvement standards" and
shall be constructed in conformance with the then current "standard
construction specifications" and "standard drawings," as adopted by
Sacramento County.
d.
Backwater
Valve. An approved type backwater valve shall be installed in the
building sewer of every building in which the lowest room containing
a plumbing fixture has a floor elevation below that of the cover of
the nearest up-sewer manhole or flushing branch located on the public
sewer serving said building. The backwater valve shall be installed
and maintained by the owner at his expense.
e.
Service
Sewer. The service sewers from the public sewer to the property line
shall be installed at the time the sewer is constructed whenever practicable.
The connection of service sewers to trunk sewers shall be prohibited,
except when specifically approved by the engineer.
f.
Service
Policy. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to clear all stoppages
from building to main collector sewer. At the engineer's discretion,
the County will only make pipe repairs in the County easement or the
right-of-way and only after the owner has located or exposed the service
sewer at the point at which it enters the County easement or the right-of-way.
A sanitary sewer service policy will be published by the engineer.
g.
Cleanout
to Grade. A cleanout to grade must be installed at the sewer easement
or lot property line on all newly constructed service sewers. The
cleanout must conform to Standard Drawing No. S-3 of the Department
of Public Works, County of Sacramento, except with respect to cleanout
material, and if not constructed with the subdivision or frontage
improvements shall be installed at the time connection is made to
the building sewer. The cleanout must be of the same size as that
portion of the service sewer within easement or right-of-way; the
material of construction is subject to Uniform Plumbing Code requirements.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
a.
Engineer's
Responsibility. The County wastewater control program shall be administered
and enforced by the engineer. He may, at reasonable times, enter upon
the premises of any person discharging, or applying for permission
to discharge, sewage or industrial wastes into the public sewerage
system for the purpose of inspecting or maintaining the facilities
for conformance with the provisions of this chapter.
b.
Unusual
Conditions. The County and any person may enter into an agreement
where unusual conditions compel special terms and conditions and charges
for treatment and disposal of wastewater by the County.
c.
Measurement
Techniques. All measurements, tests and analyses of characteristics
of waters and wastes to which reference is made in this chapter shall,
unless otherwise indicated or required, be determined in accordance
with the then current edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater" or such other standards as are established
by the engineer or by law and shall be determined at the control structure
or upon suitable samples taken at said control structure. In the event
no special structure has been required, the control structure shall
be considered to be the nearest access determined as suitable by the
engineer.
d.
Discharge
Reports from User. The engineer may require discharge reports, including,
but not limited to, questionnaires, technical reports, sampling reports,
test analyses, and periodic reports of wastewater discharge.
The discharge report may include, but is not necessarily limited
to, nature of the process, volume and rates of wastewater flow, elements,
constituents, and characteristics of the wastewater, together with
any information required in an application for a sewer use permit.
The report shall be certified by the owner or his authorized representative.
When a report filed by a user pursuant to this section is not
adequate in the judgment of the engineer, he may require such user
to supply such additional information as the engineer deems necessary.
e.
Confidentiality
of Information. When requested by the person furnishing any information
or report pursuant to this chapter, the portions of such information
or report or other document which might disclose proprietary information
or trade secrets shall be retained by the district as confidential
and shall not be made available for inspection by the public; provided,
however, that such portions of a report or other document shall be
available for use by the district or any state or federal agency in
judicial review or enforcement proceedings involving the person furnishing
the report; provided further, that before releasing such material
pursuant to this provision, the County shall advise the person furnishing
the information of the request to release the information and provide
such person with an opportunity to resist the release of said information.
f.
Notices.
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, any notice required to
be given by the engineer shall be deemed given if personally delivered
or sent by first class, registered or certified mail to the address
specified on the sewer use permit in the case of a permit holder,
or to the address of the premises served in the case of all other
users, or to such other address as may be designated in writing to
the engineer by the user.
Any notice required pursuant to the provisions of subsections (4), (6) or (7) of Section 15.04.070, and any notice of sewer permit violation upon which the engineer will base such action if such action is to be taken immediately following the notice of sewer permit violation, shall be served by the engineer by personal service or by certified or registered mail.
g.
New
Sewer Connections. All new service connections must meet all applicable
sections of County of Sacramento design or Construction Standards,
including tests for leakage (SS-87).
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
a.
Rules
for Enforcement. The engineer may adopt procedures and rules for implementation
and administration of this chapter, including, but not limited to:
1.
Requiring
User to Submit Schedule of Remedial or Preventive Measures. When the
engineer finds that a discharge of wastewater is taking place or threatening
to take place in violation of prohibitions or limits prescribed by
this chapter, other wastewater source control requirements, or provisions
of a sewer use permit, the engineer may require the user to submit
for approval of the engineer, with such modifications as he deems
necessary, a detailed time schedule of specific actions the user shall
take in order to correct or prevent said violation of requirements.
2.
Order
to Cease and Desist. When the engineer finds that a discharge of wastewater
is taking place or threatening to take place in violation of prohibitions
or limits prescribed by this chapter, or other wastewater source control
requirements, or provisions of a sewer use permit, the engineer may
issue an order to cease and desist, and direct that those persons
not complying with such prohibitions, limits, requirements, or provisions:
(A) comply forthwith; (B) comply in accordance with a time schedule
set by the engineer; or (C) in the event of a threatened violation,
take appropriate remedial or preventive action.
3.
Damage
to Facilities. When discharge of wastewater causes an obstruction,
damage, or other impairment to public sewerage facilities, the engineer
may assess a charge against the user for work required to clean or
repair the facility and add such charge to the user's charges for
use of public sewerage facilities.
4.
Termination of Service. The County may terminate, or cause to be terminated, service to any user if a violation of any provision of this chapter pertaining to control of wastewater is found to exist or if a discharge of wastewater causes or threatens to cause a condition of contamination, pollution, or nuisance, as defined in this chapter. This provision is in addition to other statutes, rules, or regulations authorizing termination of service for delinquency in payment or for any other reason; provided, however, that action by the engineer pursuant to this subdivision shall not be taken unless previous action pursuant to subdivisions (2)(F) or (2)(G) of Section 15.04.070, if appropriate, has been taken.
Whenever a premises has been disconnected from the public sewerage
system for a violation of this chapter, such premises shall not be
reconnected until all delinquent charges have been paid, together
with all expenses incurred by the County in causing such disconnection
and the estimated expenses that will be incurred by the County in
making such reconnection.
b.
Request for Ruling. If any user or applicant for a permit disputes the interpretation or application of this chapter, he shall set forth his contentions in writing to the engineer. The engineer shall, within ten days, respond in writing to the contentions so made and set forth his determinations thereof. Any action of the engineer with respect to subdivisions (2)(F) and (2)(G) of Section 15.04.070 and subdivisions (a)(2) and (a)(4) of this section, may be appealed directly to the Board of Supervisors without complying with this section, in accordance with Section 15.04.110(c).
c.
Appeal.
If the user or applicant for a permit is dissatisfied with the determinations
so made by the engineer, he may, within thirty days after mailing
of said ruling by the engineer to said user or applicant for a permit,
appeal said ruling by giving written notice of the basis of his appeal
to the Board of Supervisors. Such written notice of appeal shall be
filed with the clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County. The
matter shall be placed upon the next agenda of the Board of Supervisors;
and the Board of Supervisors shall, within thirty days after receipt
of said written notice of appeal, make a final determination on the
issues presented.
If a ruling under Section 15.04.070(2)(G) is appealed, the chairman of the Board of Supervisors, or the clerk if the chairman is unavailable, shall call a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors to be convened at the earliest feasible time for the purpose of considering the appeal. The Board of Supervisors shall make every reasonable attempt to dispose of the appeal prior to the effective time of the temporary suspension, restriction, conditions, or limitations.
In the event of any appeal from the notice of temporary suspension,
restriction, conditions, or limitations, the effective time of which
is less than forty-eight hours after service of such notice, the determination
of the engineer shall be final; and any appeal may be made directly
to a court of competent jurisdiction.
d.
Violations.
Any person intentionally violating any of the provisions or failing
to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter is guilty of
a misdemeanor. Each person is guilty of a separate offense for each
and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision
of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted by such person
and is punishable accordingly.
e.
Civil
Liability. Any person who intentionally or negligently violates any
requirement adopted or ordered by the district through the district
board or the engineer requiring:
1.
Pretreatment
of industrial waste which would otherwise be detrimental to the treatment
works or its proper and efficient operation and maintenance; or
2.
The
prevention of the entry of such waste into the collection system and
treatment works; may be civilly liable to the County in a sum of not
to exceed six thousand dollars for each day and each event in which
such violation occurs.
The County may petition the superior court to impose, assess,
and recover such sums pursuant to this chapter and Section 54740 of
the California Government Code.
(SCC 411 § 1, 1980)
