It is unlawful to discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described water or wastes in any public sewer, drain ditch or natural outlet:
A. 
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature of higher than one hundred fifty (150) degrees F;
B. 
Any water or waste which contains more than one hundred (100) parts per million by weight of fats, oils and greases;
C. 
Any water or waste which contains more than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight of BOD;
D. 
Any water or waste which contains more than three hundred (300) parts per million by weight of suspended solids;
E. 
Any gasoline, benzine, naphtha oil, or other flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases;
F. 
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded as herein defined;
G. 
Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, hair, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastic, wood, manure, or any other solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow of sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage works;
H. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or higher than 8.5 or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment or personnel;
I. 
Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous substance in sufficient quantity, alone or in combination with other substances that may be present, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans, other mammals, fish or fowl, or to create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant;
J. 
Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable of creating a public nuisance;
K. 
Any substance which interferes with proper functioning of the town's sewage collection, treatment and disposal facilities, or which results in the inability of said facilities to meet the effluent limitations established by DOE.
(Ord. 413 § 10.01, 1993)
A. 
Whenever preliminary treatment is necessary to reduce the BOD or suspended solids to three hundred (300) parts per million by weight, or to reduce the objectionable character or constituents to within the maximum limits prescribed by Section 13.12.440 of this article, such preliminary treatment shall be at the sole expense of the owner of the premises and shall be installed when the wastewater operator determines that the same is necessary to comply with the standards prescribed.
B. 
In such cases, all plans, specifications and other pertinent information relating to such proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted to the wastewater operator prior to commencement of construction, and no construction thereof shall be commenced until the wastewater operator's approval is noted on the plan. In the event of such installations, they shall be maintained continuously in efficient operation by the owner at his/her own expense.
(Ord. 413 § 10.02, 1993)
A. 
No fats, greases, oils, sand, mud, or other settleable or floatable materials in amounts that interfere with the proper functioning of the town's sewage collection, treatment and disposal facilities shall be discharged to any public sewer without the installation of interceptors of a type and capacity to be approved by the wastewater operator, and located so as to be readily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
B. 
Such interceptors shall be capable of reducing BOD, suspended solids, and fats, oils and greases to the levels specified in Section 13.12.440 of this article.
C. 
Such interceptors shall be maintained at the expense of the owner and shall be in continuously efficient operation at all time.
(Ord. 413 § 10.03, 1993)
A. 
Where any property served by a side sewer carries industrial waste, the owner or occupant shall install a control manhole in the side sewer to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes when the same may be required by the wastewater operator. Such manhole shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed and installed in accordance with plans approved prior to installation by the wastewater operator, and shall be maintained and installed by the owner or occupant at his/her sole expense.
B. 
The owner of any facilities discharging industrial waste to the town's sewer system shall be solely responsible for compliance with all requirements of DOE for such discharge.
(Ord. 413 § 10.04, 1993)
The wastewater operator shall make recommendations to the council in regard to entering into any agreement whereby any waste of unusual character may be accepted by the town for treatment before passage into the public sewer, the payment for such treatment to be as established by the council.
(Ord. 413 § 10.05, 1993)