No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any stormwater,
surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, uncontaminated
cooling water or unpolluted industrial process waters into any sanitary sewer.
Scavenger wastes or waste from private recreational vehicles (RV's) may
not be discharged into any sanitary sewer unless approved in writing by the
Superintendent of Public Works.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to
such sewers as are specifically designated as combined sewers or storm sewers
or to a natural outlet approved by the Superintendent of Public Works. Industrial
cooling water or unpolluted process waters may be discharged, on approval
of the Superintendent of Public Works, to a storm sewer or natural outlet.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following
described waters or wastes to any public sewers:
A.
Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other flammable
or explosive liquid, solid or gas.
B.
Any waters or wastes containing toxic or poisonous solids,
liquids or gases in sufficient quantity, either singly or by interaction with
other wastes, to injure or interfere with any sewage treatment process, to
constitute a hazard to humans or animals, to create a public nuisance or to
create any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant, including
but not limited to cyanides in excess of two milligrams per liter as CN in
the wastes as discharged to the public sewer. However, the discharge of these
may be accepted conditionally by the Albany County Sewer District.
C.
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five point
five (5.5) or having a pH higher than nine point five (9.5) or having any
other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures,
equipment or personnel of the sewage works.
D.
Solid or viscous substances in quantities or of such
size capable of causing obstruction to the flow in sewers or other interference
with the proper operation of the sewage works, such as but not limited to
ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers,
tar, plastics, wood, unground garbage, whole blood, paunch manure, hair and
fleshings, entrails and paper dishes, cups, milk containers, sanitary napkins,
disposable diapers, etc., either whole or ground by garbage grinders.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged the following described
substances, materials, waters or wastes if it appears likely, in the opinion
of the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director, that such wastes
can harm either the sewers, sewage treatment process or equipment or have
an adverse effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life,
limb or public property or constitute a nuisance. In forming his opinion as
to the acceptability of these wastes, the Superintendent of Public Works and/or
the Director will give consideration to such factors as the quantities of
subject wastes in relation to flows and velocities in the sewers, the materials
of construction of the sewers, the nature of the sewage treatment process,
the capacity of the sewage treatment plant and other pertinent factors. The
substances prohibited in the first instance but subject to review by the Superintendent
of Public Works and/or the Director are:
A.
Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
B.
Any water or waste containing fats, wax, grease or oils,
whether emulsified or not, in excess of 100 milligrams per liter or containing
substances which may solidify or become viscous at temperatures between thirty-two
degrees and one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (32° and 150° F.).
C.
Any garbage that has not been properly shredded. The
installation and operation of any garbage grinder equipped with a motor of
three-fourths (3/4) horsepower or greater shall be subject to the review and
approval of the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director. Not more
than 30% of ground garbage, on the dry basis, shall pass a No. 40 U.S. Standard
Sieve.
D.
Any waters or wastes containing strong acid from pickling
wastes or concentrated plating solutions, whether neutralized or not.
E.
Any water or wastes containing iron, chromium, copper,
zinc and similar objectionable or toxic substances unless their concentration
is reduced to a point that will not adversely affect any of the biochemical,
chemical or other sewage treatment processes. The concentration in sewage
of any of the toxic substances shall not exceed the concentrations judged
by the Director to be toxic to biological sewage treatment processes or to
the biota of the receiving waters.
F.
Any water or wastes containing phenols or other taste-
or odor-producing substances, in such concentrations exceeding limits which
may be established by the Director, as necessary, after treatment of the composite
sewage to meet the requirements of the state, federal or other public agencies
of jurisdiction for such discharge to the receiving waters.
G.
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life
or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent of
Public Works or the Director in compliance with applicable state or federal
regulations.
H.
Materials which exert or cause:
(1)
Unusual concentrations of inert suspended solids (such
as but not limited to fuller's earth, lime slurries and lime residues)
or of dissolved solids (such as but not limited to sodium chloride and sodium
sulfate).
(2)
Excessive discoloration (such as, but not limited to
dye wastes and vegetable tanning solutions).
(3)
Unusual BOD, chemical oxygen demand or chlorine requirements
in such quantities as to constitute a significant load on the sewage treatment
works.
(4)
An unusual volume of flow or concentration of wastes
constituting slugs, as defined herein.
If any waters or wastes are discharged or are proposed to be discharged to the public sewers, which waters contain the substances or possess the characteristics enumerated in § 177-31 of this Article and which, in the judgment of the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director, may have a deleterious effect upon the sewage works, processes, equipment or receiving waters or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director may:
A.
Reject the wastes;
B.
Require pretreatment to an acceptable condition for discharge
to the public sewers;
C.
Require control over the quantities and rates of discharge;
and/or
D.
Require payment to cover the added cost or any surcharge
incurred by reason of handling and treating the wastes not covered by existing
taxes or sewer charges, exclusive of surcharges.
It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge directly or indirectly into public sewers or into any private sewer or any combined sewer discharging into a public sewer sewage combined with industrial wastes or other wastes, industrial wastes or other wastes, the characteristics of which, at point of discharge, exceed the concentration limits prescribed for normal sewage under Article II herein or which fall within the categories prohibited under this Article, except under the issuance of a permit therefor by the Director and upon such terms and conditions as may be established by the Director in the issuance of such a permit.
Each applicant for a permit to discharge sewage combined with industrial
wastes or other wastes into public sewers shall fill out and file with the
Director an industrial sewer connection application as a prerequisite for
the consideration of such a permit. The following is a partial list of information
to be furnished by the applicant:
A.
A plot of the property showing accurately all sewers,
drains and house connections.
B.
Plans and specifications covering any work proposed to
be performed under the permit.
C.
A complete schedule of all process waters and industrial
wastes produced or expected to be produced at said property or premises, including
a description of the character of each waste, the daily volume and maximum
rates of discharge and representative analyses.
D.
The name and address of the person or firm who will be
responsible for the performance of the work to be covered by the permit and
the name and address of the person or firm who will be responsible for operating
the facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit.
A.
The terms and conditions, as may be required and imposed
by the Director in the issuance of the permit, are as follows:
(1)
A limitation upon the volume of sewage and the rate of
flow permitted from the premises.
(2)
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at
his own expense, of facilities or equipment for intermittent or continuous
measurement of sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes discharged from the
premises into a public sewer.
(3)
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at
his own expense, of detention tanks or other facilities or equipment for reducing
the maximum rates of discharge of sewage to such a percentage of the twenty-four-hour
rate as may be required by the Director.
(4)
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at
his own expense, of such preliminary treatment facilities as may be required
by the Director.
(5)
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at
his own expense, of a suitable control or sampling manhole or manholes in
any sewer discharging to a public sewer for which a permit is issued.
(6)
The installation and maintenance by the permittee, at
his own expense, of grease, oil and sand interceptors, separators or traps
that are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing such
substances in excessive quantities or any flammable waste or other harmful
ingredients.
(7)
The submission to and approval by the Director of the
plans for any of the facilities or equipment required to be installed and
maintained by the permittee.
(8)
Such other terms and conditions as may be necessary to
protect the sewer system and carry out the intent and provisions of this chapter.
(9)
To provide a rate structure and schedule for the sanitary
sewer system of the Village of Colonie for the purpose of paying construction
costs, maintenance and the cost of construction and maintenance of the Albany
County Sewer District as charged to the Village of Colonie.
B.
Such terms and conditions may also provide that subsequent
to the commencement of operation of any preliminary treatment facilities,
periodic reports shall be made by the permittee to the Director setting forth
adequate data upon which the acceptability of the sewage, industrial wastes
or other wastes, after treatment, may be determined.
C.
Where preliminary treatment or flow-equalizing facilities
are provided for any water or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously
in satisfactory and effective operation by the permittee at his expense.
D.
A violation by the permittee of the permit shall be a
cause for revocation or suspension of the permit.
Whenever sewage, industrial wastes or other wastes having characteristics other than prescribed for normal sewage, as defined in Article II herein, or falling within the categories of waste prohibited from public sewers pursuant to this chapter are discharged into public sewers from any premises, the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director shall have the right to take samples and tests as may be necessary to determine the nature and concentration of such wastes and shall have the right to reassess his determinations by taking samples and tests at any time or by periodic rechecks without notice to the person discharging such wastes.
A.
Samples shall be taken and flow measurements made normally
at the control manhole or manholes.
B.
In the event that the requirements for a control manhole
or manholes have been specifically waived, the samples shall be taken at a
point or points to be selected by the Superintendent of Public Works and/or
the Director.
When required by the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director,
the owner of any property serviced by a building sewer carrying industrial
wastes shall install a suitable control manhole, together with such meters
and other appurtenances in the building sewer as are necessary to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole, when required,
shall be accessibly and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance
with plans approved by the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director.
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 this chapter shall be determined
in accordance with the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Waste Water, published by the American Public Health Association,
and shall be determined at the control manhole or upon suitable samples taken
at said control manhole. In the event that no special manhole has been required,
the control manhole shall be considered to be the nearest suitable one downstream
in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer is connected.
Sampling shall be carried out by customarily accepted methods to reflect the
effect of constituents upon the sewage works and to determine the existence
of hazards to life, limb and property.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion
of the Superintendent of Public Works, they are necessary for the proper handling
of wastewater containing excess amounts of grease, flammable substances, sand
or other harmful substances, except that such interceptors shall not be required
for private living quarters or living units. All interceptors shall be so
located as to be easily accessible by the Superintendent of Public Works and
shall be so located to be easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Such
interceptors shall be inspected, cleaned and repaired regularly, as needed,
by the owner at his expense. A standard design for a one-thousand-gallon grease
interceptor is available in the Department of Public Works office.
A.
At a minimum, two precast concrete one-thousand-gallon
tanks shall be installed in series as approved by the Superintendent of Public
Works.
B.
If the discharge piping from the interceptors cannot
be readily installed to a village manhole at the property (right-of-way) line
or adjacent thereto, then a control manhole shall be placed on the downstream
end of the discharge line or at the point of connection to the village's
main line sewer.
C.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall from time to
time inspect the intercepting structures. If he determines that, in his opinion,
the facility is not functioning properly for its intended use, he may instruct
the owner of the structure to clean or replace said structure so that it functions
as required herein.
D.
Existing installations which do not conform to this section
may continue to operate as long as, in the opinion of the Superintendent of
Public Works, they will not cause any damage to the public sewer or the Albany
County Sewer District Water Pollution Control Plant. These installations must
be brought into conformance with this section in case of change of use, change
of effluent, substantial increase in the amount of effluent or upon determination
by the Superintendent of Public Works that the existing installation causes
damage to the public sewer or the water pollution control plant.
The Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director or other duly
authorized employee of the Village of Colonie or the County of Albany bearing
proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties
for the purposes of inspection, observation, measurements, sampling and testing
the quantity and quality of waste discharges to the sewers or waterways or
facilities for waste treatment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
While performing the necessary work on the private properties referred to in § 177-40 above, the Superintendent of Public Works and/or the Director or their duly authorized representatives shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises.
