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. Industrial cooling waters or unpolluted process
waters may be discharged, on approval of the Superintendent, to a
storm sewer, combined sewer or natural outlet.
[Added 3-17-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
No connections shall be made to a sanitary or
combined sewer which connections are intended to discharge inflow.
Such prohibited connections include but are not limited to footing
drains, roof leaders, roof drains, cellar drains, sump pumps, catch
basins, uncontaminated cooling water discharges or other sources of
inflow.
[Added 3-17-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
A. For properties where separate storm sewers are available
within 100 feet of the property line or where, in the judgment of
the Superintendent, sufficient natural drainage is available, connections
which contribute inflow to the sanitary sewers must be disconnected
in a fashion approved by the Superintendent prior to the sale of the
property.
B. Upon notice from the Tax Assessor or Building Inspector,
the Superintendent shall inspect any newly sold property for the purpose
of determining if storm sewers or natural drainage is available, and,
if so, if all connections which contribute inflow have been disconnected.
C. It shall be a willful violation of this chapter for
any person to reconnect any inflow source which has been disconnected
pursuant to this article.
[Added 3-17-2004 by L.L. No. 1-2004]
The Superintendent is enabled to take whatever action is necessary to determine the amount of inflow, including the requirement for installation of a control manhole. The property from which the inflow originated shall be billed for inflow according to Article
IX. The Village Board may cause a surcharge at a rate not to exceed five times that for normal sewage volume charge.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall
discharge or cause to be discharged any of the following described
waste or wastes to any public sewer:
A. Any liquid or vapor having a temperature higher than
150° F.
B. Any water or waste which may contain more than 100
parts per million, by weight, of fat, oil or grease.
C. Any gasoline, benzene, naphtha, fuel oil or other
flammable or explosive liquid, solid, or gas.
D. Any garbage that has not been properly shredded.
E. Any ashes, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal,
glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, paunch manure or any other
solid or viscous substance capable of causing obstruction to the flow
in sewers or other interference with the proper operation of the sewage
works.
F. Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than 5.5 or
higher than 9.0 or having any other corrosive property capable of
causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of
the sewage works.
G. Any waters or wastes containing a toxic or poisonous
substance in sufficient quantity to injure or interfere with any sewage
treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, or create
any hazard in the receiving waters of the sewage treatment plant.
H. Any waters or wastes containing suspended solids of
such character and quantity that unusual attention or expense is required
to handle such materials at the sewage treatment plant.
I. Any noxious or malodorous gas or substance capable
of creating public nuisance.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner
of any property served by a building sewer carrying industrial wastes
shall install a suitable control manhole together with such necessary
meters and other appurtenances in the building sewer to facilitate
observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such manhole,
when required, shall be accessibly located, and shall be constructed
in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. 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 water 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 Wastewater, published
by the American Public Health Association, and shall be determined
at the control manhole provided or by 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 downstream
manhole in the public sewer to the point at which the building sewer
is connected. Sampling shall be carried out by the 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.
(The particular analyses involved will determine whether a twenty-four-hour
composite of all outfalls of a premises is appropriate or whether
a grab sample or samples should be taken. Normally, but not always,
BOD and suspended solids analyses are obtained from twenty-four-hour
composites of all outfalls, whereas pH's are determined from periodic
grab samples.)
No statement contained in this article shall
be construed as preventing the Village from establishing special charges
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.