No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged stormwater, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage or uncontaminated cooling or process water to any sanitary or unpolluted industrial sewer.
Stormwater and all other unpolluted drainage shall be discharged to such sewers as are specifically designated as storm sewers, or to a natural outlet approved by the Village Superintendent or his designee. Unpolluted process waters may be discharged on approval of the Superintendent to a storm sewer or natural outlet. All permits issued by town, county, state and federal agencies shall be obtained for any and all such discharges.
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 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 waste treatment process, constitute a hazard to humans or animals, create a public nuisance or create any hazard in the receiving waters of the wastewater treatment plant.
C. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH lower than five point five (5 5) or higher than eight point five (8.5) or having any other corrosive property capable of causing damage or hazard to structures, equipment and personnel of the wastewater 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 wastewater facilities such as, but not limited to ashes, bones, cinders, sand, mud, straw, shavings, metal, glass, rags, feathers, tar, plastics, wood, garbage, whole blood. paunch manure, hair or fleshings, entrails, paper dishes, paper towels, cups, milk containers, etc.
E. 
Any liquids with a temperature greater than 150° F..
F. 
Wastes containing substantial oil and/or grease.
G. 
Shredded garbage as defined in § 139-1.
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 that such wastes can harm either the sewers, wastewater treatment process or equipment, have an adverse effect on the receiving stream or can otherwise endanger life, limb or public property or constitute a nuisance. The Superintendent may set limitations to meet the above objectives. The substances prohibited are:
A. 
Any waters or wastes containing phenols or other taste- or odor-producing substances.
B. 
Any radioactive wastes or isotopes of such half-life or concentration as may exceed limits established by the Superintendent in compliance with applicable state or federal regulations.
C. 
Unusual quantities of flow, concentrations or both which constitute a slug as defined herein.
D. 
Waters or wastes containing substances which are not amenable to treatment or reduction by the wastewater treatment processes employed or are amenable to treatment only to such degree that the wastewater treatment plant effluent cannot meet the requirements of other agencies having jurisdiction over discharge to the receiving waters or to water reuse.
E. 
Any water or wastes which, by interaction with other water or wastes in the public sewer system, release obnoxious gases, form suspended solids which interfere with the collection system or create a condition deleterious to structures and treatment processes.
F. 
Any waters or wastes having a pH in excess of eight point five (8.5) or less than five point five (5.5).
G. 
Materials which exert or cause unusual concentrations of suspended or settleable solids, discoloration, oxygen demand or chlorine demand.
H. 
The following additional substances having concentrations in excess of those listed:
[Added 3-5-83 by L.L. No. 3-1983[1]]
Substance
Concentration Limit
(milligrams per liter)
Cadmium
0.2
Hexavalent chromium
0.1
Total chromium
2.0
Copper
0.4
Lead
0.1
Mercury
0.1
Nickel
2.0
Zinc
0.6
Arsenic
0.1
Available chlorine
50.0
Cyanide-free
0.2
Cyanide-complex
0.8
Selenium
0.1
Sulfide
3.0
Barium
2.0
Manganese
2.0
Gold
0.1
Silver
0.1
Fluorides
18.0
Phenol
2.0
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Editor's Note: This local law also provided that it shall be effective 6-1-83.
[Amended 3-5-83 by L.L. No. 3-1983[1]]
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 § 139-20 of this Article and which in the judgment of the Superintendent may have a deleterious effect upon the wastewater facilities, processes, equipment or receiving waters, or which otherwise create a hazard to life or constitute a public nuisance, the Superintendent may reject the wastes and discontinue such sewer service until such wastes are pretreated to an acceptable condition for discharge. Pretreatment shall be subject to the review and approval of the Superintendent and shall be subject to the requirements of all applicable codes, ordinances and approvals of state, county and federal agencies. Where pretreatment is required to meet the provisions of this chapter, such pretreatment shall likewise comply with the federal pretreatment requirements as promulgated under Section 307 of Public Law 92-500.
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Editor's Note: This local law also provided that it shall be effective 6-1-83.
Grease, oil and sand interceptors shall be provided when, in the opinion of the Superintendent, they are necessary for the proper handling of liquid wastes containing floatable grease in excessive amounts, or any flammable wastes, sand or other harmful ingredients, except that such interceptors shall not be required for private living quarters or dwelling units. All interceptors shall be of a type and capacity approved by the Superintendent and shall be located as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection.
Where pretreatment or flow-equalizing facilities are provided or required for any waters or wastes, they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at his expense.
When required by the Superintendent, the owner of any commercial property serviced by a building sewer shall, within 20 days of official notice to do so, install a suitable manhole in the building sewer, to facilitate observation, sampling and measurement of the wastes. Such control manhole, when required, shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the Superintendent. The control 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 Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, the United States Environmental Protection Agency Manual of Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes or the American Society for Testing and Materials Annual Book of Standards, Part 23.