For brevity and ease of communication, this chapter may be cited as
the "Town Sewer Use Law."
The general purpose of this chapter is the following: to provide for
efficient, economic, environmentally safe and legal operation of the Town's
publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
The specific purposes of this chapter are the following:
A.
To prevent the introduction of substances into the POTW
that will:
(1)
Interfere with the POTW in any way.
(2)
Pass through the POTW to the state's waters and
cause contravention of standards for those waters or cause violation of the
POTW's State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit.
(3)
Increase the cost or otherwise hamper the disposal of
POTW sludge and/or residuals.
(4)
Endanger municipal employees.
(5)
Cause air pollution or groundwater pollution, directly
or indirectly.
(6)
Cause, directly or indirectly, any public nuisance condition.
B.
To prevent new sources of infiltration and inflow and,
as much as possible, eliminate existing sources of infiltration and inflow.
C.
To assure that new sewers and connections are properly
constructed.
D.
To provide for equitable distribution to all users of
the POTW of all costs associated with sewage transmission, treatment and residuals
disposal and to provide for the collection of such costs.
Any previous sewer law duly enacted by previous Town governments shall be repealed and replaced by this chapter. Articles I through XII, inclusive, are enacted as the current Sewer Law of the Town of Concord. Currently there are two sewer districts in the Town of Concord, namely Craneridge District 1 and Kissing Bridge District 2, and this chapter shall apply to these districts and any future districts that may be formed.
