In order to assure the proper disposal of sewage
and wastewaters and the proper operation and maintenance of the public
sewers, sewage treatment plant and other sewerage works within the
Borough and to provide an adequate record of sewers, drains, appurtenances
and connections thereto, the following regulations are enacted by
the Borough under the authority of N.J.S.A. 40:63-7.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise,
the meanings of the terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
ATTORNEY
The duly appointed attorney to the Borough.
BOD; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20º C., expressed in mg/l (milligrams per liter) by weight.
CHLORINE DEMAND
The amount of chlorine which shall be added to water or waste
to produce a residual chlorine content of at least 0.1 mg/l after
a minimum contact time of 10 minutes.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
The person duly designated to have supervision of the operation
and maintenance of the Borough sewerage works.
ENGINEER
The duly appointed Engineer of the Borough or his authorized
deputy, inspector, agent or representative.
HEALTH OFFICER
The duly appointed senior sanitation official of the Borough
or his authorized deputy, inspector, agent or his representative.
LICENSED PLUMBER
Either an individual, partnership or corporation to whom
the Board of Health of the State of New Jersey or of the Borough has
issued a license to practice plumbing.
MANAGER
The duly appointed Borough Manager of the Borough.
NATURAL OUTLET
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other
body of surface or ground water.
pH
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration
in grams per liter.
SEWAGE
Wastewater or water-carried wastes from residences, business
buildings, institutions and industrial establishments. Sewage shall
be further classified as follows:
A.
COOLING WATERThe wastewater from air conditioning, industrial cooling, condensing and hydraulically powered equipment or similar apparatus.
B.
DOMESTIC OR SANITARY SEWAGEThe solid and liquid wastes from toilet and lavatory fixtures, kitchens, laundries, bath tubs, shower baths, or equivalent plumbing fixtures as discharged from dwellings, business and industrial buildings.
C.
GARBAGESolid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.
D.
INDUSTRIAL SEWAGE OR WASTESThe water-carried wastes of any industrial process as distinct from domestic or sanitary sewage. All substances carried in industrial wastes, whether dissolved, in suspension or mechanically carried by water, shall be considered as industrial wastes.
E.
PROPERLY SHREDDED GARBAGEGarbage which has been shredded so that no garbage particles will be greater than 1/2 inch in any dimension.
F.
STORMWATERThe runoff or discharge of rain and melted snow or other water from roofs, surfaces of public or private lands, swimming pools or elsewhere. Stormwater also shall include subsoil drainage as defined in this section.
G.
SUBSOIL DRAINAGEWater from the soil percolating into subsoil drains and through foundation walls, basement floors or underground pipes.
SEWER
The pipe or conduit, together with manholes and other structures
or equipment appurtenant thereto, provided to carry sewage and waste
liquids. Sewers shall be further classified as follows:
A.
BUILDING DRAINThat part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building sanitary system that receives the discharge from the sanitary waste pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the property owner's connection, beginning no more than five feet outside the inner face of the building wall.
B.
HOUSE CONNECTIONThe pipe laid incidental to the original construction of a public sewer from such public sewer up to the right-of-way and there capped, having been provided and intended for extension and for use at some time thereafter in conjunction with the property owner's connection.
D.
PUBLIC SEWERA trunk, main or lateral sewer up to and including the Y-branch or tee provided for connection thereto, and to which all owners of abutting properties have equal rights, and which is controlled by public authority. The public sewer shall include the house connection, but does not include the property owner's connection.
E.
SANITARY SEWERA sewer which carries only domestic and sanitary sewage and to which stormwater, subsoil drainage and cooling water are not intentionally admitted.
SEWERAGE WORKS
All facilities for collecting, pumping, treating and disposing
of sewage or wastewater.
SUSPENDED SOLIDS
Solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension
in, water, sewage or other liquids, and which are removable by filtering
as prescribed in "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water, Sewage
and Industrial Waste, American Public Health Association."
WATERCOURSE
A channel in which a flow of water occurs either continuously
or intermittently.
No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged
into any public sewer, either directly or indirectly, any overflow,
effluent or cleanings from a septic tank, cesspool, subsurface drainage
trench, bed or filter, or other receptacle storing organic waste;
nor shall any overflow, effluent or cleanings from a septic tank,
cesspool, subsurface drainage trench, bed or filter, or other receptacle
storing organic waste be deposited into any public sewer.
The following requirements of this section shall apply to any person licensed to do sewer work and who has a sewer permit to do such sewer work, as provided in §§
191-9 and
191-10 of these regulations:
A. Old building sewers. Old building sewers may be used
and connected to a public sewer, when serving new buildings, only
when they are found on examination or test by the Plumbing Subcode
Official to meet all requirements of this section. The Plumbing Subcode
Official may require, where indicated, the uncovering of old sewers
for inspection, which shall be at the expense of the property owner.
B. Property owner's connection. A separate and independent
property owner's connection shall be provided for every building,
unless authorized by special agreement with the Board of Health.
C. Plumbing system requirement for connection to public
sewer. No building shall be connected to a public sewer unless the
plumbing system of the building has a soil vent pipe extended to a
point above the roof. The Plumbing Subcode Official may require that
no running trap, main house trap or other device, which might prevent
the free flow of air throughout the whole course of the building sanitary
system, building drain and such vent pipe, shall be allowed.
D. Pipe materials to be in conformance with Plumbing
Code. All pipe material shall be in conformance with the Plumbing
Code of the Borough. The water service and the property owner's connection
shall be laid in separate trenches. If installed in filled or unstable
ground, the property owner's connection shall be of cast-iron soil
pipe, except that nonmetallic material may be accepted if laid on
a suitable concrete bed or cradle, as approved by the Plumbing Subcode
Official.
E. Size and slope of property owner's connection. The
size and slope of the property owner's connection shall be subject
to the approval of the Plumbing Subcode Official, but in no event
shall the diameter be less than four inches. The slope of such four-inch
pipe shall be not less than 1/8 inch per foot.
F. Below level drains. In all buildings where the building
drain is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sewage
or other wastewaters carried by such drain shall be lifted by approved
artificial means and discharged to the property owner's connection
through a cast-iron force main. The building drain, whether a force
main or a gravity line, shall be of cast-iron soil pipe from the inner
face of the building wall to the point of connection with the property
owner's connection, and all joints, including that with the property
owner's connection, shall be made gastight and watertight by a method
approved by the Plumbing Subcode Official.
G. Excavations. All excavations required for the installation
of a building sewer shall be open trench work, unless otherwise approved
by the Plumbing Subcode Official. Whenever possible, the property
owner's connection shall be brought to the building at an elevation
below the basement floor. No property owner's connection shall be
laid parallel to within three feet of any bearing wall, which might
thereby be weakened. The recommended depth of the property owner's
connection shall be sufficient to afford protection from frost. In
general, such depth shall not be less than three feet below the finished
ground surface at all points. The property owner's connection shall
be laid at uniform grade and in straight alignment insofar as possible.
Changes in direction shall be made only with properly curved pipe
and fittings. Cleanouts, i.e. access ports, shall be constructed at
all changes in horizontal direction greater than 45º. When a
building sewer is more than 50 feet in length, cleanouts shall be
installed at intervals of no more than 75 feet. Cleanouts shall be
placed at an angle of 45º and shall be supported in an approved
manner. All cleanouts shall extend to the surface of the ground and
shall be of cast-iron construction four inches in diameter with brass
ferrule and screw-type brass plug. A cleanout shall be provided within
five feet of the building structure, unless an approved cleanout exists
inside the building, but under no circumstances shall there be less
than one cleanout between the building and the house connection. All
cleanouts shall be readily accessible at all times. The property owner's
connection shall be laid on firm, undisturbed soil or a suitable foundation.
It shall be located at a sufficient distance from other parallel pipes
to permit alterations or repairs to any such pipes or the sewer pipe
without disturbing the other. It shall be well cleaned inside after
laying and it shall conform to all reasonable requirements for good
construction. Backfill placed over the property owner's connection
shall be done with hand tools to a depth of at least one foot over
the pipe, using fine earth free from stones and rubbish. Backfill
shall be well and carefully tamped over the sewer. The open ends of
the property owner's connection and building drains shall be kept
closed or protected during construction and during periods when work
is suspended, in order to exclude from the public sewer all water
or debris which might obstruct, damage, or otherwise be detrimental
to the public sewer or sewage works. Abandoned property owner's connections
or drains shall be likewise promptly closed and sealed off from any
public sewer, at the expense of the owner of the property.
H. Property owner's connection; procedure for installation.
When the property owner's connection trench has been excavated, the
property owner's connection has been repaired, altered or constructed,
and the installation is ready for inspection and connection to the
public sewer, the Plumbing Subcode Official shall be notified during
regular working hours not less than 24 hours in advance of the time
when the connection to the public sewer is planned. The connection
of the property owner's connection to the public sewer shall be made
under the supervision of the Plumbing Subcode Official, and a record
of all connections shall be kept by him. A written clearance to backfill
shall be given the licensed plumber at this time. If any person constructs,
installs, alters or repairs any property owner's connection or drain
connecting with a public sewer in the Borough in violation of any
section of these regulations or fails to give adequate notice to the
Plumbing Subcode Official for an inspection of the work, the Plumbing
Subcode Official may order all or any portion of the work to be uncovered
for inspection and approval.
I. Sewer inspection riser; requirements. A sewer inspection
riser opening for a property owner's connection shall be placed at
the end of the four-inch house connection line. The riser shall be
of cast-iron, at least four inches in diameter and shall be set up
on a tee opening in the property owner's connection. A Y-connection
shall not be permitted. The top of the riser shall be placed above
or flush with the ground surface and shall be fitted with a brass
screw cap.
J. Safety precautions required. All excavation for sewer
installations shall be adequately guarded with barricades and lights
so as to protect the public from hazard.
K. Maintenance of sewer connections. The house connection
shall be maintained by the Department of Public Works. The property
owner's connection shall be maintained by the property owner.
L. Implication of Borough ownership. The installation
of a public sewer system in any street, lane or road by the Borough
or by others shall not imply Borough ownership or acceptance of such
streets, lanes or roads unless and until they otherwise comply with
Borough requirements for acceptance, ownership and maintenance.
M. Remedy of violation. If any person, after proper order
or direction from the Plumbing Subcode Official, fails to remedy any
violation of this section or any other provision of these regulations,
the Borough may disconnect the property owner's connection on the
property where the violation exists from the public sewer and may
collect the cost of making such disconnection from any person responsible
for, or willfully concerned in, or who profited by such violation
of the requirements of these regulations.
No person shall maliciously, willfully or negligently
break, damage, destroy, uncover, deface or tamper with any structure,
appurtenance, or equipment which is part of a public sewer system.
Any person violating this provision shall be subject to immediate
arrest under charge of disorderly conduct.
The Manager, Engineer, Health Officer and other
duly authorized representatives of the Borough bearing proper credentials
and identification shall be permitted to enter upon all properties
for the purpose of inspection, observation, measurements, sampling,
and testing in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.