For brevity and ease of communication, this Part 3 may be cited as the "City of Oneida Sewer Use Law."
The general purpose of this Part 3 is the following: to provide for efficient, economic, environmentally safe, and legal operation of the City of Oneida publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
The specific purposes of this Part 3 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 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.
