The discharge into the sanitary sewer system of the Township of Franconia
through any drain, public or private, of any substance or substances which
may injure the said sewer system or any part thereof or which impairs or may
impair the treatment of sewerage in the treatment plant is hereby prohibited.
The Sewer Authority of the Township of Franconia is hereby given the
authority and is directed, in its discretion, to examine the content and character
of all waste, commercial, industrial and other waste, prior to the discharge
thereof into the township sewer system.
In order to control the admission of industrial wastes, the approval
of the Sewer Authority must first be obtained prior to the discharge into
the public sewers of any waters or wastes having:
A. A five-day twenty-degree-Celsius BOD greater than 300
ppm.
B. A suspended solids content greater than 350 ppm.
C. A chlorine demand greater than 15 ppm.
D. An average daily flow greater than 2% of the average
daily sewage flow at the sewage treatment works.
F. Any wastes which are considered by the Sewer Authority
to offer possibilities of harm to structures, processes or operation of the
plant.
No factory effluents or industrial wastes, comprising wastes other than
domestic, shall be discharged into the sewerage system, except upon compliance
with the following rules, regulations and conditions:
A. Each industry making application for permission to discharge
industrial wastes into the sanitary sewer system shall furnish all the information
necessary to determine the quantity of such waste and the nature or quality
of the materials therein and other characteristics of such waste. The industry
shall agree in such application to bear the cost of the original and any subsequent
chemical analysis and laboratory tests.
B. Adequate means shall be provided at each industry's connection
with the sewerage system, for periodic determination of all characteristics
and concentrations of wastes. Samples shall be collected in such manner as
to be truly representative of the actual quality of the wastes, and standard
methods of analysis as published by the American Public Health Association,
shall be used.
C. Industrial waste discharged or proposed to be discharged
into the sanitary sewer system shall be subject to analysis by the Sewer Authority.
D. Industries shall cooperate by adopting such schedules
of discharge as will minimize peak concentrations when necessary.
E. In the event that the materials and wastes discharged
or proposed to be discharged from any industry or the chemicals in or characteristics
of such wastes cause or threaten injury to the sanitary sewer system or impair
the sewage treatment process or unduly increase the cost of operation thereof,
said industry shall produce wastes of acceptable quality before discharge
thereof into the sanitary sewer system by reducing its peak discharges by
construction of equalizing tanks, by pretreatment, by partial pretreatment,
by elimination of troublesome wastes or by other approved means.
F. Industries applying for permits to discharge industrial
wastes into the sanitary sewer system from new or existing treatment facilities
are required to furnish, in quadruplicate, complete engineering reports, plans
and specifications covering connection to the sanitary sewer system, industrial
waste treatment facilities and measuring devices. This applies also to alteration
and additions to such connections or treatment facilities. Reports and supporting
data herein referred to must be prepared by an engineer registered in Pennsylvania.
G. Industries will not connect to the sanitary sewer system
or proceed with any construction of industrial wastes treatment facilities
or changes to existing waste treatment facilities unless plans and specifications
covering same have been approved by the Sewer Authority.
H. The industry shall indemnify the Sewer Authority for
any damages caused by its industrial wastes to the sanitary sewer system,
its function and for its treatment processes. Such indemnification shall be
in strict conformance with the applicable local and state laws and shall be
in effect during the life of agreements between industries and the Sewer Authority.
I. The Sewer Authority reserves the right to cancel any
agreement between any industry and the Sewer Authority after one year. However,
whenever it shall be found that a service installation or industrial waste
treatment facility has been made contrary to these rules and regulations and
constructed and operated in any other manner than that approved by the Sewer
Authority, the service shall be disconnected and removed within 30 days. The
services shall not again be supplied until the service installation and industrial
waste treatment facilities are constructed and operated according to these
rules and regulations and all expenses and damages shall be paid by the industry
or its successors.
Each industry discharging factory effluents or industrial wastes into
the sanitary sewer system shall install a suitable device for continuously
indicating recording and totalizing the flow discharged by it into the sanitary
sewer system and shall submit for approval by the Sewer Authority plans for
complete metering installation. All meters or the measuring devices installed
or required to be used shall be under the control of the Sewer Authority.
The industry by which any such measuring device is installed at its own expense,
shall be responsible for its maintenance and safekeeping and all repairs thereto
shall be made at the industry's cost, whether such repairs are made necessary
by ordinary wear and tear or other cause. Bills for such repairs, if made
by the Sewer Authority, shall be due and payable within 30 days after the
date of issuance by the Sewer Authority.
Charges for the treatment of industrial wastes shall be made in accordance
with the rates as noted on the permit when issued by the Sewer Authority.
Notwithstanding any of the above requirements, any industrial, manufacturing
or commercial plant may discharge normal domestic sewage from the above plants
into the sanitary sewer system without the issuance of a special permit as
herein provided.